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Global Museum and Cultural Center Designs

The Asakusa Culture and Tourism Center in Tokyo, Japan is an 8-story pencil building located in the downtown area. It has a height of 39 meters and an area of 2159.52 square meters. The building uses wood, steel, and glass in its construction and features a geometric structure concealed by the intersection of different jutting planes and a continuous double glazed facade with cedar sunshade. It contains facilities like seminar halls, exhibition spaces, and a cafe/view terrace.

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Global Museum and Cultural Center Designs

The Asakusa Culture and Tourism Center in Tokyo, Japan is an 8-story pencil building located in the downtown area. It has a height of 39 meters and an area of 2159.52 square meters. The building uses wood, steel, and glass in its construction and features a geometric structure concealed by the intersection of different jutting planes and a continuous double glazed facade with cedar sunshade. It contains facilities like seminar halls, exhibition spaces, and a cafe/view terrace.

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ASAKUSA CULTURE AND TOURISM CENTER

PARAMETERS SARA KULTURHUS CENTER, SWEDEN NEW MUSEUM, NEWYORK ZEITZ MUSEUM AFRICA

SITE CONTEXT FOREST BUSY STREET WATERFRONT DOWNTOWN AREA OF TOKYO


HEIGHT 75M 54M 39M
58M
NO. OF FLOORS 20 STOREY 8 STOREY 9 STOREY 8 FLOORS
AREA APPROX. 30,000 sqm APPROX. 5000 sqm 9500 sqm 2159.52sqm
LOCATION SKELLEFTEA, SWEDEN MANHATTAN, NEW YORK CAPE TOWN, AFRICA TOKYO, JAPAN
TYPOLOGY HIGH RISE MUSEUM MUSEUM PENCIL BUILDING
NO. OF STAIRCASE 1 4 3 1
NO. OF LIFTS 8 3 2 2
MATERIALS TIMBER CLAD IN ANODIZED ALUMINIUM MESH CORK MATERIALS,GLASS,CONCRETE WOOD,STEEL,GLASS
PASSIVE DESIGN
STRATEGIES STACKING OF EACH STOREY IS IS DONE CORK INSULATION,GREEN ROOF,WATER
SUCH THAT SKYLIGHT IS BOUGHT IN THE CONSERVATION,THERMAL
SPACE MASS,DAYLIGHTING
PREFRABRICATED WOOD REINFORCED GEOMETRIC STRUCTURE CONCEALED BY
WITH CONCRETE SLABS ND A BLEND
BETWEEN GLULAM BEAM AND STEEL A VERTICAL INTERNAL STRUCTURAL MADE OF 42 GRAIN SILOS CUT USING INTERSECTION OF DIFFERENT JUTTING
CONSTRUCTION HEART, WHICH LINKS ALL FLOORS AND USING A VARIETY OF CONCRETE CUTTING PLANES, CONTINUOUS DOUBLE GLAZED
ARTICULATES EACH OTHER. THECHNIQUES THE INTERIOR WAS CARVED
DISPLACEMENTS AND SETBACKS OUT USING SLEEVES TO SHAPE THE FAÇADE WITH CEDAR SUNSHADE , STEEL
OCCURRED BETWEEN EACH BOX TO CONCRETE,THE CARVED TUBES WERE PLATE ROOF,
CREATE OPEN SPACES THAT CONNECT CAPPED WITH LAMINATED GLASS PANELS
TO EACH OTHER, ALL OPEN PLAN. TO BRING IN DAYLIGHT.
STRUCTURAL
SYSTEM
1500 SEATS , 205 ROOM , 410 BEDS 5000 PEOPLE AT A TIME H 2 SEMINAR HALLS, 2 EXHIBITION SPACES,
OTHER 10 ROOMS , CAFÉ AND VIEW
TERRACE
OCCUPANCY

SECTIONS

DUCTS, SPRINKLERS AND FIRE PROOF CORK INSULATION,FIRE ESCAPE


FIRE SAFTY EVACUATION ALARM, SPRINKLER SYSTEM MATERIALS STAIRCASES,SPRINKLERS,EXTINGUISHERS. EVACUATION ALARM,
VERTICAL
CIRCULATION LIFTS AND STAIRCASE LIFTS AND STAIRCASES LIFT AND STAIRCASE
DG SUPPLY YES
LIGHTENING
PROTECTION -

PLAN

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