TOKYO Projects 30 Created 09-Sep-12 By nicola perin, padova, Italy Gyre Shopping Center Tokyo, MVRDV shopping centre C1 House Tokyo Towers Lounge Dior Omotesando Prada Aoyama epicenter National Art Center Tod's Omotesando Building Maison Hermès Dior Ginza 7 Harajuku Protestant Church Carina Store 14 Acrylic Shop 15 Urban Prem 16 Nicolas G Hayek Center 17 Tokyo, Shigeru Ban s commercial space, office, shop 8 hhstylecom casa 18 Tokyo, Tadao Ando shop 9 21 21 Design Sight 19 Tokyo, Tadao Ando gallery, museum 10 NE Apartments 20 Tokyo, Akiyoshi Takagi s dwellings, housing 11 Tokyo, Kumiko Inui shop Tokyo, Yuko Nagayama & Associates office, shop Tokyo, Renzo Piano office, shop, workshop 6 Tokyo, Toyo Ito office, retail, shop 13 Tokyo, Klein Dytham architecture shop Tokyo, Kisho Kurokawa exposition space, museum 5 Tokyo, Herzog and De Meuron shop, showroom Neil Barrett Flagship Store Tokyo, SANAA shop Tokyo, SANAA commercial space, shop 4 Tokyo, Curiosity apartment Tokyo, Zaha Hadid s shop Tokyo, Curiosity private house 3 Iidabashi Oedo Line Station 21 Tokyo, Makoto Sei Watanabe subway station 12 Tokyo, Ciel Rouge Création church http://wwwmimoaeu/users/nick77/guides/tokyo/ Jurgen Lehl Boutique 22 Tokyo, Kumiko Inui shop 1
MIXX bar and lounge Tokyo, Curiosity bar, hotel Mikimoto Ginza 2 Comme des Garcons Store 24 V28 25 Audi Forum 28 St Mary's Cathedral 29 Tokyo Tower 30 Tokyo, Tachu Naito 26 Tokyo, Creative Designers International fitness club, mixed-use development, retail Shibuya Station Extension Tokyo, Kenzo Tange church Tokyo, Future Systems retail, shop Tokyo, Tadao Ando subway station Tokyo, Toyo Ito shop 23 De Beers Ginza Tower 31 Tokyo, Jun Mitsui Associates commercial space, mixed-use development, office 27 Tokyo, Creative Designers International http://wwwmimoaeu/users/nick77/guides/tokyo/ Romanian Pavilion UIA Tokyo 2011 32 Tokyo, ASDESIGN 95 pavilion 2
photo: Rob 't Hart photo: Rob 't Hart Gyre Shopping Center Omotesando street 5-10-1 Jingumae Shibuya-ku Tokyo http://gyre-omotesandocom/ 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 10-2007 8950 m² MVRDV Building physics consultant Takenaka Corporation Mitsubishi Corporation UBS Realty Email info@gyre-omotesandocom for more information MVRDV http://wwwmimoaeu/users/nick77/guides/tokyo/ 3
photo: Daici Ano photo: Daici Ano C1 House Tomigaya 2-13-16 Shibuya-ku 151-0063 Tokyo The basic architectural design, a glass box surrounded by a walkway-gallery that connects the floors, was designed before the land was found The basic design include from the beginning all the aspects of the project, from the shape of the building to the design of light switches and furniture Usually an architecture projects is developed in a sequence, building, interior furniture, products, making it is difficult to be totally homogenous To achieve a weightless architectural space we use 25mm steel slabs as floor This is equivalent to a line in the architectural scale The scale of furniture and architecture become the same From the slope, the interior is visible from floor level to ceiling level the top of a table is as visible as the bottom, a real 3d interior, a very difficult challenge Using 3d animations and models the sequences of the interior were checked from all angles c-1 is not a minimalist house on the contrary, it is expressionism Project is not public! 2005 Main designer, Curiosity Milligram Studio curiosity photo: Daici Ano http://wwwmimoaeu/users/nick77/guides/tokyo/ 4
photo: Daici Ano photo: Daici Ano Tokyo Towers Lounge Kachidoki 6-3-1 Chuo-Ku Tokyo Tokyo is a city of contrast and discovery The ttt guest room in the new build tower expresses the emotions of walking through Tokyo 3 emotions are the characteristics of the space: reflection, contrast & harmony Reflections: the modern Tokyo is a gallery of mirrors, building and windows reflect each other creating a virtual city, what is real, what is a reflection what is digital People appear and disappear between buildings, life become a game in a maze of images Within the complexity and craze of Tokyo, a subtle harmony exist, a combination of tradition and futuristic simplicity The harmony guest room, recreates this balance with the use of sakura pink glass The pink glass layer composes the interior, creating a strange but familiar feeling Contrast: The lounge is a double floor high space, with a large lighting suspended from the ceiling The strong green color of the glass simulates the nature of a digital garden unexpected to be found on the 54th floor of a high tower photo: Daici Ano Public access unknown! 2008 Curiosity curiosity http://wwwmimoaeu/users/nick77/guides/tokyo/ 5
