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Gyre Shopping Center
Tokyo, Japan
MVRDV
shopping centre
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Dior Omotesando
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Prada Aoyama epicenter
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Tod's Omotesando Building
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Maison Hermès
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Neil Barrett Flagship Store
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Nicolas G. Hayek Center
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hhstyle.com casa
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Carina Store
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21 21 Design Sight
Shibuya Station Extension
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St. Mary's Cathedral
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Tokyo Tower
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National Museum of Western Art
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Tokyo, Japan
Le Corbusier
museum
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Yoyogi National Stadium
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Tokyo, Japan
Kenzo Tange
olympic stadium
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Kuwait Embassy and Chancellery
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Tokyo, Japan
Kenzo Tange
embassy
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Shizuoka Press and Broadcasting Tower 20
Tokyo, Japan
Kenzo Tange
office
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Tokyo, Japan
SANAA
shop
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Tokyo, Japan
Tachu Naito
Tokyo, Japan
Tadao Ando
shop
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Tokyo, Japan
Shigeru Ban Architects
commercial space, office, shop
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Tokyo, Japan
Kenzo Tange
church
Tokyo, Japan
Zaha Hadid Architects
shop
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Tokyo, Japan
Renzo Piano
office, shop, workshop
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Mikimoto Ginza 2
Tokyo, Japan
Tadao Ando
subway station
Tokyo, Japan
Toyo Ito
office, retail, shop
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Tokyo, Japan
Herzog and De Meuron
shop, showroom
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Tokyo, Japan
Toyo Ito
shop
Tokyo, Japan
SANAA
commercial space, shop
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Coach Omotesando Flagship
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Tokyo, Japan
OMA - Rem Koolhaas
shop
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Tokyo, Japan
Tadao Ando
gallery, museum
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Asakusa Culture and Tourism Center
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Tokyo, Japan
Kengo Kuma & Associates
culture
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Shinjuku Park Tower
Tokyo, Japan
Kenzo Tange
hotel, mixed-use development, office
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Omotesando Hills
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Za Koenji Public Theatre
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Tama Art University - Hachioji Library
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Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower
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Tokyo Metropolitan Government
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Rikkyo University Library
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M-Building
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Dentsu Head Office
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TK Building
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Tokyo, Japan
Tadao Ando
restaurant, shop
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Roppongi Apartment
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Tokyo, Japan
Tadao Ando
apartment, private house
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Collezione
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Tokyo, Japan
Tadao Ando
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Tokyo, Japan
Kenzo Tange
library
Jiyu Gakuen Girls' School
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Tokyo, Japan
Kenzo Tange
office
Tokyo, Japan
Kenzo Tange
government
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Tokyo, Japan
Kenzo Tange
education, university
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Century Tower
Tokyo, Japan
Toyo Ito
housing
Tokyo, Japan
Toyo Ito
library
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Tokyo, Japan
Toyo Ito
theatre
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Tokyo, Japan
Foster & Partners
office
Tokyo, Japan
Tadao Ando
shopping centre
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Steel House
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Tokyo, Japan
Kengo Kuma & Associates
private house
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Tokyo, Japan
Frank Lloyd Wright
primary school
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Gyre Shopping Center
Address
Omotesando street 5-10-1 Jingumae
Shibuya-ku Tokyo
Japan
http://gyre-omotesando.com/
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This a new retail building on Omotesando street in Tokyo
designed by Dutch architects MVRDV. Gyre, also known as The
Swirl, is generated from five identical rectangular floor plates
that are rotated on a vertical axis and then trimmed to fit the
site on Omotesando street. Besides the big names and ground
floor tenants, Chanel and Bulgari, the building will house the first
Asian branch of the MoMA Design Store and a large shop for Martin
Margiela. Higher up there are smaller shops like a hair dress
salon, an exclusive watch shop etc. The top levels contain a
series of different restaurants. The interiors of the shops are
designed by the different tenants. From the Gyre website: “A
building in the shape of a gyre is a body in motion, with a
magnetism that exudes energy. Our hope is to become an
incubator of a new way of shopping, thoughtfully, in a way that
becomes a force for good. GYRE connects with your and connects
you to the world.”
photo: Rob 't Hart
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Completion
Floor area/size
10-2007
8950 m²
Architect
MVRDV
Building physics consultant Takenaka Corporation
Client
Mitsubishi Corporation UBS Realty
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Opening hours
Email [email protected] for more information.
