Where In Tokyo
Tokyo Design Center/
Gotanda: Notable
building
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Designed by Italian
architect Mario
Bellini, the Tokyo
Design Center was
completed in 1991.
The most prominent
feature is a galle-
ria passageway that
cuts upward through
the building diago-
nally, leading to a
garden area sitting
on a steep hill
behind the building.
From there you can
continue to climb
along paths further
up the hill, and
look back on the
terraced rear facade
and the building's
cylindrical elevator
hall, which is
capped by a glass
dome.
The front facade is
exposed concrete
with Travertine
marble grids. It
faces Sakurada-dori
across from Gotanda
station, and it's
divided into twin
wings that flank a
1970s-era office
building. The build-
ing's five-story
galleria area is
occupied by interior
design shops and
showrooms, along
with a design book-
store, an Italian
restaurant and a
cafe-bar. There's
also an underground
exhibition/concert
space (called the
Galleria) and sever-
al floors of offices
above the shops and
showrooms.
See also the Tokyo
Design Center photo
album on Facebook.
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Higashi-Gotanda 5-
25-19.
Most shops open
10am-6pm; closed
Wednesdays.
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