Hotel Architecture | Shinjuku ยท Tokyu Kabukicho Tower ๐๏ธโจ
๐จ In the newly opened Tokyu Kabukicho Tower in Shinjuku, the firm was in charge of the buildingโs exterior facade design and some interior spaces (the ground-floor passage and entrance, the first-floor lounge of the Bell Star Hotel, and the theater foyers on floors 6-9). โจ ๐กBefore the Kabukicho district was established, this area was a marshland, and even now, the Benten Shrine still stands here. ๐ฟ ๐ After the war, through the visionary idea of repurposing the old exposition site for urban development, the area was revived by private efforts. โจ ๐ก As a unique high-rise building in Japan that focuses on hotels and entertainment facilities without office spaces, the designer pondered what kind of presence it should embody. ๐ ๐ The final concept was inspired by a fountain symbolizing the spirit of the people emerging from the marshland of Kabukicho. A fountain has no fixed form; without the force from the underground, it would vanish in an instant. โจ ๐ก This illusory and flickering posture will become the new symbol of the district and also represents a modern revival of the fountain that once stood in the "Cinema City Plaza." ๐ #Tokyo ๐