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Dior Omotesando
Address
Omotesando Street 5-9-11
Jingumae Shibuya-ku Tokyo
Japan
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Omotesando Street is an avenue in Tokyo and home to many
upscale shops featuring several international brand outlets.
Hence, the street is sometimes referred to as 'Tokyo's
Champs-Élysées'. On this prime location, Japanese architect duo
Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, known collectively as SANAA,
has designed the building that accommodates a store for fashion
retailer Dior. The building is gift-wrapped in a translucent skin
that allows the building underneath to show through. The effect
is achieved by using clear glass on the outside and a second
displaced layer of translucent acrylic on the inside.
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Completion
2003
Architect
Client
SANAA
Dior
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Opening hours
Daily from 10.00 - 18.00.
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How to get there
The exact address is: Jingumae 5-9-11, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo
Prefecture 150 0001.
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Prada Aoyama epicenter
Address
Minami-Aoyama 5-2-6
107-0062 Tokyo
Japan
http://www.prada.com/
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Haute couture and star architecture have grown to understand
each other rather well in the recent years. Major fashion brands
distinguish themselves by inviting world leading architects to
indulge themselves in the design of flagshipstores and
extravagant showrooms. The highest density worldwide of such
state of the art showpieces can arguably be found on and around
Tokyo's Omotesando. One of the most impressive contributions to
this phenomenon is the Prada 'epicenter'. This 33 meter high
building has a façade like a membrane which is built out of wedge
shaped elements that frame flat, convex and concave windows.
These element also form the outer structure of the building.
Closed horizontal bracings not only make the frame rigid, but also
house the more private dressing rooms within this transparent
building. Everything about the building tells us that money was
not an issue. But perhaps the most costly design choice of all was
to leave a large part of the expensive plot un-built.
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Completion
Floor area/size
6-2003
2860 m²
Architect
Lighting designer
Associate architect
Client
Herzog and De Meuron
ARUP
Takenaka Corporation
Prada Japan Co Ltd
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Opening hours
opened daily from 11am till 8pm (also on Sundays)
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How to get there
the Omotesando metrostation is on the Ginza line, the Chiyoda
line and the Hanzoumon line. Take exit A3 and walk into the
street called Minami-Aoyama. after a short walk you get to the
Prada epicenter.
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Tod's Omotesando Building
Address
Jingumae 5-1-15
Shibuya-ku Tokyo
Japan
http://www.tods.com/
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Toyo Ito’s Tod’s Omotesando Building is a slender, L-shaped
building for the Italian footwear retailer, it contains offices and a
boutique fronting Omotesando, Tokyo’s famous four-lane,
tree-lined boulevard that in recent years has become the city’s
showplace for luxury brands and top architects. The seven-storey
building continues Ito's exploration of ideas of surface, the
dramatic structure mimicking the shapes of the tall elm trees
that stretch along Omotesando Avenue and reinterprets them in
its façade as a series of crisscrossing geometric forms. The façade
is a smooth blend of concrete and glass and materials are kept
simple. The structural frame that supports the building is well
concealed. Inside, opaque glass hides the rear view so that
shoppers are drawn to the front of the store where they play an
important role in animating the building. (text from RIBA Royal
Gold Medal 2006 award).
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Completion
Floor area/size
12-2004
2449 m²
Architect
Technical engineer
Lighting designer
Structural engineer
Contractor
Client
Toyo Ito
ES Associates
Lightdesign Inc.
Oak Structural Design Office
Takenaka Corporation
Holpaf B.V.
Contributed by
MI_MOA
photo: Luis Villa del Campo
Opening hours
tel + 81 364192055
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Maison Hermès
Address
Ginza 4-1
104-0061 Tokyo
Japan
http://jp.hermes.com/
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Maison Hermès, Tokyo, by Renzo Piano is the corporate
headquarters and retail store for Hermès Japan. The program
includes offices, workshops, retail and exhibition spaces,
multimedia areas and a roof garden. The building also includes
access to the subway via a courtyard which divides the long
façade in two. It is an elegant, glowing, rectangular form which
has been carefully crafted from specially designed 45cm x 45cm
glass blocks which give the impression of the building as a
precious object containing equally precious objects. Renzo Piano
stated that the building was inspired by traditional Japanese
lanterns. The thickness of the glass façade blurs the activity
within during the day and at night the building glows from the
light within whilst simultaneously providing acoustic insulation
from the bustling Ginza streets outside. Clear glass boxes become
display cases for Hermès products at street level.
