Tokyo Sky Tree--Creation of a Lanscape beyond Space-time

摘要

Facing the Sumida River in the eastern part of Tokyo, the Narihirabashi and Oshiage areas were once flourishing centers of Edo culture (17th to late 19th century). In February 2006 the Tobu Railway Co. proposed to local broadcasting companies and to Sumida Ward that a huge steel tower, called the Tokyo Sky Tree?, be built there. The first thing particularly emphasized by the client at the start of the project was the "creation of a landscape beyond space-time there." During subsequent stages of the design work, consistent efforts were made to realize this theme.