This innovative building replaces the original Seta Sports Connection built in 1982, which was one of the first membership fitness clubs in Tokyo. The new six-story, 6,000 square-meter facility accommodates the private club's new emphasis on personal sports training, Japanese bathing and social activities.

© Roland Halbe

Architects: COE Architecture International

Location: 4 Chome-15 Seta, Setagaya-ku, T?ky?-to 158-0095, Japan

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Roland Halbe, Kai Nakamura, Kei Takashima-Nacasa, Norihito Yamauchi, Kunihiko Ishijima, Masao Nishikawa

Contractor/Executive Architect : Tokyu Construction Company

Interior Architect: COE Architecture International
Interior Designer: ILYA Corporation

Café Interiors: Seshimos Architects

Lighting Designer: SOLA

Landscape Architect: SOLA

Graphic Designer: Artless, Inc.

© Roland Halbe

This innovative building replaces the original Seta Sports Connection built in 1982, which was one of the first membership fitness clubs in Tokyo. The new six-story, 6,000 square-meter facility accommodates the private club's new emphasis on personal sports training, Japanese bathing and social activities.

© Kei Takashima-Nacasa

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