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

01/01/1989

Architectural Design, Sketches, Perspective

Two early sketches of perspectives depicting the Hall A space: 1. Is a pencil, close-up perspective of Hall A and the rough spatial quality it could have, showing the various ascending levels imagined; 2. Is an ink sketch of the Hall A with a more detailed space and structural/ornamental references.

Designers:

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

Medium:

Original on Tracing Paper, Photocopy

Size:

18"x23 1/2", 7"x8 1/2"

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. ...

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