Construction Records

Exterior. Ginza Sony Park, with its low height and grid-like façade, is nestled between Maison Hermès and Tokyu Plaza Ginza. Trees line the street in front of it.

Exterior. The rooftop floor, nestled low compared to the surrounding buildings, with its concrete tower and pavilion beneath the blue sky.

Exterior. A partly sunny sky, as seen looking up through the grid-like façade.

Bird’s eye view. Bird’s eye view of Ginza Sony Park and its surrounding buildings at Sukiyabashi Crossing.

Exterior. The atrium in the first and second basement floors allow glimpses of Sony Street from through the building.

Exterior of basement floor. The building frame where the building connects to the underground concourse still retains the “Ginza Sony Park” logo.

Interior. The atrium space, surrounded by concrete staircases, connects seamlessly out into Sukiyabashi Crossing.

Interior. Steel frame installed in the atrium space during its construction, as seen looking up to the ceiling from the first basement floor.

Interior. Concrete formwork and the steel frame for the staircase in the atrium space during its construction, as seen from Sony Street.

Interior. The demolition process revealed the walls of the Sony Building when the company was first founded, with its hexagonal/honeycomb-shaped blue tiles.

Exterior. Construction site for the building frame on the rooftop floor, surrounded by scaffolding, prior to concrete pouring. The floor shows the exposed steel frame and deck.

Interior. The concrete beams for the ceiling were constructed through ordinary veneer formwork.

Bird’s eye view. Surrounding buildings at Sukiyabashi Crossing and Ginza Sony Park, covered in its temporary construction fence up to the fifth floor.

Exterior. Ginza Sony Park during its construction, as seen from Sukiyabashi Crossing. The steel frame for the tower extends all the way down to the third floor.

Close-up. Numerous bolts are used to assemble the steel frame.

Interior. The city of Ginza as seen from the inside of the above-ground portion of the construction site. The steel frame on the left side has been constructed at an angle.

Exterior. Construction crane on the ground. The steel frame on the Tokio Marine Nichido Building side has been built up to the third floor.

Exterior. Construction for the underground building frame, as seen from the Tokio Marine Nichido Building side. The construction crane sits on top of a platform that extends from deep underground.

Exterior. Cherry blossoms bloom in the foreground of the intersection for Ginza Sony Park, which is surrounded in a temporary construction fence decorated with art of gerbera daisies.

Interior. The interweaving of the new and old building frames is evident in the exterior basement walls, as seen from the construction deck on the second basement floor.

Interior. Exterior basement wall during the construction process; groundwater seeps out from the gap between the new and old building frames.

Interior. The “GL -11m” sign placed on the exterior basement wall during construction indicates the groundwater level.

Interior. Sky as seen from deep underground, ringed by the exterior basement walls and construction platform.

Exterior. Demolition for a part of the building on the Sony Street side has been completed down to the fourth basement floor.

Close-up. Beam from the old building frame, cut out during the demolition process. The beam has “7.24 tons” written on it in red spray paint.

Bird’s eye view. The temporary construction fence around Ginza Sony Park during the demolition process featured wall art by SHUN SUDO.

Bird’s eye view. Aerial photo of the area of Ginza around Ginza Sony Park, just after the start of the demolition process.