A short video animation analysing the relationship between structure and envelope of the sendai mediatheque using sketchup. Sendai mediatheque is a library in sendai, miyagi prefecture, japan. Created a book showing the information and displaying the hierarchy of the systems. The sendai mediatheque is a mixedprogram public facility which combines library and art gallery functions located in the city of sendai, japan. Sendai mediatheque features slabs and vertical tubes as its fundamental, and almost only, structural elements, creating spaces that are distinctively different from conventional cultural institutions in that they do not define the use of enclosed spaces, rather allowing its users to define mediatheque organically. Sendai mediatheque in japan was designed by toyo ito. Planning for the sendai mediatheque began in 1994 when they held a competition for the design of the building. Analysis of toyo itos sendai mediatheque structure and. Sendai mediatheque has an extremely unique structure.
The structure of the sendai mediatheque is composed of three main elements. Buy examples in structural analysis 1 by william m. A damping mechanism for absorbing energy is used within the main structure on the first basement floor. Introduction sendai mediatheque, a project which in 2006 received the royal gold medal by the royal institute of british architects riba, can be hailed from various aspects. The sendai mediatheque by architect toyo ito was built in sendai, miyagi, japan in 19982001. Located in an area of 50 x 50 m, the multimedia library should contain several features. It is composed of six 15 34 floor slabs held in place by shafts made up of latticed tube steel columns that rise from the ground through the roof.
The plans for the facility called for a multifunc tional building including library, gallery, and visual me dia center. With the intentions of designing a transparent cultural media center that is supported by a unique system to allow complete visibility and transparency to the surrounding community, the sendai mediatheque by toyo ito is revolutionary in its engineering and aesthetic. Elementary structural analysis and design of buildings. Sendai mediatheque hume, gary, sakamoto, tomoko, ferre, albert, ito, toyo. Explore free books, like the victory garden, and more browse now. The first floor framing is structurally separated from the basements external wall. The four columns at the corners are cantilevered to resist not only vertical loads. In the mediatheque, structural principle arrives as a result of space. The book serves as an effective reference on the design of lateral systems in buildings for experienced structural engineers and advanced students. Sendai mediatheque embodies our proposal for a completely new concept of architecture.
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