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No.5 The apartment of the DOJIUNKAI Aoyama
DOJUNKAI apartment at Aoyama

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The DOJUNKAI was the forerunner of the present city basis development corporation and was the extra-governmental organization which invested from the alms for a great deal of house supply behind Great Kanto Earthquake and was made. As for this the same 潤会, from 1930 to 40, on the house electric supply plan and the residential estate plan, the important point which should mention specially is technically given. It is the point which took in a reinforcing rod concrete structure apartment in quantities. This Aoyama apartment is the apartment of the valuable ferroconcrete appearance which continues to be actually built in equal to or more than 70 years, crossing, being constructed in 1927.

That to be reconstructed was published to the glazed building in the 6th floor the ground by the design of Tadao Ando in the end of October, 2002, at the basement six-story by it and to be demolished by the spring in 2003 were released. It left a trace at the present apartment in reviewing part save, too, but at saying that there was a problem structurally and in restoring an appearance. Also, the historic apartment of one, the ferroconcrete disappears. The building in about 70 years , Japan seems to be an end within about 70 years.



DOJUNKAI apartment which melts into the zelkova tree row in Omotesando


It is remodeling into the fashionable gallery. The retro one matches well actually.


There can be a bulb which lights up stairs with nothing.


The problem to be presented at this the DOJUNKAI apartment is rebuild by the obsoleteness. It is the apartment which appears on the documentary of the TV and so on, too, often and when thinking of the obsoleteness problem of the collective housing in the future, it is the place to be remarkable as the leading case. In such, the demolition was fixed at last about this Aoyama apartment, too, and became not long so the day when this apartment can be seen, too.



The stairs and the entrance The handrail is wooden and there is a bulb naked.


The 1st floor nameplates.



The reverse at the building The trace of the reorganization tells an elapse in the years.


The square hole is an emission mouth at the dust chute. The architecture year is 1927.



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