Category: Architecture

Tokyo Genso

At Ikusuki’s blog I find these fabulous images of a post-apocalyptic Tokyo, something similar to the works of Motoda Hisaharu but in color.

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Just behind Tocho.

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In Shibuya next to the home appliances store Sakuraya. The ironic thing is that some months ago Bic Camera bought Sakuraya and one of the consequences is that they have closed down the Shibuya store. The distinctive Sakuraya neon billboards in Shibuya are gone! So this futuristic image won’t become true.

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The same Sakuraya picture but longer into the future.

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Tokyo Sky Tree, literally

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109 in Shibuya

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Yoyogi station

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Nakano

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Rainbow bridge in Odaiba

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Shinjuku

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Architecture

X-Seed 4000

X-Seed 4000 is the name of the tallest planned building ever (even though it was never built). The X-Seed 4000 sketches and concept were designed by Peter Neville for Taisei Corporation and it was supposed to be built at the Tokyo bay. According to plan, the X-Seed 4000 would be 4 km tall, would be taller than Mount Fuji and it would host almost a million people. The Tokyo Pyramid was another mega-project planned for Tokyo that was never carried out.

X-Seed 4000

Another similar project is Sky City 1000, that when built would be 1 km tall:

Architecture

Tokyo Sky Tree

Tokyo Sky Tree is a tower that when finished in 2012 will be the second tallest artificial structure in the world after the Burj Dubai. It has barely surpassed half of its planned final height of 634 meters but it is already the highest structure in Japan, surpassing the Tokyo Tower. These are some photos that I took last week from Asakusa that show the current state of the construction.

Tokyo Sky Tree