sendai mediatheque toyo ito
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TOYO ITO
UTKARSH SHEKHAR
B ARCH 4
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YEAR071037
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INTRODUCTION
Toyo Ito is a Japanese architect known for creating conceptualarchitecture, in which he seeks to simultaneously express thephysical and virtual worlds.
He is a leading exponent of architecture that addresses thecontemporary notion of a "simulated" city, and has been called
"one of the world's most innovative and influential architects.
Ito was born to Japanese parents in 1941 in Seoul, South Korea,He is credited with influencing a generation of younger architectswith his ideas about contemporary urban forms.
Ito graduated from Tokyo University's Department of architecture
in 1965.
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PHILOSOPHY
The work of Toyo Ito is often said to have affinities with the ideas of
philosophers such as Munesuke Mita and Gilles Deleuze.
He has expressed architecture as "clothing" for urban dwellers,
particularly in the contemporary Japanese metropolis.
His Philosophy lies in aggressively exploring the potentials of new
forms and In doing so, finding new spatial conditions that
manifest the philosophy of borderless beings.
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CAREER
He worked for Kiyonori Kikutake Architect and Associates from 1965
to 1969 (alongside Itsuko Hasegawa ) , in 1971 he started his own
studio in Tokyo, named Urbot ("Urban Robot").
In 1979, the studio name was changed to Toyo Ito & Associates.
Toyo Ito holds a professorship at the Japan Women's University.
He is also an honorary professor at the University of North
London and has served as guest professor at Columbia University.
He teaches at Tama Art University as a Visiting Professor.
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MAJOR PROJECTS
1986 - The tower of the winds
1991 - The eggs of the winds
2001 - Sendai Mediatheque
2002 - The Serpentine Gallery, in Hyde Park, London
2004 - TOD's Omotesando Building, Tokyo
2006 - Vivo ciy Singapore at HarbourFront
2008 - World Games Stadium in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2009 - Za Koeji Theater , Tokyo
2009 - Torre Fira BCN Building, Barcelona, Spain
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AWARDS
Architecture Institute of Japan Award for Silver Hut in 1986
33rd Mainichi Art Award forYatsushiro Municipal Museum in 1992
IAA 'interach 97' Grand Prix of the Union of Architects in Bulgaria
Gold Medal in 1997
Education Ministers Art Encouragement Prize in Japan in 1998, Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in architecture from the
American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2000
Gold prize of the Japanese Good Design Award in 2001
RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 2005 For Sendai Mediatheque
Frederick Kiesler Award for Architecture and the Arts 2008
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SENDAI MEDIATHEQUE
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INTRODUCTION
Sendai Mediatheque is multi-function complex accommodating a
mixed program of library, art gallery, audio-visual library, film studio
and caf.
It was a competition winning scheme chosen in 1995 from amongst
235 competing proposals.
Sendai Mediatheque is widely recognised as one of Ito's seminal
works.
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RIBA AWARD
The Sendai Mediatheque project received the Royal Gold Medal in 2006by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA
Its structural innovation, functional versatility, its symbolic meaning forthe residents of Sendai.
But perhaps what has made this building is a milestone is that has tried tocapture on architecture the ethereal, fluent, multidirectional and virtual
nature of the computer world that characterizes our time.
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CONCEPT
The general concept, evident already from the competition entry,
was the free public accessibility.
Located in an area of 50 x 50 m, the multimedia library should
contain several features: library, internet booths, areas for watching
DVDs, galleries, cafes, etc.
Sendai Mediatheque is located in front of a grove and surrounded
on three sides by streets.
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Ito's proposal opted for transparency. Since the plot is located in
front of a large grove, it affords broad vistas towards the boulevard,
while shape of the trees is used in the design of the structure
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STEEL TUBULAR STRUCTURES
The space and light flow frankly between the different levels of
the building.
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CONCEPTUAL DRAWING
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SECTION
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FORMAL DESIGN
The design is based on three basic elements:
1. Platform
2. Tubes
3. The skin
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PLATFORMS
There are 7 platforms in the building.
These are the support where the functions are carried out. They are 80 cm. thick.
It is actually a grid of metallic beams welded to two metallic plates,
similar to those used in shipbuilding. This metal grill can also be
seen on the roof, crowning the composition of the building.
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TUBES
There are 13 bundles of steel tubular structures covered in glass,
resembling a twisted organic structure like a weed.
They cross and support the platforms, extending beyond the ceiling.
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TUBES
Freely dispersed in the building, they vary in shape, diameter,
inclination and dimension, while providing light to the interior. The
larger tube has a vertical circulation that connects the different levelsof the library.
Despite its fragile and transparent appearance, these structures
provide flexibility, strength and horizontal and vertical stability to the
building in an area of high seismic activity and constant typhoons.
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THE SKIN
It is a transparent membrane that allows fluid visual communication
between interior and exterior, and at times the boundary between
the two seems to vanish.
Ito proposed different facades according to the character of the
surrounding environment they face. For example, the main faade,
located on the south side facing the boulevard, is a double layer of
glass (very useful in the winter months of strong winds ...
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THE SKIN
The outer extends slightly and increasesthe effect of lightness of the building.
The east faade.
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THE SKIN
The west side facade, which faces another plot, is opaque, coated
with a metal frame that reveals the emergency stairs. The north andeast facades, which face neighborhood streets, have different
finishes on each floor: glass, polycarbonate and aluminum.
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BUILDING PROGRAM
The first floor, called Open Plaza, contains the reception, a cafe and
a store of books and magazines. It is totally extroverted toward the
street.
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THE FIRST FLOOR LEVEL
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The second level is the children's library, internet and
administration. It is a very open space, defined only by the
furniture.
A very interesting aspect is that the separation between the public
reading area and the private administration is simply a translucent
curtain, resembling a floating wall.
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SECOND FLOOR LEVEL
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At the third level and fourth level (the fourth is actually a
mezzanine) are the area of loans of books and reading rooms.
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THIRD FLOOR LEVEL
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FOURTH FLOOR LEVEL
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In the fifth and sixth floors exhibition galleries are located, used by
the citizens of Sendai.
Here, mobile rectilinear panels can be accommodated to the needs
of the exhibition, in a clear reference to the sliding doorsof Japanese architecture .
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FIFTH FLOOR LEVEL
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SIXTH FLOOR LEVEL
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On the seventh floor there is a cinema and conference rooms,
which are wrapped in a matte glazed wall (Ito calls it a
"membrane") of curvilinear forms, that is located in the middle ofspace.
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Here are also an area for listening tapes and DVDs and areas of
assembly. The furniture is also curvilinear and organic.
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SEVENTH FLOOR PLAN
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LIGHTING
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TOYO ITO CONTRAST WITH TADAO ANDO
Tadao Ando, work is based in the Japanese tradition, particularly inthe use of light, and maintains a rational, geometric, massive
vocabulary and style.
Toyo Ito is not tied to any style, experimenting with metaphorical
themes, transparent forms and electronic gadgets. Therefore, his
works are closely related to another aspect of the culture in Japan,
Grin Grin Central Park in Fukuoka prefecture,Japan
Awaji Yumebutai,Kansai,japan
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OTHER PROJECTS
ZA KOEJI THEATER, TOKYO
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SIMILARITY OF THOUGHTS
BERLIN PHILHARMONIC
ZA KOEJI THEATER, TOKYO
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CONSTRUCTION CONCEPT
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THE EGG OF THE WINDS (1991)
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DRAWINGS
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THE TOWER OF THE WINDS
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LIGHTING DURING NIGHT
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THANK YOU