Louis Vuitton Omotesando
(8 vote, 70.00% worth checking out) 
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Shibuya-ku
Tokyo
Japan
coordinates: 35.6664925,139.7091064
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Building names(s): Louis Vuitton Omotesando
Architect/Designer: Jun Aoki
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Completion date: 2002
function(s): fashion, retail
dimensions:
width: 25.5 m
depth: 20.8 m
height: 31.9 m
construction: made up of rectangular parallelepiped units stacked in an irregular pile. The structure, located in interstitial spaces 30 centimeters deep and 37 centimeters high between the rectangular parallelepiped units, is a non-uniform cage with few vertically aligned columns. The columns and beams are all made from wide-flange steel members 20 centimeters by 20 centimeters in cross-section.
finishes: exterior finish consists of two types of metal mesh, polished stainless panels or two layers of glass ornamented with patterns. LV Hall on the seventh floor has a triple-height ceiling and is wrapped in a three-layered screen of metal mesh, glass and white lace embroidered with white ribbons.
3 comments/reviews
Kenchiku says:
Jun 15, 2011
The architect is Jun Aoki – not Jum Aoki.
archspace.com says:
Aug 27, 2008
The exterior is double layered with three different kinds of metal mesh fabric and two kinds of polished stainless steel panels; rose and gold. Glass panels with a striped pattern, as the inner layer, give depth to the appearance.
By overlaying the silver color of the metal fabric and rose and gold tint of the back panel, the color is getting also ambiguous, and losing a sense of materiality.
LT says:
Aug 27, 2008
The designed ‘concept’ of the Omote Sando LV building is based on the idea of a random stack of ‘piled up trunks’ to create a diversity of spaces within the 10 storey shopping building .