Tokyo International Forum – Conference Center for the City of Tokyo: Summary of project concept and design submitted for the Design Competition with entry number 042

01/01/1989

Design Matters, Proposal Brief

6-page proposal brief presenting the essential points of the design, the structure and engineering with their special technical characteristics, and a special mention on disaster prevention. The headlines are: Essential Points of the Design, Structure and Engineering, Disaster Prevention, Area Schedule and Finish Schedule. An early draft of the same is also included .

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

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. ...

Contents

Records

References

Photographs

Tokyo International Forum: Summary of project concept and design - Photographs 01/04/1989

Project, Design Process

Photographer:

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

Source:

Slide

Characteristics:

B&W

Six photographs of the text pages submitted for the design competition entry on the design of the project, including Essential Points of the Design, Structure and Engineering, Disaster Prevention, Area Schedule and Finish Schedule.