TOKYO 東京 | Toranomon Hills 虎ノ門ヒルズ | 255.5m | T/O

[Momo1435]

TOKYO 東京 | Toranomon Hills 虎ノ門ヒルズ | 255.5m | T/O

TOKYO 東京 | Loop Line 2 - Zone III 環状第二号線新橋・虎ノ門地区 | 255.5m | U/C
Full name:

Loop Line #2 Shimbashi/Toranomon Redevelopment Project Zone III 環状第二号線新橋・虎ノ門地区第二種市街地再開発事業　III街区





official website:
http://www.mori.co.jp/projects/kanjo-2go/

press release for the start of construction prayer ceremony:
http://www.mori.co.jp/company/press/...010002122.html

height: 255.5m
stories: 52
function: mixed use (office, hotel, residential)
status: U/C
start date: Spring 2011
completion date: 2014

location:
Toranomon (1), Minato-ku

http://maps.google.co.jp/maps?f=q&so...16512&t=h&z=17

detailed plans of the project on .pdf
http://www.toshiseibi.metro.tokyo.jp.../topi001-5.pdf



This tower is part of a major redevelopment scheme around the new "Loop Line #2" road between Toranomon and Shiodome. On completion it will be Tokyo's tallest skyscraper passing the Tokyo Midtown Tower in Roppongi. Demolition has recently started in order to start the construction in November 2010, it will take 4 years to complete. Just before the start it was announced that the actual start of construction has been delayed until Spring 2011.







http://www.mori.co.jp/company/press/...000001504.html


事業名称　：環状第二号線新橋・虎ノ門地区第二種市街地再開発事業III街区
所　在　地：東京都港区虎ノ門一丁目26番他
敷地面積　：17,069m²
建築面積　：9,363m²
延床面積　：244,305m²
階　　数　：地下5階、地上52階、塔屋1階
用　　途　：事務所、住宅、ホテル、店舗、カンファレンス、駐車場
建物高さ　：地上247m（最高高さ255.5ｍ）
構　　造　：S造（一部SRC造、RC造）
事業施行者：東京都
特定建築者：森ビル株式会社
設　計　者：株式会社日本設計
工事施工者：株式会社大林組
竣　　工　：2014年（予定）

The location:


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August




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[ukiyo]

I like how all of the projects especially this one have alot of green space on top of the building itself

[Momo1435]

With a company named Mori you would expect some trees. And they keep up to their name if see the green around their towers in this area, luckily this one isn't an exception.

[Momo1435]

View from the Tokyo Tower




bluestyle.livedoor.biz/

In 2 months it will be U/C.

[Braillard]

Around 10/15

Looking for some archeological remains... According to the guard, they haven't found anything that would delay the construction.



We're now exactly 6 weeks before construction starts.

[Momo1435]

I can't wait to change the title to U/C.

[Braillard]

On this render it says that there will be a 3-meters lightning rod on top of the structure... That would make 258m, but I guess it doesn't count...?

[ANONIMNIQ]

Great project This will be the tallest building in Tokyo, right? What is the height of the other buildings around it?

[Momo1435]

It will indeed be the tallest.

The buildings around it aren't as high, the highest that can be seen on the pictures is just over 170m high.

This map shows the location of all the high-rises around the tower that is the red one in the middle.


http://www.blue-style.com/search-map...34&mapScale=14


As for the 258m, I already knew that from the pdf drawings (see the 1st post). This kind of things always result in big discussions here on SSC. The official building height is only 247m, but since the top is part of the architectural design the highest point for the statistics is 255m. The lightning rod is just something that is just something that is put on top of the building, therefor it doesn't count.

It's not as extreme as the NTT Docomo Yoyogi Tower:
Office building: 150m
Plus spire: 239.8m
Plus antenna: 272m

[ANONIMNIQ]

Thank you, Momo1435! The area looks good.
247m or 258m... whatever... it's really tall building with nice clean design

[Momo1435]

Some bad news.

The start of construction has been delayed until Spring 2011 and the scale of the project has also been reduced.

The news comes from the Nikkan Kensetsu Kougyuo Shinbun 日刊建設工業新聞, Daily Construction Newspaper.



The scale reduction is minimal, the total number of floors will go from 53 to 52. And the total floor space will be reduced from 253000 m2 to 244300 m2. It seems that the number of residential apartments in the tower will be reduced.

The newspaper article doesn't mention if the height will change also, but that might not be the case if there will be more office floors. We will know before the constructions starts in the Spring, probably when they will update the notice boards around the construction site.

[la.risa.el.olvido]

u_u Now I'll have to wait more to get to see this arise over Tokyo
Did they mention why it has been delayed?

[Momo1435]

The delay is probably only because of the last minute modifications to the design. But they don't directly mention the reason for these changes, only that they are reviewing the residential part of the building. They don't say if it's just a couple of residential floors less or if there won't be any apartments left in the new design.

We will probably know when more info will come out sooner or later.

[Momo1435]

The construction signs on the site still have the original dates and stats. You can easily be fooled that it has already started by this and by all the machinery on site working on the road tunnel that is going to come above ground under the tower. But if the previous news wasn't true the start of construction would have been all over the media and that hasn't happened.

Pictures from 11/28




blogs.yahoo.co.jp/ys_yoko068

[Momo1435]

Heavy work but still not U/C.








http://urbanreallife.blog52.fc2.com/

[Momo1435]

NEWS NEWS NEWS

Mori released a press release about the start of construction.
http://www.mori.co.jp/company/press/...010002122.html

Although they are again not really clear, still saying that it will start this spring.

But they did held the safety prayer today, and the meteorological spring will start on the 1st of March. With the construction that is already going on for the new road they also can't do a proper ground breaking ceremony.

So everything considered, I will put this one on U/C!


And in the press release some new stats and measurements were also announced.

事業名称　：環状第二号線新橋・虎ノ門地区第二種市街地再開発事業III街区
所　在　地：東京都港区虎ノ門一丁目26番他
敷地面積　：17,069m²
建築面積　：9,363m²
延床面積　：244,305m²
階　　数　：地下5階、地上52階、塔屋1階
用　　途　：事務所、住宅、ホテル、店舗、カンファレンス、駐車場
建物高さ　：地上247m（最高高さ255.5ｍ）
構　　造　：S造（一部SRC造、RC造）
事業施行者：東京都
特定建築者：森ビル株式会社
設　計　者：株式会社日本設計
工事施工者：株式会社大林組
竣　　工　：2014年（予定）



Height:
building: 247m
architectural: 255.5m
including antenna: 258m
floors: 52

The announced that the total number of floors was reduced from 53 to 52 was a bit misleading. The office floors and the residential floors have remained the same. The difference in the floors is all in the hotel floors at the top of the building. The number of floors for the hotel was reduced, but it seems to been compensated with an increased floor height. Therefor the total height of the building hasn't changed, for what it's worth the architectural height even increased by 0.5m.

It's still going to be Tokyo's tallest tower upon completion and it's starting now!

[Braillard]

Woohooo!! Great news!!
I'm so relieved, thank you!

[ukiyo]

[Braillard]

Well, there's still something like one year before we really see it rise, but it's relieving to know that it will go forward and that it will still be 255m! Sorry, 255.5!

[Momo1435]

We'll see when it will rise. The foundation works for the road tunnel underneath the tower have been going on for quite some time. This could make it go faster then other projects, but it could also make everything more complicated and make it last longer.

For now some recent pictures.












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