Tokyo Portcity Takeshiba Skip Terrace
Tokyo, Japan · Operator: 東急不動産・ソフトバンク
Overview
A greened low-rise terrace of a Takeshiba office tower with a rice paddy, vegetable beds and beehives, run as corporate branding offering growing experiences to workers and local children.
Citizen participation
Tenant employees and children from neighbouring nurseries join rice-planting, harvest and honey-harvesting events.
Operating model
A CSR/branding feature of a large mixed-use development by the developer and Softbank, framed around biodiversity, environmental education and community.
Impact
A noted model for embedding farming and biodiversity into a major downtown office development.
Land tenure
Terrace of the developer's own building, owned and operated in-house.
Crops
- rice
- vegetables
- honey
Scale
1,700 m² — オフィスタワー低層部のテラス（地上〜6階）に約1,700㎡の緑化。水田・菜園・養蜂を含む。
Sources（1）
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