Photograph

Tokyo International Forum: Photographs of drawings

01/04/1989

Drawing

Photograph of drawing in 1:200, with the floor plan and section of the main Convention Hall, an enormous room, 50 meters by 70 meters, whose position defined the organization of the entire design.

Photographer:

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

Source:

Digital, Print, Slide

Characteristics:

7"x11", 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

Scientific Research

Drawings

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

Architectural Design, Project, Presentation Drawing, Floor Plan, Section

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Hansjoachim Neis, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Eleni Coromvli, Gary Black, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Photocopy

Size:

17"x23 1/2"

Scale:

1:200

One presentation drawing sheet with the floor plan and one longitudinal section of Convention Hall A, as submitted for the competition. .

Photographs

Tokyo International Forum: Giant Vierendeel Trusses - Photographs of drawings 01/04/1989

Construction Innovation, Drawing

Photographer:

Annie der Bedrossian/C.E.S., Martinez, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital, Print, Slide

Characteristics:

6"x8", Color

Two photographs of the perspective views of the Convention Hall interior, an enormous room 50 meters by 70 meters, with large columns. The roof is supported by Vierendeel box beams, pierced by giant chrysanthemum voids, which are illumunated. Two more ...