Chūō Gōdō Chōsha

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Chūō Gōdō Chōsha ( Japanese 中央 合同 庁 舎 , literally: "central, united office building", English Central Government Building ) refers to the official buildings of the ministries of the Japanese Cabinet and subordinate authorities in Kasumigaseki on both sides of the avenue Sakurada-dōri ( 桜 田 通 り ) , as well as in Nagatachō , both in the Chiyoda district of Tokyo .

Building 1

Building 1

Building 1 ( 中央 合同 庁 舎 第 1 号 館 , Chūō gōdō chōsha dai-1-gōkan , 35 ° 40 ′ 25.6 ″  N , 139 ° 45 ′ 6.1 ″  E , address: Kasumigaseki 1-2-1) extends over 5,984 m² in the shape of an E and has eight above-ground and one underground storey with a floor area of 48,009 km². The complex includes two outbuildings of equal height and depth: a south-eastern outbuilding ( 別 館 , bekkan ) on an area of ​​1,968 km with an area of ​​17,478 km² and a northern outbuilding ( 北 別 館 , kita-bekkan ) on an area of ​​1,388 km² with an area of ​​14,139 km².

Due to the difficult supply situation with food after the war, planning for the building began in 1949 to enable the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests to find suitable accommodation. The main building was completed in 1953 and was the first truly fireproof building in the post-war period. 1964 was followed by the kita-bekkan and one year later the bekkan .

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the subordinate forestry and fisheries authorities are located in the building complex .

Building 2

Building 2

Building 2 ( 中央 合同 庁 舎 第 2 号 館 , Chūō gōdō chōsha dai-2-gōkan , 35 ° 40 ′ 31.9 ″  N , 139 ° 45 ′ 4.6 ″  E , address: Kasumigaseki 2-1-2) extends on an area of ​​5,677 km² and consists of 21 above-ground, 4 underground floors and a separate structure on the roof. The area is 114,653 km² and the building height is 90.6 m or 99.5 m with the superstructures, with an additional 22.35 m in the ground.

The current building was completed in 2001 and replaced the previous building 2, also known as the Jinjiin Building . This older building housed the old Ministry of the Interior , was built in 1933 and was architecturally similar to the existing building of the former Ministry of Culture from the same year at building 7.

Building 2 houses:

Building 3

Building 3

Building 3 ( 中央合同庁舎第3号館 , Chuo Godo chōsha dai-3-gokan , 35 ° 40 '33.7 "  N , 139 ° 45' 0.3"  O , Address: 2-1-3 Kasumigaseki) has on an area of ​​7,810 m², 11 above-ground and 2 underground floors with a floor area of ​​70,111 km².

When construction ended in 1966, the building originally only had seven floors above ground. The current shape of the building with the extension to eleven floors was built in 1973. From 2000 to 2002, the building was retrofitted with seismic insulation for earthquake protection , which was the largest construction company of this type in the country.

The building now houses the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure , as well as the subordinate tourism authority and the coast guard .

Building 4

Building 4

Building 4 ( 中央合同庁舎第4号館 , Chuo Godo chōsha dai-4-gokan , 35 ° 40 '23.3 "  N , 139 ° 44' 52.8"  O , Address: 3-1-1 Kasumigaseki) has on an area of ​​3,544 m², 12 above-ground and 2 underground floors with a floor area of ​​53,496 m². The building was completed in 1972.

The building houses:

The Ministry of Finance is directly opposite in a separate building, but with the same postal address.

Building 5

Building 5

Building 5 ( 中央合同庁舎第5号館 , Chuo Godo chōsha dai-5-gokan , 35 ° 40 '23.8 "  N , 139 ° 45' 10.8"  O , Address: 1-2-2 Kasumigaseki) has on an area of ​​6,179 m² 26 above ground and 3 underground floors.

The building was erected in 1983 to house the Ministry of Social Affairs after the premises of the former Navy Ministry were no longer sufficient, but also for the Ministry of Labor and the Authority for (State) Land , which were outside the Ministry district of Kasumigaseki. It was the first government building in Japan to be built as a skyscraper.

The main building now houses:

The neighboring building of the Tokyo Family Court, built in 1966, is also assigned to building 5. This extends over an area of ​​2,095 m² with eight above and two underground floors with a floor area of ​​16,352 m² and is now the seat of the Jinjiin .

Building 6

Building 6A, Ministry of Justice entrance
Building 6B, entrance
Building 6C, entrance

Building 6 ( 中央 合同 庁 舎 第 6 号 館 , Chūō gōdō chōsha dai-6-gōkan ) is not a single building, but a group of three 85 m high-rise buildings.

Building 6A ( 35 ° 40 ′ 33 ″  N , 139 ° 45 ′ 16.9 ″  E , address: Kasumigaseki 1-1-1) was completed on June 30, 1990 on an area of ​​5043 m with 21 above and 4 below ground Floors with a floor area of ​​126,171 m. The building is functionally separated into the Ministry of Justice in the northern half and the administration of justice in the southern half.

Buildings 6B ( 35 ° 40 ′ 30 ″  N , 139 ° 45 ′ 14.9 ″  E , Address: Kasumigaseki 1-1-1) and 6C ( 35 ° 40 ′ 29 ″  N , 139 ° 45 ′ 14.2 ″  E , Address: Kasumigaseki 1-1-2) was built in 1994 on the opposite side of the road south of it. Both are connected to one another and occupy an area of ​​3,024 m with one floor above and below ground less than 6A with a floor area of ​​63.094 m.

