Odakyu Electric Railway Ltd. Express ROMANCECAR VSE
– a Train as a New Landscape –
Type
Limited Express Train
Client
Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Status
2001-04 design
2003-04 manufacture
2004 commercial operation started
Total Length
146.8m
Structure
Extruded Alumium
Design
Noriaki Okabe Architecture Network
Production Design and manufacture
Nippon sharyo, LTD
Collaborators
Es Associates (air conditioning)
Tomohisa Okamoto (sign, graphic)
Awards
*2005 The Good Design Award
*2006 The Blue Ribbon Award (Japan Railfan Club)
*2006 DFA Grand Award of the Design for Asia Award 2006
*2007 IF Product Design Award 2007
– a Train as a New Landscape –
Type
Limited Express Train
Client
Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Status
2001-04 design
2003-04 manufacture
2004 commercial operation started
Total Length
146.8m
Structure
Extruded Alumium
Design
Noriaki Okabe Architecture Network
Production Design and manufacture
Nippon sharyo, LTD
Collaborators
Es Associates (air conditioning)
Tomohisa Okamoto (sign, graphic)
Awards
*2005 The Good Design Award
*2006 The Blue Ribbon Award (Japan Railfan Club)
*2006 DFA Grand Award of the Design for Asia Award 2006
*2007 IF Product Design Award 2007
Reference
*Shinkenchiku: 2005-1Vol.80 No.1, Shinkenchiku-sha, Japan, ISSN: 1342-5447
*Car Styling: 2005=166, Car Styling Publishing Co., Japan
*Car Styling: 2005=167, Car Styling Publishing Co., Japan
*Detail Japan: 2005-6, Reed Business Information Japan K.K., Japan
*Japan Railfan Magazine: 2005-2 No.526, Koyusha Co.,Ltd., Japan
*Japan Railfan Magazine: 2005-3 No.527, Koyusha Co.,Ltd., Japan
*Train: 2005-2 No.362, Eriei Co.,Ltd., Japan
*Train: 2007-9 No.393, Eriei Co.,Ltd., Japan
*Railway Journal: 2005-2 No.460, Railway Journal Co.,Ltd., Japan
*Railway Journal: 2005-6 No.464, Railway Journal Co.,Ltd., Japan
*The Railway Pictorial: 2005-2 No.757, Denkisha Kenkyukai Co.,Ltd., Japan
*The Railway Pictorial: 2005-3 No.758, Denkisha Kenkyukai Co.,Ltd., Japan
*The Railway Pictorial: 2005-5 No.761, Denkisha Kenkyukai Co.,Ltd., Japan
*Tetsudo Daiya joho: 2005-1 No249, Kotsushinbunsha Co.,Ltd., Japan
*Tetsudo Daiya joho: 2005-2 No250, Kotsushinbunsha Co.,Ltd., Japan
*Rail Magazine: 2005-2 No.257, Neko Publishing Co.,Ltd., Japan
*Rail Magazine: 2005-5 No.260, Neko Publishing Co.,Ltd., Japan
*Tetsudo Gahou:2005 Spring No.1, Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing Co.,Ltd., Japan
*Alminum Spaces, 2006, Shinkenchiku-sha, Japan
*Shoten Kenchiku: 2007-2 Vol.52, No.2, Shotenkenchiku-sha Publishing Co.,Ltd., Japan
*IATSS Review: Vol.32, No.1, 2007, International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences
*JREA: 2008-10 Vol.51, No.10, JapanRailway Engineers’ Assosiation, Japan
*Goods Press: 2009-9 Vol.253, Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co.,Ltd., Japan
Photograph
Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd.: No.2-8, 24-29
Okamura Corporation: No.17
*Shinkenchiku: 2005-1Vol.80 No.1, Shinkenchiku-sha, Japan, ISSN: 1342-5447
*Car Styling: 2005=166, Car Styling Publishing Co., Japan
*Car Styling: 2005=167, Car Styling Publishing Co., Japan
*Detail Japan: 2005-6, Reed Business Information Japan K.K., Japan
*Japan Railfan Magazine: 2005-2 No.526, Koyusha Co.,Ltd., Japan
*Japan Railfan Magazine: 2005-3 No.527, Koyusha Co.,Ltd., Japan
*Train: 2005-2 No.362, Eriei Co.,Ltd., Japan
*Train: 2007-9 No.393, Eriei Co.,Ltd., Japan
*Railway Journal: 2005-2 No.460, Railway Journal Co.,Ltd., Japan
*Railway Journal: 2005-6 No.464, Railway Journal Co.,Ltd., Japan
*The Railway Pictorial: 2005-2 No.757, Denkisha Kenkyukai Co.,Ltd., Japan
*The Railway Pictorial: 2005-3 No.758, Denkisha Kenkyukai Co.,Ltd., Japan
*The Railway Pictorial: 2005-5 No.761, Denkisha Kenkyukai Co.,Ltd., Japan
*Tetsudo Daiya joho: 2005-1 No249, Kotsushinbunsha Co.,Ltd., Japan
*Tetsudo Daiya joho: 2005-2 No250, Kotsushinbunsha Co.,Ltd., Japan
*Rail Magazine: 2005-2 No.257, Neko Publishing Co.,Ltd., Japan
*Rail Magazine: 2005-5 No.260, Neko Publishing Co.,Ltd., Japan
*Tetsudo Gahou:2005 Spring No.1, Seibundo Shinkosha Publishing Co.,Ltd., Japan
*Alminum Spaces, 2006, Shinkenchiku-sha, Japan
*Shoten Kenchiku: 2007-2 Vol.52, No.2, Shotenkenchiku-sha Publishing Co.,Ltd., Japan
*IATSS Review: Vol.32, No.1, 2007, International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences
*JREA: 2008-10 Vol.51, No.10, JapanRailway Engineers’ Assosiation, Japan
*Goods Press: 2009-9 Vol.253, Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co.,Ltd., Japan
Photograph
Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd.: No.2-8, 24-29
Okamura Corporation: No.17
