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Palace Hotel Tokyo, Palace Building

Palace Hotel Tokyo, Palace Building

This is a reconstruction plan for the Palace Hotel, which opened in 1961 and was loved by many people as a modern hotel.
By placing the hotel building on the south side and the office building on the north side, lush greenery can be enjoyed from all guest rooms, banquet halls, and offices. The hotel building has a curved design that wraps around the upper floors in a relaxed manner, with terraces and a rooftop garden located on the lower floors. The office building, which is constructed with a deeply carved facade that gives a sense of solidity and prioritizes environmental performance, is combined with a glass curtain wall to achieve harmony with the hotel building.

DATA

Year of completionyear 2012
LocationChiyoda ward, Tokyo

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Building usage Commercial facilities, offices, accommodation facilities
Site area10,440㎡
Total floor area140,302㎡
Scale23 floors above ground, 4 floors below ground
structureAbove ground S construction, underground RC construction, some SRC construction
Details of the Award

・ Selected Architectural Designs of AIJ 2014 (Architectural Institute of Japan (AIJ)/Japan)

・2014 IES Illumination Award (41st), Merit Award (Illumination Engineering Society (IES) /USA)

・Travel + Leisure Design Awards 2013, Best Large Hotel Category (Travel + Leisure/USA)

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Our BusinessDesign, Construction Supervision, Landscape, civil engineering architectural design and construction supervision
Development area (underground passage)Width 4m, length 100m

Underground passage

In addition, an underground passageway with a total length of approximately 100m is planned to connect the facility to Otemachi Station, which has multiple Tokyo Metro and Toei Subway lines. This will contribute to improving convenience for employees and visitors. A subway entrance and exit will be located right next to the Imperial Palace, improving convenience for tourists and general users, and contributing to Tokyo's tourism policy.
The spacious corridors and stone walls with wooden design gates create a stately interior design reminiscent of a "palace hotel," and the facility is barrier-free with elevators and escalators.

Landscape

Landscape was designed in conjunction with the architecture, and various scenes were developed that take advantage of the location facing Uchibori-dori Street and the Wadakura Moat, while keeping in mind traditional Japanese methods, materials, and techniques, to create a "landscape of hospitality."
The porte-cochere, featuring Japanese maples that lend a sense of the seasons and symbolism, features trapezoidal pavement that is coordinated with the ceiling lighting, creating a refined space that demonstrates the elegance of the hotel. In front of the lobby, a garden has been created that combines Tamukeyama maples and Aji stone with the Wadakura moat as a backdrop, creating a striking "picture" framed by the architecture. A rooftop garden has been designed on the fifth floor, incorporating the greenery of the city center below as a borrowed landscape.

Update : 2020.11.24

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