Measuring 330 meters, the building is located in the middle of green spaces and is accompanied by two other skyscrapers, restaurants, offices and homes. The complex is called a “city within a city.”
The extensive real estate complex Azabudai Hills in Tokyowhich includes the Japan’s tallest skyscraper at 330 meterswas officially inaugurated this Friday, and its promoter, Mori Buildinghe hopes it will attract about 30 million visitors per year.
The new skyscraper was designed by the American architectural studio Pelli Clarke and Partnersfounded in 1977 by the famous Argentine architect Cesar Pelliresponsible for the Petronas Towers and other famous works of the world, and who died in 2019.
This “city within the city” has offices for 20,000 employees and homes for 3,500 residentsaccording to a statement from the real estate group.
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The complex, which includes three skyscrapers in the middle of green spacesyou will also understand 150 restaurants and shopsas well as a new immersive digital art museum of the Japanese collective teamLabwhich will open its doors in Februaryreported the AFP news agency.
Azabudai Hills It is taller than a skyscraper Osaka (west), but it will not be the tallest building in the archipelago for long because the construction of the Torch Tower and its 390 meters end in 2027-2028also in the Japanese capital.
In Tokyo There is also one of the tallest structures in the world, the Tokyo SkyTree (an uninhabited tower of 634 meters), inaugurated in 2012.
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Despite having all these buildings, Japan It is far from housing the very tall buildings that can be found in other parts of Asia or middle East.
One of the reasons is the high seismic risk in the archipelago, which forces constructions of this type to respect very strict ruleslike having a very broad base to win in stability.
Source: Ambito
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