engineering

Shibuya Hikarie

Shibuya Hikarie is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Shibuya Hikarie rather than just read about it. In short: The Shibuya Hikarie (Japanese: 渋谷ヒカリエ) is a 183 meters tall, mixed-use building located near Shibuya station and owned by the Tokyu Group. As of November 2013, it was tied for being the 52nd tallest skyscraper in Japan and 40th tallest building in Tokyo.

Key takeaways

Shibuya Hikarie belongs to engineering; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Shibuya Hikarie to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Shibuya Hikarie from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Shibuya Hikarie (Japanese: 渋谷ヒカリエ) is a 183 meters tall, mixed-use building located near Shibuya station and owned by the Tokyu Group. As of November 2013, it was tied for being the 52nd tallest skyscraper in Japan and 40th tallest building in Tokyo. Opened in April 2012 on a site formerly occupied by Shibuya Tokyu Bunka Kaikan, the Hikarie features extensive use of LED lighting and displays and combines shopping/dining/entertainment in similar ways to the Roppongi Hills project. Its profile and significance are partially due to being immediately proximate to Shibuya Station, to which it is connected by both a second-floor sky-walk and underground walkway. Although it does not yet have the same cultural significance as the 109 Building, it is a prime retail and office destination. The public access floors (floors 1 - 11) are marked by glass-walling, allowing for views across Shibuya and Tokyo. Shibuya Hikarie features retail sales and event space up to floor 11, at which point access is controlled to the Tokyu Theatre Orb (11-16) and private office space (17-34). Clients include KDDI and a number of headquarters for media companies.

Pronunciation Although the -rie ending is a feminine French ending correctly pronounced [ʁi] (approximately REE), and the use of French or faux French is common in Japanese lady's fashion, in this case the name of the building is a homophone for "toward the light" (Japanese: [çi̥kaꜜɾie] 光へ). The name was selected with the intention of evoking progressive thinking of Shibuya's future.

Media coverage The Hikarie has been featured by the national tourism agency and in popular culture and media. Tokyo Fashion Week is headquartered in this building, resulting in significant positive coverage in the domestic press. Foreign media have covered novel retail strategies, including the use of "themed floors" rather than the traditional retail division of men's fashion or women's sportwear.

Gallery

See also Minna no Keizai Shimbun Network

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Illustrations

Logo of Hishibuya Hikarie

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Shibuya Hikarie

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Shibuya Hikarie claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Shibuya Hikarie before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Shibuya Hikarie ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Shibuya Hikarie

In research: Shibuya Hikarie appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Shibuya Hikarie in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Shibuya Hikarie is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2012 establishments in Japan, Buildings and structures completed in 2012, Japanese building and structure stubs, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Shibuya Hikarie outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Shibuya Hikarie in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Shibuya Hikarie means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Shibuya Hikarie out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Shibuya Hikarie in simple terms?

Why does Shibuya Hikarie matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Shibuya Hikarie?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Shibuya Hikarie.