energy-saving subway station looks like a spaceship
By on December 28th, 2008
The new Shibuya Station (subway station) in Tokyo, Japan, designed by Tadao Ando, looks like an underground spaceship, situated 30 meters down. In a recent interview with Wallpaper Ando explains some concepts behind the design.
“It is composed of a central void contained inside an egg-shaped shell and aims to reduce the station’s dependency on air conditioning equipments by letting the outside air blow into the underground space, creating a natural ventilation system that is energy saving.”
We love that.
The hub station is a connector to 2.5 million commuters who use the underground system and that section sees about 400,00 of them daily.
The idea behind the design was to keep a continuous flow of energy moving smoothly. That translates to a positive experience for the traveler and very good Feng Shui. I’m seriously impressed.
January 9th, 2009 at 11:42 am
great picture
January 9th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
Nice pictures, is this how it looks now or how it’s gonna look? When I went to Shibuya I didn’t see this part, probably too new. What I do remember is the Hachiko statue and the 2.5 million people all over the place!
Cheers~
January 14th, 2009 at 6:37 am
Yes that is how the station looks now.
The new part of Shibuya station that the article describes opened with a large part of the Fukutoshin subway line on June 14th 2008.