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“Next Tokyo” is an exercise in sustainable big-thinking for the future. It is the imagining a resurgent mega-city adapted to climate change with the realization of a high-density eco-district built on resilient infrastructure.
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The archipelago of reclaimed land supports transit-oriented development for a half-million occupants while improving the resilience of Tokyo Bay against water-born risks. The proposal was featured in NHK Japan’s documentary series “Next World”, which aired February 8th, 2015, and later presented in the CTBUH Journal 2015 Issue II
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Rising sea levels, seismic, and increased typhoon risk have raised consensus on the need for a strategy that offers protection to the low-elevation coastal zones surrounding Tokyo Bay. Next Tokyo addresses this city-wide vulnerability by providing coastal defense infrastructure which offers protection to the shoreline of Upper Tokyo Bay.
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These resilient infrastructural elements dual-function as the foundations for clusters of recreational open spaces and high-density development across the bay, including the “Sky Mile Tower” reaching over 1,600m in height.
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As a development strategy, a portion of the value generated from this new desirable waterfront real estate would in return contribute to the cost of the municipal infrastructure.Source by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates .
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Location:Tokyo, Japan
Architects: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Project Team: David Malott (Design Principal), Michael Greene (Managing Principal), Gera Feigon, Jordan Feinstein, Keisuke Hiei, Yeonmoon Kim, Muchan Park, Albert Wei, Heidi Werner, Luc Wilson, Xing Xiong
Structural Engineer: Leslie Earl Robertson Structural Engineering and Leslie E. Robertson Associates
Wind Engineer: RWDI Consulting Engineers
Vertical Transport Consultant: ThyssenKrupp
Structural Engineering Team: Leslie E. Robertson, SawTeen See, Edward J. Roberts, Irwin LaMontagne
Height: 1 mile (approximately 1,600 meters)
Total Stories: 420
Total Area: 1,375,000 square meters
Residential Zones: 5
Residential Building Legs: 15 (height range 280 – 460 meters)
Sky Lobbies: 4 (spaced every 320 meters, each 20 meter height)
Occupancy: 55,000 people
Density: approximately 25 square meters per person
Year: 2016
Rendering: M.I.R., 3DFocus
Images: Courtesy of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
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