The epicenter
building is Tokyo Prada’s flagship store, located in Aoyama in the Minato ward.
Designed by Herzong and de Meuron, the winners of the Pritzker prize, and
completed in 1999, it has since become ‘a must see’ for lovers of modern
architecture.
The freestanding
glass and steel honeycomb building has 6 floors and 5 sides, in a diamond/kaleidoscope
like shape, that skillfully uses natural lighting to highlight the store
interiors.
The glass
walls formed of diamond-shaped glass panes of flat, concave and convex shapes,
giving the building a very dynamic structure. The shape of the panes provides a
sence of a multidimensional space from the inside of the store.
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