Tokyo International Forum – Conference Center for the City of Tokyo: Tokyo Metropolitan Government Area

01/01/1989

Reference Document

Two pages with two versions of an axonometric aerial image of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government area. They are a design reference document of the surrounding conditions of the new building. The first includes the old City Hall building, while in the second image it has been erased to illustrate the lot to be considered for the new Conference Center building.

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. ...