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Completion
Floor area/size
2001
6000 m²
Architect
Client
Renzo Piano
Hermès
Contributed by
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photo: Thom Mckenzie
Opening hours
Monday - Sunday: 10.00 - 19.00 / Wednesday: closed.
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How to get there
Take the Hibiya, Marunouchi or Ginza line to Ginza subway
station in central Tokyo.
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Neil Barrett Flagship Store
Address
Minami-Aoyama 3-17-6
208 Tokyo
Japan
http://www.neilbarrett.com/
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The concept for the Neil Barrett flagship store is based on the
minimal cut of the brand's fashion design and parallels its
approach in using the same design parameters of fixed points,
folding, pleating and cut outs. Rather than defining a single room
or space, the design creates a circular passage allowing the
customer to experience the space in multiple ways and
interpretations. The design of the store plays with the
complementary characteristics and the related dualism between
male and female. The furniture piece on the ground floor is
designed as a strong, masculine and dynamic form whilst the
piece on the first floor enunciates femininity through more fluid
contour lines. The first floor is designed in a more playful
manner. The furniture piece with a white smooth Corian finish is
set against the raw fair faced concrete surface of the rest of the
space. This is accentuated through the contrast in color and finish
of the white matte furniture finish against a black glossy floor.
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Project is public!
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Completion
9-2008
Interior architect
Client
Zaha Hadid Architects
Neil Barrett
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Opening hours
Daily, from 11am - 8pm.
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How to get there
The store is a two minutes walk from Omotesando subway
station, in Minami-Aoyama (southwest of central Tokyo). Take
exit A5 from the subway station, and follow Omotesando Avenue
towards the southeast. Then take the second street on your left.
The store is in the middle of the block on your left.
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Nicolas G. Hayek Center
Address
Ginza, Chuo-ku 7-9-18
104-8188 Tokyo
Japan
http://www.swatchgroup.jp/nghc/index.html
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Nicolas G. Hayek was co-founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board
of the Swatch Group. Shigeru Ban wanted all 7 brands to have an
equal opportunity for public exposure. He organized the building
into a stack of three- and four-story volumes, each with its own
set of retractable shutters on the main front, and turned the
lowest volume into a public thoroughfare contiguous with the
sidewalk. Within this four-story, indoor-outdoor passage, he
placed tiny, satellite showrooms, one per brand. Doubling as an
elevator, each showroom connects only to the brand's main shop,
either above or below grade. The boutiques fill the first four
levels (plus part of the basement), followed by three floors for
customer service and six floors of offices topped by a dramatic
event hall overlooking the city in three directions. The airy
interior spaces, unconventional interior-exterior treatment,
simple materials, and fragrant green lobby create an oasis of
unusual calm.
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Completion
Floor area/size
5-2007
5695 m²
Architect, Interior
architect
Structural engineer
Technical engineer
Contractor
Lighting designer
Landscape designer
Contractor
Client
Shigeru Ban Architects
Contributed by
Franks
ARUP
ES Associates
Kajima Corporation
Lighting Planners Associates
Studio On Site
Suruga Corporation
Swatch Group
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Opening hours
11.00 - 20.00 (Mon - Sat) 11.00 - 19.00 (Sun & Holiday)
How to get there
Exit Ginza metro station at A3. Walk the main road in south
eastern direction and turn right at Chuo Dori. After 300 m the
center is in the middle of the third block on your left.
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hhstyle.com casa
Address
Jingumae, Shibuya-ku 6-14-5
150-0001 Tokyo
Japan
http://www.hhstyle.com
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When this building was finished, it functioned as an annex for the
neighboring HHStyle flagship store, designed by SANAA. That's how
it got its name. In January 2008 however, HHStyle have left their
casa and since then new tenants have arrived in the black
bunker. It looks like a bunker, but folded in origami-style. It's an
angular black construction made out of 16 mm steel plates that's
as startling as some of the area's high-fashion apparel. It is
painted with a zinc-based primer fluoropolymer paint. The lease
for the site covered two areas, one for a ten-year period, and one
for half that duration. The architect thus was called upon to
concentrate most of the building on the ten-year plot, leaving a
fair part of the site empty. The building consists of 2 stories plus
a basement. New buildings in Tokyo are not allowed to block
more than a certain percentage of neighbours light, so Ando
crafted the form until he found the ideal solution.
