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 (rear left), 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 Subaru Building (front, center), at 1-7-2 Nishi-shinjuku, is the head office of Fuji Jūkōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha (富士重工業株式会社 ), or Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI). Tracing its roots to the Nakajima Aircradft Company, a leading supplier of airplanes to the Japanese government during World War II, FHI was incorporated on July 15, 1953. Employing more than 15,000 people worldwide, it currently makes Subaru brand cars, and its aerospace division makes parts for Boeing, helicopters for the Japanese Self Defense Force, Raytheon Hawker, and Eclipse Aviation business jets.
The Shinjuku L Tower (新宿エルタワー) (right), at 1-6-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, is a 31-story, 122-meter skyscraper built in 1989 to the design of the Shimizu Construction Company.
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The Subaru Building, at 1-7-2 Nishi-shinjuku, is the head office of Fuji Jūkōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha (富士重工業株式会社 ), or Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI). Tracing its roots to the Nakajima Aircradft Company, a leading supplier of airplanes to the Japanese government during World War II, FHI was incorporated on July 15, 1953. Employing more than 15,000 people worldwide, it currently makes Subaru brand cars, and its aerospace division makes parts for Boeing, helicopters for the Japanese Self Defense Force, Raytheon Hawker, and Eclipse Aviation business jets.
Fuji Heavy Industries Group
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The Odakyu Halc Building, a huge curving two-story annex with two underground stories, focuses on interiors, and includes other shopping outlets including the Shinjuku outpost of Bic Camera, one of Japan's leading electronics retailers.
The Shinjuku Main Store of the Odakyu Department Store, directly above Shinjuku, rises 14 stories high with two underground stories. The department store belongs to the Odakyu Group, which also operates a suburban railway line from Shinjuku to Odawara (Odakyu is an abbreviation for "Odawara Express").
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The Shinjuku Main Store of the Odakyu Department Store, directly above Shinjuku station at 1-1-3 Nishi-Shinjuku, rises 14 stories high with two underground stories, and an annex HALC building, two stories high with two underground stories. The department store belongs to the Odakyu Group, which also operates a suburban railway line from Shinjuku to Odawara (Odakyu is an abbreviation for "Odawara Express").
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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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