Gate Tower Building is one of the most beautiful building structures of the world. It is the only building in the world through which the express highway passes. Actually, It is a 16 floor office building in Fukushima-ku, Osaka, Japan, which is notable for the highway offramp at Umeda Exit that passes through the building. The Umeda Exit of the Ikeda Route of the Hanshin Expressway system passes through the fifth, sixth and seventh floors of the Gate Tower Building. Due to the use of the place, the administration pays the rent of these three floors to the building owner.
This building has been designed by Azusa Sekkei and Yamamoto-Nishihara Kenchiku Sekkei JimushÅ. This building has a double core construction, with a circular cross section. The elevator does not stop at the three floors of the building through which the highway passes. The highway does not make contact with the building. It passes through as a bridge, held up by supports next to the building. A special structure is built around the highway, which prevents the noise and vibration of the vehicles from entering the building. A helipad is built on the roof of this building.
The story of this building is very interesting. The redevelopment of this area was approved in 1983. But the building permit was refused here. The reason is that there was already a plan to build the highway here. But the property rights holders of the building did not give up. Their controversy continued with the Hanshin Expressway corporation for five years. After this, in 1989 some changes were made in the city planning laws, city redevelopment laws and highway laws and this building was allowed to build here. This building was completed in 1992.
Gate Tower Building is the Japan's first building to have a highway pass through it. Normally, highways are still built underground in these cases, but passing through a building is an extremely rare occurrence. This building is a great example of Japanese engineering and is also a major tourist attraction in Japan.
This building has been designed by Azusa Sekkei and Yamamoto-Nishihara Kenchiku Sekkei JimushÅ. This building has a double core construction, with a circular cross section. The elevator does not stop at the three floors of the building through which the highway passes. The highway does not make contact with the building. It passes through as a bridge, held up by supports next to the building. A special structure is built around the highway, which prevents the noise and vibration of the vehicles from entering the building. A helipad is built on the roof of this building.
The story of this building is very interesting. The redevelopment of this area was approved in 1983. But the building permit was refused here. The reason is that there was already a plan to build the highway here. But the property rights holders of the building did not give up. Their controversy continued with the Hanshin Expressway corporation for five years. After this, in 1989 some changes were made in the city planning laws, city redevelopment laws and highway laws and this building was allowed to build here. This building was completed in 1992.
Gate Tower Building is the Japan's first building to have a highway pass through it. Normally, highways are still built underground in these cases, but passing through a building is an extremely rare occurrence. This building is a great example of Japanese engineering and is also a major tourist attraction in Japan.
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