New Tokyo City Hall: Design Drawings. Tokyo, Japan.

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Architecture and Design

Artist

Kenzo Tange (Architect)

Title

New Tokyo City Hall: Design Drawings. Tokyo, Japan.

Place

Tokyo (Building address:)

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1986–1996

Medium

Blackline prints on polyester film 12 sheets, Design Drawings. Blackline prints on polyester film; small printed labels on adhesive polyester film added to each sheet. Approximately 84.5 x 59.5 cm. Spelling and capitalization are as shown on prints. (.1) - Peaspective Location map. Signed in ink by Kenzo Tange. Text on adhesive film label attached at bottom left: "The Main Tower of the Tokyo City Hall complex, 243 meters tall, is the tallest building in Tokyo. The building located on the map to the upper left of the complex, the Shinjuku Park Tower building, also design by Kenzo Tange Associates and now under construction, is 235 meters tall." (.2) - Typical floor Plan, 1:300; 32nd floor plan, 1:300; 45th floor plans, 1:300. (.3) - Fourth floor plan (Tower II), 1:300; Third floor plan (City Hall Tower II), 1:300; Typical floor plan, 1:300. (.4) - Third floor plan (City Hall Tower I), 1:300; Fifth floor plan (Tower I), 1:300; Seventh floor plan, 1:300. (.5) - 30th floor plan, 1:300; 33rd floor plan, 1:300. (.6) - First basement floor plan, 1:400; Third floor plan, 1:400. (.7) - East elevation (Assembly Building), 1:400; West elevation (Assembly Building), 1:400; North elevation (Assembly Building), 1:400. (.8) - Site Plan, 1:1500; Isometric site plan. (.9) - Farst floor plan, 1:1000; Second floor plan, 1:1000. (.10) - East-west section, 1:800; South-north section, 1:800. (.11) - East elevation (Tower I), 1:400. (.12) - East elevation (Tower II), 1:400. (CT2208 Tange City Hall) (07/103/1997)

Dimensions

Ea: 84.5 × 59.5 cm (33 5/16 × 23 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Kenzo Tange through Mr. and Mrs. Jay A. Pritzker.

Reference Number

1992.1867.1-12

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