Bioarchitecture – Subway Station in Iidabashi

Tucked away on the backstreets of a minor Tokyo neighborhood in between Iidabashi and Korakuen is one of the exits to the Toei Oedo line’s Iidabashi station. Next to it is one of several functional subway venting towers, or chimneys for the subways. Usually these vents are hidden aways as best as possible and you wouldn’t know where to find them but this one has been decorated with something the architect himself describe as organic architecture, a theme that is extend along the entire subway line and into the stations, more or less noticeable. I happened to pass there yesterday and was a bit amazed by this building on an otherwise quite backstreet.