Yozemi Tower Obelisk Yoyogi School, Tokyo

Taisei designed the Yoyogi Seminer Main School building in Tokyo’s Shibuya district. It was completed in 2008.

The skyscraper is divided in half. The lower half features a hanging garden and classrooms, and the upper half is dormitories for students. The transition between these halves opens up as an open courtyard. A reinforced concrete structure frames a full-length glazing on either side.
 
 

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(Dick Thomas Johnson– flickr/creative commons license)

(Dick Thomas Johnson– flickr/creative commons license)

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