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Completion
Floor area/size
2-2005
470 m²
Architect
Client
Tadao Ando
HHStyle
Contributed by
Franks
Opening hours
11.30 AM - 8.00 PM
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How to get there
The nearest station is Meiji-Jingumae. Exit it in eastern direction
and walk along Omotesando until you reach MVRDV's Gyre
building (also on Mimoa). Just in front of Gyre turn right and
walk 250 m along this Cat Street until you see the building on
your right hand.
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Carina Store
Address
Minami-Aoyama, Minato-Ku 5-5-20
107-0062 Tokyo
Japan
http://www.carina-carina.com/shop/html/user_data/interior
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Carina is a children's and mother's clothing store, designed by
Kazuyo Sejima. The shop is wrapped in two façades. The inner
façade is made up of a steel structure and large glass windows.
The outer façade is made out of white expanded metal, similar to
the weaves that were used for the New Museum at the Bowery in
New York. The outer façade covers up almost the complete
building, except for the entrance door and one window on the
second floor. This is a daring approach as it provides an
introspective look at first glance. But, as in many recent
architecture in Tokyo, the shop comes to life when you take a
closer look and even more so when dusk falls over the city.
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Completion
11-2009
Architect
SANAA
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Opening hours
11:00- 19:00 hr (Tue-Fri), 12:00-19:00 (Sat), 12:00-18:00 (Sun)
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How to get there
Take Omotesando station, leave it at exit A5 and walk in eastern
direction. Then take the first street to your right. Take the
second street to the left. The store is then next to the Aveda
building.
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21 21 Design Sight
Address
Akasaka, Minato-ku 9-7-6
000 Tokyo
Japan
http://www.2121designsight.jp
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The building is a low-rise structure consisting of one ground floor
and one underground floor. Because this building, consisting of
the café wing and the museum wing, was designed to be public
open space within the district plan area, the limitations on the
building area and the sun shadow control were very severe. As a
result, less than 600 square meters are above ground. The
building has a unique form featuring a roof made from giant steel
plates that slope gently down to the ground. Once inside, the
space opens out on a scale unimaginable given the building's
unobtrusive exterior. The ground floor houses the entrance and
reception area, while the underground floor houses two galleries
and a triangular sunken court. Highlighting Issey Miyake's concept
in clothing design of "A Piece of Cloth," Ando devised the idea for
the roof as one sheet of folded steel. The building incorporates
the longest sheet of double-glazed glass in Japan.
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Completion
Floor area/size
3-2007
1732 m²
Architect
General consultant
Client
Tadao Ando
Takenaka Corporation
Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.
Contributed by
Franks
Opening hours
Daily 11.00 - 20.00. Closed on Tuesdays. Entrance fee ¥1,000.
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How to get there
Take exit 3 at the Nogizaka station on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda
Line. Walk towards the Garden of the Tokyo Midtown complex via
a path lined with grass and trees. After 200m the museum is on
your left.
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Mikimoto Ginza 2
Address
Chuo-Ku 2-4-12
Ginza Tokyo
Japan
http://ginza2.mikimoto.com
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This boutique store is part of the Mikimoto family, one of the
most famous names in Japanese jewellery with a history dating
back to 1899. While the main Mikimoto shop is dedicated to
high-end jewels, this store focuses on casual fashion baubles and
accessories. Ito was inspired by the mysteriousness of a jewellery
box and imagining bubbles around pearls and floating petals. The
building also features a lounge and an atrium, which serves as
both an exhibition hall and as an area for seminars for women.
Painted in a subtly sparkling mica-laced pale pink, the four walls
are a marvel of engineering. Each comprises two 56 m tall steel
sheets; manufactured in sections, welded together on-site, and
installed barely 20 cm apart. With concrete poured between, the
steel is strong enough to support the 9 stories.
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Completion
Floor area/size
12-2005
2230 m²
Main designer, Architect
Interior architect
Structural engineer
Contractor
Lighting designer
Client
Toyo Ito
Ichiro Nishiwaki Design Office
SSC Sasaki Structural Consultants
Taisei Corporation
Ushio Spax Co
K. Mikimoto & Co. Ltd
Contributed by
Franks
photo: Nazar Leskiw
Opening hours
Daily 11:00 - 19:00. Restaurant is open until 23.00.
