Tokyo International Forum – Conference Center for the City of Tokyo: Sketches

01/01/1989

Architectural Design, Sketches, Floor Plan, Elevation

Four sketches depicting very early design ideas including: 1. outline of floor space arrangement with some basic structural information; 2. Rough sketch of the east elevation of the building complex; 3. Rough sketch of the north elevation of the building complex, with notes and first indications of ornaments; 4. East side elevation of the building complex including all building volumes with some structural ornament indications.

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Photocopy

Size:

5 5/8"x8", 6 1/2"x8 3/4", 11"x17", 8 1/2"x20"

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Tokyo International Forum: Conference Center for City of Tokyo 1989

3-5-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Civic, Designed , Invited Competition, Not built

Client:

Tokyo International Forum Project Office, Bureau of Citizens and Cultural Affairs, Tokyo Metropolitan Government

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Hansjoachim Neis, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Eleni Coromvli, Gary Black

Project cost:

Expected construction cost: $750,000,000

Project stages:

Preliminary Design drawings Construction innovation methods

Invited design competition entry for a complex of conference halls, auditoria, exhibition halls, and other public facilities at a central site in downtown Tokyo, occupied by the City Hall, which was to be razed to make way for this project. ...

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