photo: Viditocho Dior Omotesando Omotesando Street 5-9-11 Jingumae Shibuya-ku Tokyo 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, ese 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 2003 SANAA Dior viditocho photo: Viditocho Daily from 1000-1800 The exact address is: Jingumae 5-9-11, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture 150 0001 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/nick77/guides/tokyo/ 6
photo: Olivier van den Hoven photo: Yann Martin Prada Aoyama epicenter Minami-Aoyama 5-2-6 107-0062 Tokyo http://wwwpradacom/ 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 photo: Olivier van den Hoven 6-2003 2860 m² Lighting designer Associate architect Herzog and De Meuron ARUP Takenaka Corporation Prada Co Ltd olivier_van_den_hoven opened daily from 11am till 8pm (also on Sundays) 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/nick77/guides/tokyo/ 7
National Art Center Roppongi, Minato-ku 7-22-2 06-8558 Tokyo http://wwwnactjp The National Art Center in Tokyo was designed in a collaborative project between the architect Kisho Kurokawa and Nihon Sekkei, Inc It was built on the former site of the Institute of Industrial Science of the University of Tokyo over a period of nearly four years, from July 2002 to May 2006, with factors such as the environment and earthquake safety in mind The National Art Center is a unique and innovative art exhibition facility: Instead of maintaining a permanent collection, it makes the most of a total of 14,000 square meters of exhibition space, the largest in, and focuses on serving as a venue for various art exhibitions 2007 48000 m² Associate architect Kisho Kurokawa Nihon Sekkei Naomi photo: Thomas Brown Exhibitions organized by The National Art Center, Tokyo or co-organized with other institutions: Mo, Wed, Thurs, Sat, Sun: 10:00-18:00 Friday: 10;00-20:00 Tuesday: closed Artist associations' exhibitions: Mo, Wed, Thurs, Sat, Sun: 10:00 am 6:00 pm (visitors must enter by 5:30 pm) Tuesday: Closed Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line: Nogizaka Station, Exit 6 is directly linked to the Center Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line: Roppongi Station, 5-minute walk from Exit 4a Toei Oedo Subway Line: Roppongi Station, 4-minute walk from Exit 7 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/nick77/guides/tokyo/ 8
Tod's Omotesando Building Jingumae 5-1-15 Shibuya-ku Tokyo http://wwwtodscom/ 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) 12-2004 2449 m² Technical engineer Lighting designer Structural engineer Contractor Toyo Ito ES Associates Lightdesign Inc Oak Structural Design Office Takenaka Corporation Holpaf BV MI_MOA photo: Luis Villa del Campo tel + 81 364192055 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/nick77/guides/tokyo/ 9
photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Thom Mckenzie Maison Hermès Ginza 4-1 104-0061 Tokyo http://jphermescom/ Maison Hermès, Tokyo, by Renzo Piano is the corporate headquarters and retail store for Hermès 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 ese 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 2001 6000 m² Renzo Piano Hermès thom photo: Thom Mckenzie Monday - Sunday: 1000-1900 / Wednesday: closed Take the Hibiya, Marunouchi or Ginza line to Ginza subway station in central Tokyo http://wwwmimoaeu/users/nick77/guides/tokyo/ 10
Dior Ginza Ginza, Chuo-ku 5-6-1 104-0061 Tokyo The Dior flagship store building on Ginza has a distinct multi layered, translucent façade The façade contains two overlapping sheets of aluminium The outer skin is perforated with thousands of large and small holes which subtly reveal the illuminated inner skin, which is also patterned In combination, they replicate the woven pattern of Thonet's famous chair that Christian Dior adapted as his signature motif 10-2004 Contractor Kumiko Inui Shimizu Corporation Dior Franks photo: Luis Villa del Campo Take the subway to Ginza station Leave the station at exit A1 and walk in western direction The building is on your left hand http://wwwmimoaeu/users/nick77/guides/tokyo/ 11
