Video: Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center / Kengo Kuma

Located in front of the Kamiari-mon gate in Asakusa, Kengo Kuma’s Culture Tourist Information Center serves as a beacon to the local area as well as housing programs to serve both tourists and the local community. This video via ja+u takes you through the 7 stacked volumes that make up the 8 internal floors that house a wide variety of programming ranging from meeting rooms to tourist information kiosks. The construction uniquely integrates HVAC equipment in the gaps between the stacked volumes. The interior structure of heavy timber members are left exposed which complement the dynamism of the vertical volumes, while the language of wood is continued onto the exterior by means of laminated timber louvers.

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Cite: Tim Winstanley. "Video: Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center / Kengo Kuma" 01 Aug 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/258565/video-asakusa-culture-tourist-information-center-kengo-kuma> ISSN 0719-8884

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