SHINJUKU ZEN HEIGHTS

The assignment of this diploma project is to design a multi-use, high-rise building in capital city of Japan - Tokyo. The site is located in entertainment center of Tokyo - Shinjuku. Being in front of the busiest train station in the world, the aim is to design a building, which could serve visitors and residents while blending into japanese culture and japanese architec- ture with a touch of western style architecture. Since site is located in area which is planned to be international business district, the building reflects that by having hotel, office spaces, leisure and retail. Necessary parts of the project were to analyse Japan and its culture, research norms, used typologies and common technical solutions for its difficulties.