2001 · Sendai, Japan

Sendai Mediatheque

A transparent public media library whose lattice tubes pierce a stack of open floor plates.

The structural tubes organize services, movement, and spatial order together.

The transparent elevation projects an image of open public access.

It brings Toyo Ito’s structural experimentation into an everyday civic institution.

Contemporary

Architect Toyo Ito

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