While centers around the world struggle to recover from the impacts of distance and pandemic work, Tokyo leads a silent revolution and asks the world: what is – or what can – a low?
The Japanese capital has embraced the transformation and is carrying out a huge project of decentralization: A mosaic of distinct urban centers, each designed to support different industries and working styles.
Tokyo is leaving its financial district behind – urban area that acts as a city’s main financial and commercial hub – to adopt what experts from calling the model “Urban Knowledge Campus“, Note or.
Unlike many Western centers, where offices dominate, in Tokyo the offices represent less than 40% of the space. Schools, day care centers, shops, restaurants, bars, parks and homes mingle with companies buildings, creating dynamic neighborhoods 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, which remain active much after business hours.
The Tokyo Center is not a single area – it is a mixture of specialized neighborhoods that together form a vibrant urban core. Each neighborhood has its identity.
Marunouchi-Nihonbashifinancial heart and professional Tokyo services, has skyscrapers, headquarters, luxury shops and exquisite restaurants. It attracts executives, consultants and financial professionals who seek prestige and stability.
Roppongionce famous for your nightlife, it is now a cosmopolitan center for international business and technology. Balances business infrastructure with green spaces, international schools and cultural places, which attracts expatriates and global professionals.
ShibuyaTokyo’s creative engine is a magnet, startups and technological innovators. Its vibrant and neons streets attract designers, programmers and creative. Even Google headquarters in Japan wanted to move there.
Shinjukudiverse neighborhood, is the government office home, hotels, shops and entertainment places. It brings together bureaucrats, travelers and creative.
Shinagawa The urban campus completes as an important center of transport and business, supporting a mixture of residential, offices and hotel infrastructures.
Tokyo’s Urban Knowledge Campus model offers an attractive plan for reinvention. Instead of clinging to the outdated concepts of glass towers, it built a ready -to -future center that acts more like a dynamic university campus, combining trade, culture, community and creativity.