Harajuku Protestant Church Kita-Aoyama, Minato-ku 2-11-13 107-8633 Tokyo http://wwwharajuku-churchcom The architecture for this church is centered by a wide nave arranged with six arches and a bell tower that symbolically lays importance on the seven elements, the seven days of creation and the seven churches of the Orient The impression of a biblical open sky image is created from which the light amid the Holy Spirit descends upon the followers and worshippers The softly curved arches specifically designed for fine acoustics also remind of a hand overwhelming the crowd For the use as an authentic concert hall facility the temple displays the comfort of lodges discreetly positioned right from within the arches The adjacent kindergarten was designed by the same office, six years earlier 2005 800 m², Interior architect Ciel Rouge Création Franks Nihon Christ Kyodan The church is open during services At least every Sunday at 900 AM (Children's Worship) and 1030 AM (regular service) The closest station is Gaienmae on the Ginza subway line Take exit 3, cross the road at the intersection towards the BMW showroom Walk to the traffic light and turn right Follow this road and turn into the second road on the right You'll find the church on the left-hand side of the road, next to the Brazilian embassy (designed by Ruy Ohtake) http://wwwmimoaeu/users/nick77/guides/tokyo/ 12
Neil Barrett Flagship Store Minami-Aoyama 3-17-6 208 Tokyo http://wwwneilbarrettcom/ 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 9-2008 Interior architect Zaha Hadid s Neil Barrett Franks Daily, from 11am - 8pm 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/nick77/guides/tokyo/ 13
Carina Store Minami-Aoyama, Minato-Ku 5-5-20 107-0062 Tokyo http://wwwcarina-carinacom/shop/html/user_data/interior php 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 11-2009 SANAA Franks 11:00-19:00 hr (Tue-Fri), 12:00-19:00 (Sat), 12:00-18:00 (Sun) 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/nick77/guides/tokyo/ 14
Acrylic Shop Motoazabu, Minato 2-2-10 106-0046 Tokyo http://wwwacrylicjp/pages/shophtml Space is scarce in Tokyo That's why every square inch of land is utilized, even if it is a remnant of an adjacent lot This building is tiny It's an 11m long, two-story high wedge, 25m wide at one end and tapering to just 60cm at the other Although small, it has a prominent position facing a well-trafficked road Being nearly all front, it has become an inhabitable billboard A strong, simple image of a bamboo grove stenciled in white is used onto the glass facade and the back wall is painted bright green By day, the graphic becomes a simple form of sun-shading By night, green light dapples over the intersection 7-2005 35 m² Klein Dytham architecture Franks Open from 1200-1800 Closed on Mondays Take exit 1 at the Hiroo station on the Hibiya Line Walk in southern direction and take the first street to the left Follow that road for 500 m (you will pass a park and a hospital) and the building will show itself upfront http://wwwmimoaeu/users/nick77/guides/tokyo/ 15
Urban Prem Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku 3-8-5 107-0062 Tokyo Although in a shopping area, this building is situated on a commercially difficult location The area is quiet and the building is located at the end of a cul de sac Maybe that's why the façade has been shaped in this striking form The façade protrudes on the street like a swollen belly and is constructed of clean concrete From a European point of view the building looks unfinished but take a closer look and you will notice the care with which the design has been made There is a shop on street level and 4 office floors on top of that 12-2008 360 m² Yuko Nagayama & Associates Franks The shop on ground level is open to public, from 1100 AM until 800 PM The offices are not open to public Take Omotesando metro station and walk up Aoyama Dori in north eastern direction After 300 m pass under the footbridge and take the first street on the right and then again take the first to the right http://wwwmimoaeu/users/nick77/guides/tokyo/ 16
photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Nazar Leskiw Nicolas G Hayek Center Ginza, Chuo-ku 7-9-18 104-8188 Tokyo http://wwwswatchgroupjp/nghc/indexhtml 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 5-2007 5695 m², Interior architect Structural engineer Technical engineer Contractor Lighting designer Landscape designer Contractor Shigeru Ban s Franks ARUP ES Associates Kajima Corporation Lighting Planners Associates Studio On Site Suruga Corporation Swatch Group photo: Nazar Leskiw 1100-2000 (Mon - Sat) 1100-1900 (Sun & Holiday) 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/nick77/guides/tokyo/ 17
hhstylecom casa Jingumae, Shibuya-ku 6-14-5 150-0001 Tokyo http://wwwhhstylecom 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 2-2005 470 m² Tadao Ando HHStyle Franks 1130 AM - 800 PM 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/nick77/guides/tokyo/ 18
21 21 Design Sight Akasaka, Minato-ku 9-7-6 000 Tokyo http://www2121designsightjp 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 3-2007 1732 m² General consultant Tadao Ando Takenaka Corporation Mitsui Fudosan Co, Ltd Franks Daily 1100-2000 Closed on Tuesdays Entrance fee 1,000 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/nick77/guides/tokyo/ 19
photo: Bjorn Utpott photo: Bjorn Utpott NE Apartments Intersection of Inokashira Dori and Honan Dori Suginami Tokyo This 8 unit apartment complex was designed for motorcycle enthusiasts The small square in the center provides access to a motorcycle garage on the ground floor of each unit This curved space feels less confined than a rectangular space might have and allows the residents to turn their bikes easily The building is sited in the interior of the block with a small alley providing the only access to the street photo: Bjorn Utpott Project is not public! 12-2007 289 m² Main designer, Akiyoshi Takagi s Nakae s Bjorn_Utpott Take the Keio Inokashira Line bound for Kichijoji from Shibuya Station Get off at Nishi-Eifuku and walk 2 blocks in a northeasterly diection to Inokashira Dori (4 lane street) Turn right (southeast) onto Inokashira Dori and walk 200m until you see a Honda Dealer then turn left (north) and walk for approximately 30m The project is on your left http://wwwmimoaeu/users/nick77/guides/tokyo/ 20
photo: Bjorn Utpott photo: Bjorn Utpott Iidabashi Oedo Line Station Bunkyo Tokyo The station design is conceived as a seed which germinates deep underground Seeking light, it grows up the stairs in the form of a network of green tubes Upon reaching the surface, they blossom into giant metal flowers These blossoms (or wings) mark the above ground entrance and house the ventilation and air conditioning systems of the underground station photo: Bjorn Utpott 2000 Makoto Sei Watanabe Bureau of Transportation, Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bjorn_Utpott Approximately 5:00 to 1:00 Take the Toei Oedo Line to station E-06 Iidabashi Upon exiting the train, follow the signs to exit C3 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/nick77/guides/tokyo/ 21
Jurgen Lehl Boutique Shin Kokusai Bldg 1F 3-4 - 1 Marunouchi Chiyoda - ku Tokyo The façades of ese architect Kumiko Inui's buildings are often visual puns or optical illusions We saw the opportunity to create a simple visual pun after seeing her Marunouchi boutique created for -based German fashion-designer Jurgen Lehl The contrast between the soft fabric of the garments and the hard 'fabric' of the architecture inspired us to make the architectural materials take on the soft and billowing properties of Jurgen Lehl's textiles First we recreated the boutique interior as a 'still' image and tried to capture the rich shadows, and wall colours important to Kumiko Inui, then we set to work inflating the space as if it were being assembled in a television studio The music is fun but slightly mad, sound adds another dimension to the unnerving experience of watching glass and concrete and wood loose their prescribed properties! photo: Daici Ano 2003 Kumiko Inui Jurgen Lehl chops-and-moxie Yuraku-cho Station: exit D3 Hibiya Station: exit B3 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/nick77/guides/tokyo/ 22
