19th WORLD CONFERENCE OF THE ASSOCIATED RESEARCH CENTRES FOR THE URBAN UNDERGROUND SPACE, Belgrade, Serbia, November 4-7, 2025. (Paper No: 1.15.128, pp. 165-174)
AUTOR(I) / AUTHOR(S): Maski Kato
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DOI: 10.46793/ACUUS2025.1.15.128
SAŽETAK / ABSTRACT:
Tokyo is one of the world’s leading subway cities in the world, with approximately 10 million people using the subway each day. New York City has about 5 million subway passengers per day. In central Tokyo, automobiles account for less than 10% of transportation sharing in the city center, while subways and other railroads account for more than 50%. These are the results of urban development linked to public transport (Transit Oriented Development: TOD), which is one of the sustainable urban models.
This paper addresses the significance the case of Toranomon Hills Station and Toranomon Hills Station Tower in Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo, where embassies and offices are concentrated, where transportation operators and urban developers have worked together to integrate subway station construction and urban development.
Subway stations are built underground in the road, and therefore have many spatial constraints. In addition, urban developers and transportation operators are often separate, and project periods do not coincide, making it very difficult to promote urban development in conjunction with transportation infrastructure. In the Toranomon Hills Station project, the transportation operator and urban developer worked together from planning to disaster prevention to solve these problems, and were able to develop a transportation node that will become a landmark in Toranomon, including a large, atrium station plaza from the second basement floor to the first floor that incorporates natural light.
KLJUČNE REČI / KEYWORDS:
Tokyo, subway, urban development, TOD, Toranomon Hills