no113-117

[114] Study on the feature of buildings with entrances of underground stations and introduction of entrances facilities of buildings by applying urban development systems

As example of the entrances/exits of all underground stations in the wards of Tokyo

○Kiyonori Murakami¹, Hideo Nakamura², Masaharu Oosawa² (1. Tokyo metropolitan government, 2. Nihon University)

Keywords:buildings with entrances of underground stations, pattern of connections between buildings and entrances of stations, urban development systems

In this study, we surveyed the entrances/exits of all 216 underground stations in the wards of Tokyo, and provides a detailed analysis of the buildings with entrances of stations. Result shows that (1) in recent years, entrances have tended to be located on private land and railway sites, (2) 69.5% of entrances of stations located in buildings are in the four central wards of Tokyo, and (3) the number of "complex" pattern of connections between buildings and entrances of stations has been increasing since the 2010s. In addition, it was found that, (4) since in 1990s, the building construction projects that uses urban development systems have improved entrances facilities of stations, such as installation of elevators, common corridors and expansion of subway concourses.