National Art Center (I)

Posted by Alfredo J. Martiz J. (Panama City, Panama) on 28 May 2007 in Architecture.

The National Art Center is located in the Roppongi district at the center of Tokyo. The building is made up of seven enormous column-less display rooms, each 2000 m², a library, an auditorium, a restaurant, a cafe and a museum shop. The floor area of the National Art Center totals 45,000 m², making it Japan’s largest museum. The museum opened to the public on January 21, 2007.
Owner: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Principal Architect: Kisho Kurokawa
Main Project Architect: Ken Nishikawa
Architecture Firms: Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates + Nihon Sekkei, Inc.
Design-Construction: 2000-2005
Building Area: 13,127 m²
Total Floor Area: 48,980 m²
Structure Type: S Structure (partly SRC Structure)
Storeys: 2 Basement Floors +6 Floors
Height: 32.5 m
Contractor: Kajima Corporation; Taisei Corporation JV; Simizu Corporation; Obayashi Corporation JV

Source: Kisho Kurokawa, FuturArc

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