photo: NACASA & PARTNERS photo: NACASA & PARTNERS MIXX bar and lounge Akasaka, Minato-Ku 1-12-33 107-0052 Tokyo The MIXX Bar & Lounge at ANA Intercontinental Hotel in Tokyo recently opened with an interior space and logo created by Curiosity Spanning 600 square metres at the top of the 36-floor hotel, MIXX is a playful exploration of light and shadows offering an atmospheric window over the city of TokyoThe entrance is marked by a 'gate of light': a wall of floating white fabric sculptures reflected through a play of mirrors, their delicacy balanced against the dynamism of the lighting Covering the floors is a uniquely designed carpet whose hues and patterns evoke the natural outdoor moss formations of a traditional ese garden The first of three areas is an open bar space? complete with a randomly placed high counter, a warm and sociable spot for friends and dates meeting for cocktails or pre-dinner aperitifs before visiting the Pierre Gagnaire restaurant on the same floor photo: NACASA & PARTNERS 10-2010 600 m² Interior architect Curiosity Aba Intercontinental Hotel Tokyo miyamoro 11:30-25:00 ONE MINUTE WALK FROM TAMEIKE-SANNO STATION TWO MINUTES WALK FROM ROPPONGI-ICCHOME STATION http://wwwmimoaeu/users/nick77/guides/tokyo/ 23
photo: Nazar Leskiw Mikimoto Ginza 2 Chuo-Ku 2-4-12 Ginza Tokyo http://ginza2mikimotocom This boutique store is part of the Mikimoto family, one of the most famous names in ese 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 12-2005 2230 m² Main designer, Interior architect Structural engineer Contractor Lighting designer Toyo Ito Ichiro Nishiwaki Design Office SSC Sasaki Structural Consultants Taisei Corporation Ushio Spax Co K Mikimoto & Co Ltd Franks photo: Nazar Leskiw Daily 11:00-19:00 Restaurant is open until 2300 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/nick77/guides/tokyo/ 24
photo: Quentin Seik photo: Quentin Seik Comme des Garcons Store Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku 5-11-5 107-0062 Tokyo The flagship store for ese fashion label Comme des Garçons, designed by Future Systems and located in the Ometesando shopping district (not far from Herzog and de Meuron's amazing Prada store) Future Systems took out the exterior walls of this drab office building and pulled back structural columns and forming a façade of sloping glass panels These flowing waves of glass printed with a pattern of blue dots separate the dirty street and store interior as if the store front was a piece of fabric White interior partitions and glass walls further divide up the interior space The store design also involved Comme des Garçons' fashion designer Rei Kawakubo and interior designer Takao Kawasaki photo: Quentin Seik 1999, Interior architect Future Systems Quentin_Seik Comme des Garcons Fashion Label Mon - Sun: 11:00-20:00 h http://wwwmimoaeu/users/nick77/guides/tokyo/ 25
photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Artefaqs Corporation V28 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku 6-31-17 151-0064 Tokyo A landmark building on the famous Omotesando & Harajuku crossing in Tokyo's most prestigious shopping districts The main occupants are a Zara store and Gold's gym, indeed people can be seen exercising from the street The curved façade is backlit with programmable multi-coloured led lights 2004 4068 m², Interior architect Structural engineer Lighting designer Creative Designers International Quentin_Seik ARUP Starlet Veloqx City investment photo: Creative Designers International Nearest Station: Harajuku http://wwwmimoaeu/users/nick77/guides/tokyo/ 26
photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Quentin Seik Audi Forum Jingumae, Shibuya-ku 6-12-18 150-0001 Tokyo Standing seven stories high in the middle of Tokyo's central business district and fashion center, Shibuya, 'The Iceberg' building was designed by Tokyo-based Creative Designers International (CDI) The Iceberg is a commercial building that features a unique structural system for supporting the asymmetrical glass façade and a completely transparent passenger lift shaft The exterior was inspired by a combination of 'crystal, an iceberg and a crushed PET (plastic) bottle', says Hiroyuki Yoshikawa, director of CDI Three kinds of colour-laminated glass enhance the edge effect of the building shape, making it look like a giant crystal rising up in the middle of the city 2006 5173 m² Technical engineer Structural engineer Creative Designers International ARUP Kajima Corporation veloqx meiji - dori tokutei mokuteki kaisha Quentin_Seik photo: Quentin Seik 10:00am-8:00pm Nearest Station: Omotesando http://wwwmimoaeu/users/nick77/guides/tokyo/ 27
