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Infinite Infrastructure: Drawings of Tokyo Stations by Tomoyuki Tanaka

August 27, 2016 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 2 Comments

Tomoyuki Tanaka is a Japanese architect who creates mesmerizing x-ray drawings of Tokyo’s major stations. These are precise ballpoint pen descriptions of the extremely complex transportation hubs, executed as to show the relationship between the buildings and the infrastructures and between the city and the intricate, yet rational, worlds which are developed mostly underneath. Sequences of stairways, platforms, tunnels, bridges, hallways generate underground labyrinths which grew over time to become some of the busiest stations in the world. Shinjuku Station, for one, sees an average of 3.64 million people passing through it each day.

Download here a pdf containing the three drawings in hi-res.

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Dismantling of Shinjuku Station

 

 

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Dismantling of Shibuya Station

 

 

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Dismantling of Tokyo Station

 

All images © Tomoyuki Tanaka

Source: Wired and Architizer

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  1. Liam Roth says

    September 5, 2019 at 10:45 am

    The download link no longer works. Is it possible to recreate this? Thanks!

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