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How to get there
Mikimoto is in Ginza (obviously). Take the southern exit (A13) at
the Ginza Itchome metro station. Walk to the end of the first
block and the building should be around the corner.
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Shibuya Station Extension
Address
Shibuya 24-1 Shibuya Nichome
Tokyo
Japan
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Tadao Ando's Shibuya Station Extension is composed of two prime
gestures: an elliptical shell with the span of 256x79 feet, and the
connection of that shell to elements of Tokyo's underground
station network such as escalators, passages and tunnels, thus
making it an integral part of Tokyo's transportation system.
Tadao Ando's new Shibuya Station extension is all about making
travel fun again: "A station should be a place where visitors think
"I was glad to come to this station" or ?that station was
fascinating","Ando says, as he examines the three-story atrium of
the nearly completed building. Ando's design is based on what he
calls a "chichusen", or underground spaceship. Commuters board
the buried flying saucer near the top of the atrium and are
carried down to the tracks at its base. "Because this station has
an atrium from top to bottom, you can easily see where you
are... it gives you a sense of security," Ando says.
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Completion
2008
Architect
Tadao Ando
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Opening hours
How to get there
Shibuya Subway Station - access Fukutoshin, Ginza or Hanzomon
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St. Mary's Cathedral
Address
Sekiguchi 3-15-16
Bunkyo-ku Tokyo
Japan
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St. Mary's Cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic
Archdiocese of Tokyo. It is located in the Sekiguchi
neighbourhood of Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. The original structure
of 1899 was a wooden building in the Gothic style. It was burned
during World War II. The present church, designed by Tange
Kenzo, dates from 1964. Kenzo Tange won the competition for
the reconstruction of this church in 1961. It was built with
assistance from Wilhelm Schlombs, architect to the Archdiocese
of Cologne, the engineer Yoshikatsu Tsuboi, who worked with
Tange on many of his projects and the Zurich architect Max
Lechner.
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Completion
Floor area/size
1964
3650 m²
Architect
Structural engineer
Kenzo Tange
Yoshikatsu Tsuboi
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How to get there
Nearby subway-station Gokokuji (600m)
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Tokyo Tower
Address
Shiba-Koen 4-2-8
105-0011 Tokyo
Japan
http://www.tokyotower.co.jp/english
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At 332.5 metres (1,091 ft), it is the second tallest artificial
structure in Japan. The structure is an Eiffel Tower-inspired
lattice tower that is painted white and international orange to
comply with air safety regulations. Built in 1958, the tower's
main sources of revenue are tourism and antenna leasing. Over
150 million people have visited the tower since its opening.
FootTown, a 4-storey building located directly under the tower,
houses museums, restaurants and shops. Departing from here,
guests can visit two observation decks. The 2-storey Main
Observatory is located at 150 metres (490 ft), while the smaller
Special Observatory reaches a height of 250 metres (820 ft). The
tower acts as a support structure for an antenna. It was
constructed of steel, a third of which was scrap metal taken from
US tanks damaged in the Korean War. When the 90-metre
antenna was bolted into place on October 14, 1958, Tokyo Tower
was the tallest free-standing tower in the world.
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Completion
12-1958
Architect
Client
Tachu Naito
Nippon Television City Corp.
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National Museum of Western Art
Address
Uenokoen 7-7
110-0007 Tokyo
Japan
www.nmwa.go.jp/en/?
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The National Museum of Western Art is the premier public art
gallery in Japan specializing in art from the Western tradition.
The Museum is located in the museum and zoo complex in Ueno
Park in Taito, central Tokyo. The museum is square in plan with
the main body of the galleries raised on piloti to first floor level.
The layout is influenced by Le Corbusier's Sanskar Kendra museum
in Ahmedabad which was being designed at the same time.
Entrance for visitors is at ground floor level via the 19th Century
Hall. This double height space is lit from above with a north
glazed pyramidal skylight intersected with reinforced concrete
beams and a column. On the opposite side of the hall from the
entrance, the ascent to the paintings gallery is via a promenade
ramp which affords better views of Rodin's sculptures.
