SENDAI MEDIA CENTER,JAPAN-TOYO ITO

NAME: PREYAN MEHTARNO: 21 B.ARCH-B

ARCHITECT: TOYO ITO

TIME: 2001

LOCATION: SENDAI, NORTH JAPAN

AREA: 50*50sq.m

FUNCTIONS: LIBRARY,DVDS,EXHIBITION

GALLERY,FREE INTERNET

CONCEPT:FLUIDIC SYSTEM ANDFLOW, SPACES AND GAPS

STRUCTURAL SYSTEM:

TOTAL COLLUMNS-13,

4 LARGE ON 4 CORNERS,

OTHER SMALL 9 COLLUMNS RANDOMLY

PLACED, DIFFERENT DIAMETERS, DIFFERENT

LINEARITY.

LARGE COLLUMNS ACTS AS A PASSAGE FOR HUMANS THROUGH ELEVATORS,STAIRSAND ALSO FOR LIGHT AIR AND WATER.

INSPITE OF ITS DELICATE LOOKING LOOK, STEEL COLLUMNS HOLDUP TO THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL LOAD EASILY.THE HORIZONTAL PLATES OR FLOORS ARE OF 80CM IN THICKNESS.

EARTHQUAKE RESISTA NT TO A GREAT EXTENT OF EARTHQUAKE IN KOBIA 1995

TYPICAL BEAM COLLUMN STRUCTURE

TUBES AND PLATFORMS,NO BEAMS, BUTRESSES ,HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE WIELDED TO PLATE

SOUTHERN WALL- MADE UP OF GLASS

WESTERN WALL- EMERGENCY EXITS

EAST AND NORTH WALLS

TRANSPARENT GLASS

POLYCARBONATE

SUN PLATED GLASS

TRANSPARENT GLASS

GROUND FLOOR- RECEPTION,CAFÉ,SHOP

FIRST FLOOR- ADMIN,CHILDREN’S LIB,PERIODICALS,INTERNET

2ND AND 3RD FLOOR- REFFERENCE LIB,LENDING LIB,READING ROOM

4TH FLOOR- EXHIBITION GALLERY FOR SENDAI’S CITIZENS

5TH FLOOR-EXHIBITION GALLERY

6TH FLOOR- CINEMA,MEETING ROOMS,ADMIN,LIB FOR CDS