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SYMBIOSIS / PRECEDENT Omotesando, Tokyo / 表参道, 東京 Address: Jingu-mae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan Year of First Construct: 1920 AD Use: High-end shopping street Preservation Status: None Geneology: Omotesando, which literally means “front approach,” was first established in 1920 as an approach to the Meiji shrine grounds. Two years after the Kanto Earthquake of 1923, the famous Dojunkai Aoyama Apartments were built. However, after the Mori-Biru Building Corporation hired Tadao Ando to build Omotesando Hills, a large shopping mall, in exception to two units, all remains were purged. Some of the most illustrious architecture in the world, including Omotesando Hills, was built along Omotesando and Aoyama Streets during the 20th and 21st Centuries.
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MMHESS / Summer 2011 Studio / Investigator / Sean Wen
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