• MajorWorks
• Overseas
• JAPAN
• Year
• TAKENAKA TOPICS
  • 2007
• Renewal & Renovation works
• MajorWorks before 2003

TAKENAKA TOPICS 2007 winter

This office building was constructed with the aim of becoming a base for an international business center in the Marunouchi district, as well as being a flagship driven by MITSUBISHI ESTATE CO., LTD. With the concept of harmony between history and cosmopolitanism, while continuing with the design concepts of the old Marunouchi Building, the services of English company Hopkins Architects were employed to introduce a new feeling to the design. Many ideas and designs were also used to make this superhigh-rise building environmentally-friendly.

Client

: MITSUBISHI ESTATE CO., LTD.

Location

: 1-5-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Design

: Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei Inc.

Construction

: Takenaka Corporation

Structure

: Steel, Steel-framed reinforced concrete

Number of floors

: 38 fl. above and 4 fl. below ground

Total floor space

: 195,401m²

Proud of being the tallest building in the Chubu Region with 47 floors aboveground (247 meters), the MIDLAND SQUARE is a new landmark in Nagoya. This was the first redevelopment project designated under the City Redevelopment Works. MIDLAND SQUARE is comprised of a high-rise tower, occupied by Toyota Motor Corporation and other company offices, and a low-level section which holds some commercial and restaurant facilities, and cinemas. A space bursting with fascination has been created, having an exterior appearance based on straight lines with a clean-cut facade, as well as a sky promenade on the roof.

Client

: TOWA REAL ESTATE CO., LTD, TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION, THE MAINICHI NEWSPAPERS

Location

: 4-7, Meieki, Nakanura-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

Design

: Nikken Sekkei

Construction

: Takenaka Corporation and three other companies (JV)

Structure

: Steel-framed reinforced concrete, Steel

Number of floors

: 47 fl. above and 6 fl. below ground

Total floor space

: 193,451m²

The Tokyo Midtown project is one of the last large-scale redevelopment projects in the center of Tokyo. With Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. acting as the administrative agent, a number of specific companies won the bid and purchased the land which was previously the Roppongi Defense Agency site, and developed the complex consisting of offices, hotels, homes and commercial facilities. Tokyo Midtown is located in a very international area with many embassies and foreign nationals living close by. With the theme of the "Tokyo Midtown concept," one of the aims is for the site is to become a place for many people and companies from around the world to "actively come together for exchange." The services of several architectural design companies were employed from within and outside of Japan, including the American company SOM for each of the buildings and the landscaping.

Client

: RPbeta (SPC) and 9 other companies

Location

: 9-7-1 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Design

: NIKKEN SEKKEI LTD.

Construction

: Takenaka Corporation and one other company (JV)

Structure

: Steel, Steel-framed reinforce concrete, and Reinforced concrete,

Number of floors

: 54 fl. above and 5 fl. below ground

Total floor space

: 390,377m²

The Mitsui Garden Hotel is a specialized deluxe accommodation hotel which has opened in the "Shiodome Italia-gai" area, providing for both the business and the leisure markets. The exterior appearance has a classical three-layer structure formation, with a stately and modern stonework-tone base section, bright yellow exterior wall tiles, and deeply-cut window frames. With the concept of "Italian classical modern," the interior presents an extraordinary display, as could be expected of an Italian city hotel.

Client

: Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd.

Location

: 2-14-24 Higashishimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Supervision

: Ishimoto Architectural & Engineering Firm, Inc.

Design

: Takenaka Corporation

Construction

: Takenaka Corporation and one other company (JV)

Structure

: Steel, Reinforced concrete

Number of floors

: 13 fl. above and I fl. below ground

Total floor space

: 12,030m²

This center is the first Private Finance Initiative (PFI) project to be undertaken in about 60 years. It entailed the new construction of a prison facility, on a site in western Yamaguchi Prefecture surrounded by greenery, which was previously a coal mine. Different from prisons to date with concrete exterior walls, this facility has three boundary fences around it and uses infrared sensors. Strengthened glass is used instead of bars in the prison windows, and Galvalume steel plate louvers are being used to prevent the inside from being watched from the outside, and as a measure against the western sun. With a gynecologic clinic open to the public, it is a "correction center opened up to the local community." In addition to the joint venture construction of the prison facility, which has the capacity for 1,000 inmates, Takenaka was responsible for the construction of 22 buildings, including the administrative building, the vocational training building, and the employee dormitory building.

Client

: Social Rehabilitation Support Mine Corporation

Location

: 10 Asoshimo, Toyotamae-cho, Mine City, Yamaguchi Prefecture

Design

: AXS SATOW INC., Azusa Sekkei Co., Ltd.

Construction

: Takenaka Corporation and 2 other companies (JV)

Structure

: Reinforced concrete, Steel

Number of floors

: 4 fl. aboveground

Total floor space

: 33,640m² (Area A), 47,394m² (total area)

This cultural complex consists of a multipurpose hall with the capacity for 500 people and a welfare center. With the design image of a ship, a feeling of unification has been realized by designing the two facilities, each with different functions, under the same large roof, which is in the image of the hull of a ship. It is a 40-centimeter thick, one-meter pitch rib steel roof. Underneath, facilities have been designed using windows to ensure a high feeling of "transparency and openness." The eaves have been extended out in order to protect the interior from the western sun, as well as from wind and rain. With the oval-shaped hall, the feeling of unity between the performers and the audience has been created, and people can relax listening to music in the natural light flowing inside from the top lights.

Client

: Makinohara City

Location

: 140 Susuki, Makinohara City, Shizuoka Prefecture

Design

: Kyodosekkei TAG Co., Ltd. ■Rikiya Yagi Jimusho

Construction

: Takenaka Corporation and one other company (JV)

Structure

: Steel, Reinforced concrete

Number of floors

: 3 fl. aboveground

Total floor space

: 3,817m²