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Completion
6-1959
Architect
Le Corbusier
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Yoyogi National Stadium
Address
Jinnan 2-1-1
150-0041 Tokyo
Japan
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Yoyogi National Stadium is an arena in Yoyogi Park, Tokyo, Japan
which is famous for its suspension roof design. It was designed by
Kenzo Tange and built between 1961 and 1964 to house swimming
and diving events in the 1964 Summer Olympics. A separate
annex was used for the basketball competition at those same
games. It will also host handball competitions at the 2020
Summer Olympics.The design inspired Frei Otto's arena designs
for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The arena holds 13,291
people and is now primarily used for ice hockey, futsal and
basketball. Images of the arena are regularly featured at the end
of NHK Newsline broadcasts because the NHK World studios are
adjacent to the arena along the edge of Yoyogi Park.
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Completion
10-1964
Architect
Kenzo Tange
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Kuwait Embassy and Chancellery
Address
Mita 4-13-12
108-0073 Tokyo
Japan
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Kuwait Embassy and Chancellery is one of the most characteristic
buildings of Kenzo Tange. Eight-storey concrete building is
located in the district of Minato. The building perfectly captures
the nature of Metabolism architecture.
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Completion
1970
Architect
Kenzo Tange
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Shizuoka Press and Broadcasting
Tower
Address
Ginza 8-3-7
104-0061 Tokyo
Japan
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"I came to the idea of building a 'pillar of the city' with a meaning
of indirect stimulus... I built this tower with the idea of bringing
urban scale to this dynamic point of the town". -Kenzo Tange In
1966 Tange designed the Shizuoka Press and Broadcasting Tower
in the Ginza district of T?ky?. This time using only a single core
Tange arranged the offices as cantilevered steel and glass boxes.
The cantilever is emphasised by punctuating the three storey
blocks with a single storey glazed balcony. The concrete forms of
the building were cast using aluminium formwork and the
aluminium has been left on as a cladding. Although conceived as
a "core-type" system that was included in Tange's other city
proposals, the tower stands alone and is robbed of other
connections.
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Completion
1967
Architect
Kenzo Tange
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Coach Omotesando Flagship
Address
Kitaaoyama 6-3
107-0061 Tokyo
Japan
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The flagship design features a façade of 210 stacked, translucent
display boxes in a herringbone pattern of vertical and horizontal
orientation that accommodate the brand's wide repertoire of
products. In addition to the façade, OMA designed a "floating"
tower of 105 illuminated acrylic units that encase the store's
central stair, drawing pedestrians to the upper level.
Consolidating the display on the facade and circulation creates a
condition in which the shopper is continuously surrounded by
Coach's products, while simultaneously liberating floor space.
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Completion
2012
Architect
OMA - Rem Koolhaas
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Asakusa Culture and Tourism Center
Address
Kaminarimon 2-18-9
111-0034 Tokyo
Japan
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The center extends Asakusa's lively neighborhood vertically and
piles up roofs that wrap different activities underneath, creating
a 'new section' which had not existed in conventional layered
architecture. Equipments are stored in the diagonally shaped
spaces born between the roof and the floor, and by this
treatment we could secure large air volume despite its just
average height for high-and medium-rise buildings. Furthermore,
the roofs not only divide the structure into 8 one-storied houses
but also determine the role of each floor. First and second floor
has an atrium and in-door stairs, creating a sequence from which
you can feel the slope of the two roofs. On 6th floor, taking
advantage of the slanted roof, we were able to set up a terraced
floor with which the entire room can function as a theater. As
angles of the roofs inclined toward Kaminari-mon and the heights
from the ground vary from floor to floor, each floor relates
differently to the outside, giving unique character.
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Completion
2012
Architect
Kengo Kuma & Associates
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Shinjuku Park Tower
Address
Nishishinjuku 3-7-1
163-1055 Tokyo
Japan
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The Shinjuku Park Tower is the second-tallest building in
Shinjuku, Tokyo. It was designed by Kenzo Tange and completed
in 1994. Shinjuku Park T tall with 52 storeys, C tower which is 209
m tall with 47 storeys and N tower which is 182 m tall with 41
storeys. Floors 1 to 8 are occupied by retail stores, floors 9 to 37
are office floors and floors 39 to 52 are occupied by the luxury
Park Hyatt Tokyo hotel, which was featured in the film Lost In
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Completion
1994
Architect
Kenzo Tange
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Omotesando Hills
Address
Jingumae 4-12-10
150-0001 Tokyo
Japan
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Omotesando is a shopping complex in central Tokyo built in 2005,
in a series of urban developments by Mori Building. It occupies a
two hundred and fifty meter stretch of Omotesando, a shopping
and (previously) residential road in Aoyama, sometimes termed
Tokyo's Champs-Élysées. It was designed by Tadao Ando, and
contains over 130 shops and 38 apartments. The construction of
Omotesando Hills, built at a cost of $330 million, has been
marked by controversy.The building replaced the
Bauhaus-inspired Dojunkai Aoyama Apartments, which had been
built in 1927 after the 1923 Kanto earthquake. The destruction of
the apartments again raised questions about Japan's interest in
preserving historic buildings. A small section of the old
apartments is reconstructed in the South-East part of the new
complex.
