Tokiwa Elementary School, Chuo Ward
Location 4-4-26, Nihonbashihongokucho, Chuo-ku
Building Year of construction Showa 4 (1929)
Designer Designer Ichiro Okada, Tokyo City
Structure and scale Wooden part RC building 3rd floor
Nearest station ・Exit A3 of Mitsukoshimae Station on the Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line
・Exit A7 of Mitsukoshimae Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line
・Kanda Station on the JR Yamanote Line
・JR Sobu Main Line Shin-Nihonbashi Station
Overview An early representative work of an elementary school built as one of the earthquake reconstruction projects.
It is a valuable remain as an expressionist architecture.
Joban Elementary School opened in 1873, and the building currently in use was rebuilt as a reinforced concrete school building with high earthquake resistance and fire resistance after the Great Kanto Earthquake.
Elementary school architecture during the reconstruction period had two trends, an international style (international architectural style), which emphasizes decorative style and functions, but this school building is a representative work of the former.
It features geometric decorations such as entrances and exits with arches, semicircular windows and their window stands, and farts of a circle, and is called expressionism as an architectural style.
While the buildings are standing in the forest, the scenery of the past is still preserved.
(From ee-tokyo.com)
Suzuki Building
Location 1-28-15, Ginza, Chuo-ku
Building Year of construction Showa 4 (1929)
Designer Designer Shinjozo Yamanaka Design Office
Structure and scale RC construction 5th floor (1)
Nearest station ・Shintomicho Station on the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line
Overview It is a rental building that rented rooms for performances and rehearsals. The exterior features a copper-plate reed roof with a horseshoe-shaped window, a redesigned window, a geometric relief on the first floor column, and a cloth tiles used for internal walls.
(From ee-tokyo.com)
