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Facts
Official Name MODE GAKUEN Cocoon Tower
Former / Other Name The Giant Cocoon
Type building
Status Completed
Country Japan
City Tokyo
Street Address / Map 1-7-3 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku
Building Function education
Structural Material steel
Start of Construction 2006
Completion 2008
Regional Ranking #361 tallest in Asia (excluding the Middle East)
National Ranking #27 tallest in Japan
City Ranking #18 tallest in Tokyo
Figures
Height: Architectural 203.7 meter / 668 feet
Height: Occupied 180.7 meter / 593 feet
Height: To Tip 203.7 meter / 668 feet
Floors Above Ground 50
Floors Below Ground 4
Tower GFA 80,865 m² / 870,424 ft²
Companies Involved
Owner MODE GAKUEN
Developer MODE GAKUEN
Design Architect Tange Associates
Structural Engineer Arup
MEP Engineer Kenchiku Setubi Sekkei Kenkyusho
Main Contractor Shimizu Corporation
CTBUH Awards
2009 Best Tall Building Asia & Australaisa Finalist
CTBUH 8th Annual Awards, (See the CTBUH Awards Book)

Technical Papers
Creating a Vertical University in an Urban Environment
Groesbeck, Christopher (VOA Associates), CTBUH Journal
Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower, Tokyo
P. N. Tange (Tange Associates), M. Minami (Arup), CTBUH Journal

Other CTBUH Links
Eighty Iconic Asian Skyscrapers
CTBUH Shanghai Congress, 2012

News Articles
Harvard Grad Paul Tange Explains Tall Buildings
Harvard Gazette, 2013-03
Tokyo Gives Us an Education
World Architecture News, 2009-01