Omotesando Hills is a large scale facility for commerce, yet from the outside you don’t get this large commercial-like feeling. You may notice that the height of the building is lower than the trees of the street. In order to make up for the lost space, the ground floor is dug deep into the earth to provide the area for a large facility. If you haven’t seen inside we suggest you check it out.

You should note that as you walk in a circle, slowly but surely you are sloping downward. In fact the slope is inclined at the same angle as the outside street. It is supposed to be dropping down in the same sense as the descending slope of Omotesando.

This was once the spot of the first steel-reinforced concrete apartment complexes. It is always a struggle to ponder the question, should we change architecture or protect it? There is always and will always be this battle. Which side do you fall on? In this building, you should pay attention to this struggle that is played out here. From Omotesando go towards the right side and you will see that one part of the original apartment that remains. The maker of this building, architect Tadao Ando, is said to be the master of reinforced concrete. There is both new and old architecture in this spot. The highlight of the building is that you can compare the two.