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Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower / Tange Associates | ArchDoc

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© Koji HoriuchiArchitects: Tange Associates Location: Tokyo, Japan Client: Mode Gakuen Project area: 3,541 sqm Project year: 2008 Photographs: Koji Horiuchi © Koji HoriuchiMode Gakuen Cocoon Tower is located in Tokyo’s distinctive Nishi-Shinjuku high-rise district and contains 3 different schools: Tokyo Mode Gakuen (fashion), HAL Tokyo (IT and digital contents) and Shuto Iko (medical treatments and care). The building’s innovative shape and cutting edge façade embodies our unique “Cocoon” concept. Embraced within this incubating form, students are inspired to create, grow and transform.© Koji HoriuchiUnlike a traditional, horizontally laid out school, we have designed a high-rese vertical campus that can hold approximately 10,000 students. We believe that a school structure should be more than just classrooms. It should also incorporate multi-purpose corridors and a schoolyard-like space, or atrium, where communication can flourish naturally. With this in mind, we have designed 3-story high atriums which we call the “Student Lounge”.© Koji HoriuchiThe tower floor plan is simple. Three rectangular classroom areas rotate 120 degrees around the inner core. From the 1st floor to the 50th floor, these rectangular classroom areas are arranged in a curvilinear form. The inner core consists of an elevator, staircase and shaft. The Student Lounge is located between the classrooms and face three directions, east, southwest and northwest.© Koji HoriuchiCocoon Tower is located directly in front of Shinjuku Station, Tokyo’s busiest train station and in close proximity to the Shinjuku CBD (Central Business District), where the Tokyo City Hall is located. Some of the buildings in the immediate area surrounding Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower have become old and obsolete. However this area is very important to connect Shinjuku Station and the Shinjuku CBD. Our aim is to use the building to revitalize and reenergize this area and to create a gateway between the Station and the CBD. The Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower combines fresh visual dynamism with a novel school facility and a main hall open to the public.© Koji HoriuchiThe building’s elliptic form allows generous views and increased ground space at the top and bottom respectively. Greenery planted at the lower levels and unobstructed views of the sky form the upper levels, brings, the nurturing forces of nature close at hand. In total, the Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower stands as a powerful learning tool, unparalleled in design, function and vision.#gallery-1 {margin: auto;}#gallery-1 .gallery-item {float: left;margin-top: 10px;text-align: center;width: 33%;}#gallery-1 img {border: 2px solid #cfcfcf;}#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {margin-left: 0;}

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1800 Larimer / RNL Design | ArchDoc

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© Frank OomsArchitects: RNL Design Location: Denver, Colorado, USA Project area: 24,500 sqf Photographs: Frank Ooms © Frank OomsRNL designed this 22-story office tower in downtown Denver at 18th & Larimer Streets. It is the first high-rise office building to be built in Denver’s Central Business District (CBD) in more than 25 years. The building offers state of the art class AA lease office space. This project is sustainably designed and is certified LEED-CS Platinum. Featuring high 9’6” ceilings with nearly full height glass and large 24,500 sf floor plates, it is a very attractive draw for Denver businesses.© Frank OomsThe building features a large landscaped roof garden that is accessed from the 2nd floor level along with a health club and other amenities. It sits atop the parking garage which accommodates 413 vehicles on both above and below grade levels. The building lobby includes a café with seating area, a major art wall and a bank with dedicated parking located in the Level 1 garage.© Frank OomsThe building sets back from 18th Street to form a plaza on both 18th and Larimer Streets with landscape elements that flow through the tall, structural glass glazed lobby. 1800 Larimer is the new Regional Headquarters for Xcel Energy. RNL also provided the interior design for this LEED Platinum tenant space.#gallery-1 {margin: auto;}#gallery-1 .gallery-item {float: left;margin-top: 10px;text-align: center;width: 33%;}#gallery-1 img {border: 2px solid #cfcfcf;}#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {margin-left: 0;}

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Istanbul Sapphire / Tabanlioglu Architects | ArchDoc

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© Thomas MayerArchitects: Tabanlioglu Architects / Melkan Gürsel & Murat Tabanlioglu Location: Istanbul, Turkey Project Year: 2011 Project Area: 165,169 sqm Photographs: Helene Binet, Thomas Mayer Istanbul Sapphire, the highest structures in Istanbul and Turkey, is a residential, leisure and shopping center project located in the “business administration” center of the city. The building rises in agreement with the surrounding high-rises and is still of nature-friendly facilities like vertical gardens. In addition to the comfort provided by modern technology, Istanbul Sapphire has the infrastructure and the location that will ensure easy transportation.© Thomas MayerThe building façade consists of two independent shells. The interiors are protected from adverse weather conditions and noise on account of the outer shell. This transparent shell also serves as a buffer zone between the indoor area and the outside, and has a positive effect on structural solutions.© Thomas MayerThe space created between the two shells is used as gardens and terraces of each apartment; every three floors is a component with a garden floor and two floors overlooking the gardens. Around the atrium there are nine or fewer apartments, depending on the size of each unit. Residents are living in a tower, yet have the feeling that they are sharing a 3-floor house with close neighbors. Its the same feeling t hey would have in country side or in a traditional Istanbul house, with the indoor gardens offering a natural and a warm setting for those living at higher levels.plansThe garden zone is naturally ventilated though the louvers, taking the air in at lower lever and pushing it out at the top. The louvers automatically open and close according to weather conditions and the interior temperature is always almost equal to the exterior temperature. Environmental friendly systems of the construction grant low energy consumption.© Thomas MayerIn different levels of the building, there are 187 residences of different sizes. The building is planned as 4 separate housing zones, linked with 4 common areas between the sections. Besides the inner gardens, recreation areas, such as a mini golf course with a great Bosporus view or a swimming pool overlooking the cityscape, are programmed. The buffer zones also house the maintenance and support facilities and the mechanical systems of the building.© Thomas MayerWhen viewed from the outside, the building gets slightly thinner as it rises upward. At the fourth level, it expands downwards and the glass covering the surface of the building earns a sort curve and then extends horizontally as the skirt of the building, covering the shopping facility with cafés, restaurants and stores. This area is perceived as a multi-layered, dynamic, large single space, benefiting from the natural light to the maximum extent.SectionThe basic structure of the building is composed of concrete supported by steel elements. The thin building form is supported by the two cores at the narrow ends. The vertical circulation is provided by 14 elevators, eight of which are express elevators at high speed. In addition, there are eight conveyor belts and 13 escalators. Two elevators have direct access to the observation desk on the very top floor, where the privacy of the residences are preserved by private access.© Thomas MayerBeing the highest structure in Maslak, Istanbul Sapphire claims a new way of life, relying on the opportunities of contemporary architectural and urban manner. Possessing a smart cityscape, the elegant and transparent structure contributes to the image of the city.© Thomas Mayer#gallery-1 {margin: auto;}#gallery-1 .gallery-item {float: left;margin-top: 10px;text-align: center;width: 33%;}#gallery-1 img {border: 2px solid #cfcfcf;}#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {margin-left: 0;}