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Completion
2006
Architect
Tadao Ando
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Za Koenji Public Theatre
Address
Koenjikita 2-1-2
166-0002 Tokyo
Japan
http://za-koenji.jp/english/about/
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Za-Koenji Public Theatre is a theatre for contemporary
performing arts. The theatre is funded by the city of Suginami in
Tokyo and managed by Creative Theatre Network (CTN), a
non-profit organization led by president Ren Saito. The theatre
produces, presents and supports a wide range of cultural
activities for the community of Suginami, enabling people of all
ages to see and take part in many art forms from drama and
dance to music and storytelling.
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Completion
11-2008
Architect
Toyo Ito
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Tama Art University - Hachioji
Library
Address
Yarimizu Hachioji 2-1723
192-0394 Tokyo
Japan
http://www.tamabi.ac.jp/english/about/library.htm
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Ito Toyo, who is one of the leading architects in Japan, designed
the Hachioji Library. Regarding the design of this newly opened
library, the entire first floor slopes gently from the front
entrance. Its exterior glass walls and large arches allow the
contours of the natural environment surrounding the campus to
extend into the interior creating an exhilaratingly open space.
The first floor features an all-purpose and gallery space available
to hold various events and exhibitions as well as a theater area
with a big screen. At the back of the first floor, students are able
to read the latest magazine issues and view video materials. On
the second floor, there are open access stacks holding about
100,000 books as well as private reading seats and photocopying
machines. The Hachioji Library contains about 77,000 Japanese
books, 47,000 foreign books and 1,500 periodicals.
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Completion
2-2007
Architect
Toyo Ito
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Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower
Address
Nishishinjuku 1-7-3
160-0023 Tokyo
Japan
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Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower is a 204-metre , 50-story
educational facility located in the Nishi-Shinjuku district in
Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The building is home to three
educational institutions: Tokyo Mode Gakuen (fashion vocational
school), HAL Tokyo (special technology and design college), and
Shuto Ik? (medical college). Completed in October 2008, the
tower is the second-tallest educational building in the world and
is the 17th-tallest building in Tokyo. The tower floor plan is
simple. Three rectangular classroom areas rotate 120 degrees
around the inner core. From the 1st floor to the 50th floor, these
rectangular classroom areas are arranged in a curvilinear form.
The inner core consists of an elevator, staircase and shaft. The
Student Lounge is located between the classrooms and face three
directions, east, southwest and northwest.
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Completion
10-2008
Architect
Kenzo Tange
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Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Building
Address
Nishishinjuku 2-8-1
163-8001 Tokyo
Japan
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The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building houses the
headquarters of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, which
governs not only the 23 wards, but also the cities, towns and
villages that make up Tokyo as a whole. Located in Shinjuku, the
building consists of a complex of three structures, each taking up
a city block. The tallest and most prominent of the three is Tokyo
Metropolitan Main building No.1, a tower 48 stories tall that splits
into two sections at the 33rd floor. The building also has three
levels below ground. The design of the building Kenzo Tange ,
has many symbolic touches, most notably the aforementioned
split which re-creates the look of a Gothic cathedral. The
building held the title of the tallest building in Tokyo, at 243
meters from 1991 to late 2006, when it surrendered its title upon
the completion of Midtown Tower.
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Completion
1991
Architect
Kenzo Tange
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Rikkyo University Library
Address
Nishiikebukuro 3-34-1
171-8501 Tokyo
Japan
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Rikkyo University is a private university, based on Christian
precepts, located in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. There is a suburban
campus in Niiza in nearby Saitama. It is known for its liberal
climate symbolized by the motto "academy of freedom". The new
library in campus was designed by Kenzo Tange in 1960.
