Architect- Toyo Ito Building- Sendai Media Center Minimalist Approach for the Presentation. Simple, Informative.

1. SENDAI MEDIA CENTER,JAPAN
-TOYO ITO
NAME: PREYAN MEHTA
RNO: 21 B.ARCH-B

2. ARCHITECT: TOYO ITO

3. TIME: 2001
LOCATION: SENDAI, NORTH JAPAN
AREA: 50*50sq.m
FUNCTIONS: LIBRARY,DVDS,EXHIBITION
GALLERY,FREE INTERNET

4. CONCEPT:
FLUIDIC SYSTEM AND
FLOW, SPACES AND
GAPS

5. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM:
TOTAL COLLUMNS-13,
4 LARGE ON 4 CORNERS,
OTHER SMALL 9 COLLUMNS RANDOMLY
PLACED, DIFFERENT DIAMETERS, DIFFERENT
LINEARITY.

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

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

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

9. TYPICAL BEAM COLLUMN STRUCTURE
TUBES AND PLATFORMS,
NO BEAMS, BUTRESSES ,
HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE
WIELDED TO PLATE

10. SOUTHERN WALL- MADE UP OF GLASS
WESTERN WALL- EMERGENCY EXITS

11. EAST AND NORTH WALLS
TRANSPARENT GLASS
POLYCARBONATE
SUN PLATED GLASS
TRANSPARENT GLASS

12. GROUND FLOOR- RECEPTION,
CAFÉ,
SHOP
FIRST FLOOR- ADMIN,
CHILDREN’S LIB,
PERIODICALS,
INTERNET

13. 2ND AND 3RD FLOOR- REFFERENCE LIB,
LENDING LIB,
READING ROOM
4TH FLOOR- EXHIBITION GALLERY FOR
SENDAI’S CITIZENS

14. 5TH FLOOR-EXHIBITION GALLERY
6TH FLOOR- CINEMA,
MEETING ROOMS,
ADMIN,
LIB FOR CDS