Tokio Projects 21 Created 18-Sep-17 By Janos Magyar, Berlin, Germany Gyre Shopping Center MVRDV shopping centre C1 House Dior Omotesando Prada Aoyama epicenter National Art Center Tod's Omotesando Building Maison Hermès hhstylecom casa Carina Store 7 21 21 Design Sight St Mary's Cathedral 14 National Museum of Western Art 15 Shizuoka Press and Broadcasting Tower 16 The Edo-Tokyo Museum 17 Kiyonori Kikutake museum 8 Tokyo Big Sight 18 AXS Satow exposition space 9 Za Koenji Public Theatre 19 Toyo Ito theatre 10 Tama Art University - Hachioji Library 20 Toyo Ito library 11 SANAA shop Kenzo Tange office Tadao Ando shop 6 Renzo Piano office, shop, workshop 13 Le Corbusier museum Toyo Ito office, retail, shop 5 Kisho Kurokawa exposition space, museum Shibuya Station Extension Kenzo Tange church Herzog and De Meuron shop, showroom 4 SANAA commercial space, shop Tadao Ando subway station Curiosity private house 3 Opaque Ginza 21 Kazuyo Sejima shop 12 Tadao Ando gallery, museum http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jazoma/guides/tokio/ Sunny Hills 22 Kengo Kuma & Associates shop 1
RAGTAG 23 SANAA shop http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jazoma/guides/tokio/ 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 Floor area/size 10-2007 8950 m² MVRDV Building physics consultant Takenaka Corporation Client Mitsubishi Corporation UBS Realty Email info@gyre-omotesandocom for more information MVRDV http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jazoma/guides/tokio/ 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/jazoma/guides/tokio/ 4
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 Client 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/jazoma/guides/tokio/ 5
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 Floor area/size 6-2003 2860 m² Lighting designer Associate architect Client 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/jazoma/guides/tokio/ 6
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 Floor area/size 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/jazoma/guides/tokio/ 7
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) Floor area/size 12-2004 2449 m² Technical engineer Lighting designer Structural engineer Contractor Client 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/jazoma/guides/tokio/ 8
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 Floor area/size 2001 6000 m² Client 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/jazoma/guides/tokio/ 9
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 Floor area/size 2-2005 470 m² Client 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/jazoma/guides/tokio/ 10
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/jazoma/guides/tokio/ 11
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 Floor area/size 3-2007 1732 m² General consultant Client 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/jazoma/guides/tokio/ 12
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/jazoma/guides/tokio/ 13
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, 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 Floor area/size 1964 3650 m² Structural engineer Kenzo Tange Yoshikatsu Tsuboi christian_02 Nearby subway-station Gokokuji (600m) http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jazoma/guides/tokio/ 14
National Museum of Western Art Uenokoen 7-7 110-0007 Tokyo wwwnmwagojp/en/? The National Museum of Western Art is the premier public art gallery in 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 6-1959 Le Corbusier Nazar http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jazoma/guides/tokio/ 15
photo: Metropolis Shizuoka Press and Broadcasting Tower Ginza 8-3-7 104-0061 Tokyo "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 1967 Kenzo Tange Nazar http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jazoma/guides/tokio/ 16
The Edo-Tokyo Museum Yokoami 1-4-1 130-0015 Tokyo The Edo-Tokyo Museum was founded on March 28th 1993, as a facility to preserve the historical heritage of Edo-Tokyo At the Special exhibition gallery, visitors can enjoy selected exhibits on subjects related to Tokyo's history and culture, scheduled several times a year 3-1993 Kiyonori Kikutake Nazar http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jazoma/guides/tokio/ 17
Tokyo Big Sight Ariake 3-11-1 135-0063 Tokyo Tokyo Big Sight is the popular nickname for the Tokyo International Exhibition Center, a ese convention center that opened in April 1996 Located in Odaiba, Tokyo Bay, the center is one of the largest convention venues within the city, and its most iconic representation is the visually distinctive Conference Tower The former Governor of Tokyo, Shunichi Suzuki, had the honour of commencing the 1994 lifting-up ceremony on June 30, which initiated the operation of raising the Tower's 6500-ton main structure above ground, a process which took three days to complete using a computer-guided system that precisely jacked the structure up into place A 250-ton aerial escalator was installed later to formally link the raised structure to the ground floors 4-1996 AXS Satow Nazar http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jazoma/guides/tokio/ 18
photo: Y_Seto photo: Y_Seto Za Koenji Public Theatre Koenjikita 2-1-2 166-0002 Tokyo http://za-koenjijp/english/about/ 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 photo: Y_Seto 11-2008 Toyo Ito Nazar http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jazoma/guides/tokio/ 19
photo: Toyo Ito & Associates photo: Toyo Ito & Associates Tama Art University - Hachioji Library Yarimizu Hachioji 2-1723 192-0394 Tokyo http://wwwtamabiacjp/english/about/libraryhtm Ito Toyo, who is one of the leading architects in, 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 ese books, 47,000 foreign books and 1,500 periodicals photo: Toyo Ito & Associates 2-2007 Toyo Ito Nazar http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jazoma/guides/tokio/ 20
photo: Nacása & Partners Opaque Ginza Ginza 3-5-8 104-0061 Tokyo The Opaque Ginza fashion store in Ginza, which sells womens fashion, cosmetics in a department store format also features a salon and restaurant The Opaque building has a very distinctive facade which was designed by Kazuyo Sejima in 1998 Floor area/size 2-2002 526 m² Main designer, Kazuyo Sejima SANAA Nazar http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jazoma/guides/tokio/ 21
photo: Daici Ano photo: Daici Ano Sunny Hills Minamiaoyama 3-10-20 107-0062 Tokyo This shop, specialized in selling pineapple cake (popular sweet in Taiwan), is in the shape of a bamboo basket It is built on a joint system called "Jiigoku-Gumi", traditional method used in ese wooden architecture (often observed in Shoji: vertical and cross pieces in the same width are entwined in each other to form a muntin grid) Normally the two pieces intersect in two dimensions, but here they are combined in 30 degrees in 3 dimensions (or in cubic), which came into a structure like a cloud With this idea, the section size of each wood piece was reduced to as thin as 60mm 60mm As the building is located in middle of the residential area in Aoyama, we wanted to give some soft and subtle atmosphere to it, which is completely different from a concrete box We expect that the street and the architecture could be in good chemistry Floor area/size 1-2014 297 m² Kengo Kuma & Associates Nazar http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jazoma/guides/tokio/ 22
RAGTAG Jingumae 6-14-5 150-0001 Tokyo RAGTAG means RAG = worn out TAG = label RAGTAG is a second-hand clothes shop The building was designed by Kazuyo Sejima (SANAA), the elevation with frosted glass perfectly characterizes her minimalist style 2003 SANAA Nazar http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jazoma/guides/tokio/ 23