Building 6A houses the following facilities:

  • Ministry of Justice
  • General Prosecutor's Office ( 最高 検 察 庁 , Saikō kensatsuchō ),
  • Tokyo Chief Public Prosecutor's Office ( 東京 地方 検 察 庁 , Tōkyō kōtō kensatsuchō ),
  • Tokyo District Prosecutor's Office ( 東京 地方 検 庁 庁 , Tōkyō chihō kensatsuchō ),
  • Tokyo probation office ( 東京 保護 観 察 所 , Tōkyō hogo kansatsusho ).

Building 6B:

  • Cartel Office ,
  • Tokyo District Attorney's Office,
  • Tokyo Public Prosecutor's Office ( 東京 区 検 察 庁 , Tōkyō-ku kensatsuchō ),

as well as building 6C:

  • Family Court Tokyo ( 東京 家庭 裁判 所 , Tōkyō katei saibansho ) and
  • Tokyo District Court ( 東京 簡易 裁判 所 , Tōkyō kan'i saibansho ).

To the west opposite 6A is a red brick building ( 赤 れ ん が 棟 / 赤 煉 瓦 棟 , aka-renga-tō ) from 1895, which was designed by the German architects Hermann Ende and Wilhelm Böckmann and in which the Ministry of Justice used to sit. It was declared an important cultural asset in 1994 and today houses the research and training institute, the library and the museum of the Ministry of Justice.

Building 7

Building 7

Building 7 ( 中央 合同 庁 舎 第 7 号 館 , Chūō gōdō chōsha dai-7-gōkan ) is an ensemble of two high-rise buildings that was built in 2007.

The east building ( 東 館 , tōkan ; 35 ° 40 ′ 16.5 ″  N , 139 ° 44 ′ 55 ″  E , address: Kasumigaseki 3-2-2), also called Kanchō-tō ( 官 庁 棟 , “building of the authorities”) , occupies an area of ​​5,908 m² and has 33 floors above and 2 underground floors with a floor area of ​​135,243 m².

The West Building ( 西館 , saikan ; 35 ° 40 '17.8 "  N , 139 ° 44' 53.2"  O , Address: Kasumigaseki 3-2-1), also Kanmin-to ( 官民棟 , "building of offices and Population ”), occupies an area of ​​4,061 m² and has 38 above and 3 underground floors with a floor area of ​​52,771 m².

Both buildings are also used privately, with the building complex in this form then called Kasumigaseki Common Gate ( 霞 が 関 コ モ ン ゲ ー ト , Kasumigaseki Komon Gēto ).

The east building houses:

and the west building:

The east building is lined on the north and east side by the old building of the Ministry of Culture, which was erected in 1933 and which now houses the authority for cultural affairs .

Building 8

Building 8

Building 8 ( 中央 合同 庁 舎 第 8 号 館 , Chūō gōdō chōsha dai-8-gōkan , 35 ° 40 ′ 23.2 ″  N , 139 ° 44 ′ 45.4 ″  E ) has 14 floors above ground and 4 underground floors with a floor area of 47,032.6 m². Construction began in February 2010, carried out by Shimizu Kensetsu , and was completed in March 2014. With Nagatachō 1-6-1 it has the same address as the cabinet office .

The building houses the General Affairs Department of the Ministerial Secretariat and the Civil Protection Unit of the Cabinet Office .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 中央 合同 庁 舎 第 １ 号 館 . MLIT , accessed May 12, 2012 (Japanese).
  2. ↑ a b 中央 合同 庁 舎 第 ２ 号 館 . MLIT, accessed May 12, 2012 (Japanese).
  3. ↑ 中央 合同 庁 舎 第 2 号 館 . (No longer available online.) In: 建設 グ ラ フ . 自治 タ イ ム ス 社 , January 2001, archived from the original on March 18, 2013 ; Retrieved May 11, 2012 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jiti.co.jp
  4. ↑ 合同 庁 舎 第二 号 館 (人事 院 ビ ル) / 霞 が 関 2 丁目 . In: ぼ く の 近代 建築 コ レ ク シ ョ ン . October 16, 2011, Retrieved May 12, 2012 (Japanese).
  5. ↑ 合同 庁 舎 第 ２ 号 館 . In: 廃 景 録 . Retrieved May 12, 2012 (Japanese).
  6. ↑ Compare the pictures of the Jinjiin Building from the sources mentioned with those of the old Ministry of Culture .
  7. ↑ a b 中央 合同 庁 舎 第 ３ 号 館 . MLIT, accessed May 12, 2012 (Japanese).
  8. ↑ 中央 合同 庁 舎 第 ４ 号 館 . MLIT, accessed May 12, 2012 (Japanese).
  9. ↑ a b c 中央 合同 庁 舎 第 ５ 号 館 . MLIT, accessed May 12, 2012 (Japanese).
  10. ↑ a b 中央 合同 庁 舎 第 ６ 号 館 . MLIT, accessed May 12, 2012 (Japanese).
  11. ^ A b History of the Ministry of Justice Building. Department of Justice, accessed May 12, 2012 .
  12. ↑ a b c d 中央 合同 庁 舎 第 ７ 号 館 . MLIT, accessed May 12, 2012 (Japanese).
  13. ↑ 中央 合同 庁 舎 第 8 号 館 整 備 等 事業 . Shimizu Kensetsu , accessed May 18, 2014 (Japanese).
  14. ↑ a b 所在地 情報 . Cabinet Office, accessed August 15, 2014 (Japanese).