Photograph

Tokyo International Forum: Photographs of drawings

01/04/1989

Drawing

Perspective view of the Tokyo Forum as it stands on site when viewed from the Shinkansen tracks.

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Martinez, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital, Print, Slide

Characteristics:

6"x8", B&W

Content of

Project

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. ...

References

Drawings

Tokyo International Forum - Conference Center for the City of Tokyo: Presentation Drawings 01/01/1989

Architectural Design, Project, Presentation Drawing, Perspective

Designers:

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

Medium:

Photocopy, Original on Tracing Paper, Original on Vellum

Size:

17"x23 1/2", 24"x45 1/2"

A perspective presentation drawing from the train tracks seeing the south and east sides of the building complex, as submitted for the competition; seven more versions of the same perspective depict the final stages of its preparation for submission. The ...