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