photo: Christian Beirle González photo: Christian Beirle González Shibuya Station Extension Shibuya 24-1 Shibuya Nichome Tokyo 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 photo: Christian Beirle González 2008 Tadao Ando christian_02 Shibuya Subway Station - access Fukutoshin, Ginza or Hanzomon Line http://wwwmimoaeu/users/nick77/guides/tokyo/ 28
photo: Christian Beirle González photo: Christian Beirle González St Mary's Cathedral Sekiguchi 3-15-16 Bunkyo-ku Tokyo St Mary's Cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo It is located in the Sekiguchi neighbourhood of Bunkyo, Tokyo, 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 photo: Christian Beirle González 1964 3650 m² Structural engineer Kenzo Tange Yoshikatsu Tsuboi christian_02 Nearby subway-station Gokokuji (600m) http://wwwmimoaeu/users/nick77/guides/tokyo/ 29
photo: Quentin Seik photo: Quentin Seik Tokyo Tower Shiba-Koen 4-2-8 105-0011 Tokyo http://wwwtokyotowercojp/english At 3325 metres (1,091 ft), it is the second tallest artificial structure in 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 12-1958 Tachu Naito Nippon Television City Corp Quentin_Seik photo: Nazar Leskiw 9:00-22:00 h http://wwwmimoaeu/users/nick77/guides/tokyo/ 30
photo: Jun Mitsui Associates photo: Jun Mitsui Associates De Beers Ginza Tower Chuo-ku, Ginza 2-5-11 104-0061 Tokyo Ginza is one of the most famous commercial districts even in the world Marronnier Street is a gracious, active street lined with creatively designed buildings The DE BEERS Ginza Building design is intended to reflect the sophisticated Ginza streetscape and fit appropriately into this dynamic context The fluid and flexible form of the building was also inspired by the beauty of the female outline The sparkling light on the surface of the gently curved form of the building subtly suggests the shimmering reflection of diamond The expression of the curtain wall varies continuously as it ascends and as it reflects the ever-changing appearance of the sky The exterior surface of the building reflects the sunlight and Ginza city lights in a subtle way and the impression of the façade as time passes On the exterior of the building, specially-finished stainless steel pipes are horizontally laid-out creating sparkles of of light throughout the surface of the building photo: Jun Mitsui Associates 2007 4000 m² Jun Mitsui Associates De Beers Quentin_Seik Monday - Saturday: 11:00-8:00 h Sunday and National Holidays: 11:00-7:00 h http://wwwmimoaeu/users/nick77/guides/tokyo/ 31
photo: ASDESIGN 95 photo: ASDESIGN 95 Romanian Pavilion UIA Tokyo 2011 Marunouchi 3-chome, Chiyoda-ku 5-1 100-0005 Tokyo Winner of national design competition for UIA 2011 Tokyo Romanian Pavilion The architects used only what had been available to us in order to achieve a minimalist and interactive space The value of available resources had been transferred from that of a single use investment to that of intelligent components The components are the very digital informative brochures, the digital photographic frames Resources are limited and every loss is quantified The pavilion transient existence is being sketched-up in real time by the installation's own disappearance as frame after frame is being removed by the visitor The installation is made of local materials The digital photo frames are acquired from ese manufacturers in order to support the local industry and reduce transportation needs The crescent-shaped digital wall suggests the image of interwoven bricks that transform into structural units, intelligent bricks, basic cells of the intelligent sustainable building of 2050 photo: ASDESIGN 95 9-2011 30 m² ASDESIGN 95 OAR / Romanian Chamber of s Asdesign95 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/nick77/guides/tokyo/ 32