Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower

Coordinates: 35°41′30″N 139°41′49″E / 35.69167°N 139.69694°E / 35.69167; 139.69694
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Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower
モード学園コクーンタワー
Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Coordinates35°41′30″N 139°41′49″E / 35.69167°N 139.69694°E / 35.69167; 139.69694
Construction started2006
Completed2008
OpeningOctober 2008
Height
Roof204 meters (669 ft)
Technical details
Floor count50 above ground
3 below ground
Design and construction
Architect(s)Tange Associates
Structural engineerArup
Main contractorShimizu Corporation

Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower (モード学園コクーンタワー, Mōdo gakuen kokūn tawā) is a 204 metres (669 feet), 50-story educational facility located in the

Skyscraper of the Year by Emporis
.

Design

Mode Gakuen invited architects to compete to build its new Tokyo location, stipulating that the building could not be rectangular. About 50 architects submitted more than 150 proposals. The winner had a curved shell of white aluminum and dark blue glass, criss-crossed by a web of white diagonal lines. The architects, Tange Associates, said its cocoon-like shape symbolizes nurturing the students inside;[1] they also said they wanted the building to revitalize the surrounding area and to create a gateway between Shinjuku Station and the Shinjuku central business district.[2] The building earned the firm the Emporis 2008 Skyscraper of the year award.[3]

Facilities

Built on the former site of the now-demolished

17th-tallest building in Tokyo.[4] The vertical campus can accommodate 10,000 students for the three vocational schools that occupy the building. Tokyo Mode Gakuen, for which the building in named after, is a fashion school. The other schools, HAL Tokyo and Shuto Ikō, are information technology and medical schools, respectively, that are operated by Mode Gakuen University. Each floor of the tower contains three rectangular classrooms that surround an inner core. The inner core consists of an elevator, a staircase and a support shaft. Every three floors, a three-story student lounge is located between the classrooms and faces three directions: east, southwest and northwest.[2]

  • Inside the tower, 2016
    Inside the tower, 2016
  • Detail of the façade, 2016
    Detail of the façade, 2016
  • The tower in the evening, 2019
    The tower in the evening, 2019
  • The tower at night, 2019
    The tower at night, 2019
  • In the 2009 skyline.
    In the 2009 skyline.

See also

References

  1. ^ Takano, Kiyomi (January 14, 2009). "Unusual structures grab attention". The Daily Yomiuri. Archived from the original on April 1, 2020. Retrieved January 29, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c Young, Niki May (January 23, 2009). "Recently completed Cocoon Tower makes education design as easy as A-B-C". WorldArchitectureNews.com. Archived from the original on October 7, 2014. Retrieved January 26, 2009.
  3. ^ "Tokyo's Cocoon Tower selected as 2008 Skyscraper of the Year". Europe Real Estate. January 22, 2009. Retrieved January 26, 2009.
  4. ^ a b "Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2007. Retrieved January 26, 2009.

External links

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