How Artists Are Using Ginza Sony Park Before Its Grand Opening
Ginza Sony Park, the building is currently under construction for its January 2025 grand opening, was opened for a limited time between Tue, November 19 and Sun, December 1, 2024, for "ART IN THE PARK (Under Construction)," a program that explores the fusion between art and architecture. Over 10,000 people visited the park during the two-week period, with many visitors both from Japan and abroad enjoying the space in its current, very distinct moment in time....
Project conceptualization for the reconstruction of the Sony Building began 11 years ago, in 2013.
While there were no plans to create a park in the initial stages, we worked hard to instill our founder's wishes in the concept, coming up with three themes with which to do so: …
When the city sleeps silver the fish someone releases
reflect the green of the traffic light off their bodies into the night
When the city sleeps silver the people walking to and fro vanish
and amid soft sleeping breaths I remember
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This year, 2016, will mark a milestone for Sony.
Sony's predecessor, Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo Corporation, was established in 1946, just after the end of the war. This year marks our 70th anniversary. It is also the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Sony Building—the Sony Group's "showroom." In this commemorative year, we have made the decision to transform the Sony Building into a new Sony hub for information sharing, one more attractive than ever before.…
April 29 will forevermore be an unforgettable day for me. This is because our new building, in which we have invested so much time and effort and which we are immensely proud of, opened in a corner of Nishiginza in Tokyo. Having said this, there are certain things that I still feel apprehensive about. …
