tokyo station city

2. Tokyo Station City:
The railway station
as urban place
Presented by:
Muhammad Jamshaid
2016-CRP-18
Zia-Ul-Hassan Mamoon
2016-CRP-43
Course Instructor:
Dr. Obaidullah Nadeem

3. Introduction
 Railway station complexes as large as in Japan
 Twentieth century was accompanied by rapid development of
the railway network
 Transit-oriented development (TOD)
 important tools for development in Japan

4. Introduction
 Unprecedented demand for railway services
 86 per cent of all travel in Tokyo by rail
 New urban regeneration
 New urban functions
 Close relationship with the surrounding urban
space and building complexes

5. Introduction
 important spaces for creation and innovation
 All kinds of functions
 design, lighting and social ambiance
 working population in the area

6. Redevelopment of Railway Stations
in Japan
 A new phase of station redevelopment began in the 2000
 The station a powerful magnet for visitors
 Highest worldwide at about 36 per cent of all kilometers
 Department store or shopping center had a significant
positive effect on land value

7. Tokyo Station Redevelopment Projects
The status of Tokyo station in Japan:
Most prominent projects in the national trend
Tokyo Station is the busiest railway station
Passengers entering the station daily reaches 380 000

9. 1945-1965

10. Before 2000

11. After regeneration process

14. The configuration of Tokyo
station area
 Tokyo station is complex in configuration
 Ground, underground
 There are three entrances from three main directions

15. The configuration of Tokyo
station area
 Elevation difference between ground and underground
levels
 Station offers one toll-free corridor that connects the
east and the west
 pedestrian flows are sufficient to support the costly
commercial space created in this restructuring effort.

16. The configuration of Tokyo station
area

17. Redevelopment projects at
Tokyo station
Urban design challenge considers
 to heighten the symbolic status of Tokyo station by
emphasizing its unique identity
 to make better links between the two sides of the
station
 To make the station an integral part of the city.

18. Two projects
 Tokyo Station City project
 First Avenue project
Tokyo Station City project:
 A major reinvestment programme

19. Tokyo Station City project
 To make Tokyo station a leading urban place in Tokyo
Redevelopment project has several components
 Restoration of architectural form
 Beautification

20. Redevelopment project has
several components
Restoration of historical station building
High rise buildings with diversity of uses
(Marunouchi side, Yaesu side)

21. Station City project as
proposed by the developer

22. Proposed vista from the
Imperial palace
Gran roof Facility

23. First Avenue project
 Underground pedestrian system
 Connected with ground level facilities through
pedestrian linkages
 The First Avenue facility currently houses 102 shops,
about one-third of which are devoted to food services.

24. First Avenue project
 Ramen Street, will fully open in 2011 and house
eight famous noodle restaurants.
 Companies have created a sense of place
 Pedestrian volumes in this part of Tokyo station
reach as high as 6000 persons per hour
 Climate-controlled pathway

26. Conclusion and Discussion
 Distinctive approach to TOD
 Cooperation among the companies made the project
socially and commercially successful.
 The stations are no longer taken as an exclusively
transportation-oriented facility, but rather as
integrated city space

27. Conclusion and Discussion
 Japanese railway stations show a highly
efficient land use model
 Japanese railway stations have avoided the
experience of European railway stations

29. References
 Tokyo Station City: The railway station as urban place
(John Zachariasa, Tianxin Zhangb and Naoto Nakajima)
 https://youtu.be/5xJimTo6XzI
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Station

30. Thankyou