Mōdo gakuen kokūn tawā (東京モード学園, モード学園コクーンタワー), or the Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower, located at 1-7-3 Nishi-Shinjuku on the former site of the Asahi Seimei Headquarters Building, was completed in 2008 to deconstructivist design of Tange Associates. The 204-meter, 50-story highrise is the second tallest educational building in the world, serving as home to three vocational schools: Tokyo Mode Gakuen Fashion School, HAL Tokyo College of Technology & Design, and Shuto Ikō Medical Schhool.
The building's cocoon shape symbolizes a building that nurtures the students inside. The vertical campus can accommodate 10,000 students across the three schools. Each floor contains three rectangular classrooms surrounding an inner that consists of an elevator, a staircase and a support shaft. A three-story student lounge is located on every third floor between the classrooms.
The Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower was awarded the 2008 Skyscraper of the Year by Emporis.com.
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