Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower

Mode Gakuen invited architects to compete to build its new Tokyo location, stipulating that the building could not be rectangular. About 50 architects submitted more than 150 proposals. The winner had a curved shell of white aluminum and dark blue glass, criss-crossed by a web of white diagonal lines. The architects, Tange Associates, said its cocoon-like shape symbolizes nurturing the students inside; they also said they wanted the building to revitalize the surrounding area and to create a gateway between Shinjuku Station and the Shinjuku central business district. ==Facilities==

Built on the former site of the now-demolished Asahi Life headquarters, construction of the Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower began in May 2006 and was completed in October 2008. The vertical campus can accommodate 10,000 students for the three vocational schools that occupy the building. Tokyo Mode Gakuen, for which the building in named after, is a fashion school. The other schools, HAL Tokyo and Shuto Ikō, are information technology and medical schools, respectively, that are operated by Mode Gakuen University. Each floor of the tower contains three rectangular classrooms that surround an inner core. The inner core consists of an elevator, a staircase and a support shaft. Every three floors, a three-story student lounge is located between the classrooms and faces three directions: east, southwest and northwest. File:Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower inside - july 22 2016.jpg|Inside the tower, 2016 File:Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower detail side - july 22 2016.jpg|Detail of the façade, 2016 File:Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower in the evening with blue sky Tokyo Japan.jpg|The tower in the evening, 2019 File:Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower night Nov 16 2019 06-40PM.jpeg|The tower at night, 2019 File:Skyscrapers_of_Shinjuku_2009_January_(bannerportada_esvoy).jpg|In the 2009 skyline ==See also==