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Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center

Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · Exact work coordinates

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Asakusa Culture Tourist Information CenterAsakusa Culture Tourist Information Center

2012 · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Atelier Perret FreresAtelier Perret Freres

1905 · Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20121905
PlaceTokyo, Tokyo, JapanParis, Ile-de-France, France
Place contextTokyo, Tokyo, JapanRepresentative site: Quartier des Champs-Élysées, Quartier des Champs-Élysées, France
Climate13°C · 13.3h daylight · 4 km/h wind12°C · 13.9h daylight · 13 km/h wind · via Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
FocusTourist information center10 works in corpus
Architects
  • Kengo Kuma
  • Auguste Perret
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Kengo Kuma & Associates

Notable works

  • Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
  • Église Notre-Dame du Raincy
  • Perret tower (Grenoble)
  • Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence
Typologies
  • civic building
  • tourism infrastructure
  • urban infill
  • building
  • church
  • sacred space
  • tower
  • landscape
  • chapel
  • housing
  • memorial
Materials
  • wood
  • glass
  • steel
  • concrete
Carbon signals

Steel and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Steel
  • Glass

Concrete look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
Lower-carbon levers
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Track sourcing, certification, and assembly logic rather than assuming timber is automatically low impact.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible4 of 4 recorded works are publicly accessible
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