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Completion
1960
Architect
Kenzo Tange
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Jiyu Gakuen Girls' School
Address
Nishiikebukuro 2-31-3
171-0021 Tokyo
Japan
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Jiyu Gakuen Girls' School is the original building complex of Jiyu
Gakuen, designed by renowned American architect Frank Lloyd
Wright. Impressed by the couple's self-reliant, Christian-oriented
educational philosophy, Wright accepted to undertake the design
of their new school. Built of economical 2 x 4 wood and plaster,
Jiyu Gakuen featured a central section with double-height volume
and soaring windows facing south onto an open courtyard, with
symmetrical wings on the east and west. It was built to child
scale, with an architectural richness belying its budget.
Myonichikan is also given a Japanese touch by Wright's extensive
use of gray-green Oya stone for pavements, columns and the
lanterns standing in the corridors. The Myonichikan consists of
four buildings; the main, the east, and the west buildings and the
auditorium. The main building stands with the two classroom
buildings to the west and the east forming a U-shape.
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Completion
1921
Architect
Frank Lloyd Wright
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Century Tower
Address
Bunkyo 2-7-1
113-0033 Tokyo
Japan
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Century Tower grew out of a belief that the commercial realities
of speculative offices could be reconciled with an architecture of
quality and distinction. Although it advances ideas first explored
in the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, Century Tower is not a
corporate headquarters but a prestige office block with a wide
range of amenities, including a health club and museum.
Located in Bunkyo-ku, in the heart of Tokyo, the building
occupies a site subject to complex zoning regulations. The design
response was to divide the tower into two blocks, nineteen and
twenty-one storeys high, linked by a narrow atrium. The outer
form of the blocks is defined by eccentrically braced frames,
responding to seismic engineering requirements in a city where
earthquakes and typhoons are very real threats. Inside, the
floors are spaced at double height with suspended mezzanines
between them, allowing office spaces to be column-free and to
enjoy natural light and views.
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Completion
1991
Architect
Foster & Partners
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M-Building
Address
Sakumach 2-10-14
101-0025 Tokyo
Japan
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One of the first buildings Toyo Ito is located in Kanda district. The
concrete façade is divided by triangles.
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Completion
1-1986
Architect
Toyo Ito
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Dentsu Head Office
Address
Tsukiji 1-11-1
104-0045 Tokyo
Japan
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New headquaters complex of the Dentsu Corporation in the
Tsukiji District of Tokyo was designed by Kenzo Tange. The
complex was characterized by an enormous space lattice:
numerous rectangular cores soaring up and lifting gigantic
horizontal trusses of similar formation, interconnecting in the
air.
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Completion
1967
Architect
Kenzo Tange
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TK Building
Address
Nishiazabu 3-17-25
106-0031 Tokyo
Japan
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One of the lesser known buildings designed by Tadao Ando. It is
located near Roppongi Hills Tower. The building is primarily used
for restaurant, but it also includes apartments.
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Completion
1986
Architect
Tadao Ando
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Roppongi Apartment
Address
Nishiazabu 3-3-20
106-0031 Tokyo
Japan
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One of the lesser known buildings designed by Tadao Ando. It is
located near Roppongi Hills Tower. The building is primarily used
for restaurant, but it also includes apartments. Simple form of
the building with a glass front elevation is typical of Tadao Ando
architecture.
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Completion
1990
Architect
Tadao Ando
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Collezione
Address
Minamiaoyama 6-1-3
107-0062 Tokyo
Japan
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"Collezione" is a concrete building with three underground and
four above ground floors, in front of the big opening is the
entrance hall that creates a cylinder.
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Completion
Floor area/size
1989
5700 m²
Architect
Tadao Ando
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Steel House
Address
Nishikata, Bunko-ku 1chome 1,2
113-0024 Tokyo
Japan
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Using 3.2mm thick corrugated steel plates, a house of monocoque
construction which resembles a freight car was made, with out
having any beams or columns. The client, Professor Hirose, has
been a devoted fan of railroads cars since childhood, and stores a
few thousand models of trains in his home. He himself had
wanted to live a kind of life in a freight-car environment. Fitting
in to the L-shaped site, the house looks like a freight car stopping
on a slope, curving in to an L-shape. The body of the railroad car
was originally designed based on the idea of structure+skin, yet
the division of structure and skin has disappeared, and now is
designed based on the Monocoque structure. In that context, this
house intermediately exists between a railroad car and
architecture. The basic idea of the architectural structure is to
bend the steel plates to gain strength. By bending them, the
detail of the bent parts tells us how soft the material of steel is.
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Completion
Floor area/size
3-2007
265 m²
Architect
Kengo Kuma & Associates
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