Toyo Ito Occupiable Roof
With soft lines and an undulating roof japan s meiso no mori forest of meditation funeral home and crematorium at kakamigahara city gifu japan designed by toyo ito was built to commemorate the dead in a secular and liberating fashion.
Toyo ito occupiable roof. Some of the creations of the japanese architect who has been awarded the 2013 pritzker architecture prize. Toyo ito s designs in pictures. How toyo ito is embarking on a new career epoch with small scale community architecture november 18 2016 steel hut toyo ito museum of architecture in omishima japan. Roof architecture organic architecture japanese architecture futuristic architecture residential architecture amazing architecture contemporary architecture classical architecture toyo ito.
Construction is finished for japanese architect toyo ito s solar powered stadium in taiwan. Toyo ito japanese itō toyo o born june 1 1941 seoul korea now in south korea japanese architect who is known for his innovative designs and for taking a fresh approach to each of his projects ito held that any architectural response should consider the senses as well as physical needs and his philosophy doubtless contributed to the considerable critical and popular response his. Courtesy toyo ito and associates the irregular nature of the undulating roof plane gave rise to varied levels of stress across the surface so additional steel meshes were inserted where necessary while maintaining an incredibly thin shell. Toyo ito sendai mediateque sendai japan 2001.
Sendai mediatheque has an extremely unique structure. The stadium s roof is covered by 8 844 solar panels. It is composed of six 15 3 4 floor slabs held in place by 13 shafts made up of latticed tube steel columns that rise from the ground through the roof. Roof details v2 3 99 download free roof details 3 0 00 download sale.
Completed in 2006 the seamless white concrete flows freely alongside a reflective lake with glass underneath.