Cunningly solving a number of planning issues, including retention of the beautiful trees standing on the site, the complex was set back from the street and split into three pavilions. This arrangement of two- and three-storey buildings creates relaxed walkways between buildings. Two bridges clad in polished stainless steel battens connect the pavilions, reflecting the surroundings and creating gateways for visitors passing through the site. In the design of the pavilion exteriors, KDa’s characteristic wit emerges in subtle ways – the perforated screens of the façade are formed from the Ts of the Tsutaya logo, and much larger T-shapes are disguised in the building plans and elevations. The Ts are no mere graphic play, but provide fully three-dimensional organizing principles, guiding how the plan is laid out and defining the arrangement of the structural system.