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| Dojunkai: Wiki |
A return to Omotesando after 50 years…
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Walter: What happened to the Dojunkai?
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Norman: Demolished for redevelopment.
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| Omotesando Hills |
Walter: But, but those apartments, they were so unique. Bauhaus from the 1920s.
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Norman: They were an earthquake risk, the building was decaying, there was a lack of space and modern
amenities.
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| Omotesando Hills interior |
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Walter: What’s this long green building?
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Norman: That’s what replaced the Dojunkai. Apartments above and shopping malls below.
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Voice-over
Eras evaporate, an area changes from residence to creative enterprise. What was once a leafy residential area is now a busy commercial space. Despite protests at the loss of an urban heritage (which could have been repurposed), the high cost of land brought in the fashionable firms and drove out quirky galleries. Have to say though that what Tadao Ando did with the flowing interior spaces, the sloping ramps, wide walkways and patterned floors and burying much of the building underground to keep a low profile level with the zelkova trees, is majestic.
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