This new facility for Tokyo University’s Law School is sited on the highly public campus edge between the University’s well-known Akamon and Seimon entry gates – two symbolic faces of Tokyo University. Anticipating a possible change to public use in the future, the planning has as few fixed elements as possible, allowing for greater future flexibility. Within its context of mature trees and monumental gothic architecture, the building’s modest scale and screen-like translucency symbolize a new openness for Tokyo University.