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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

Dimitris Pikionis

1925-1968 · Athens, Attica, Greece

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20121925-1968
PlaceTokyo, Tokyo, JapanAthens, Attica, Greece
Place contextTokyo, Tokyo, JapanRepresentative site: Athens, Attica, Greece
Climate13°C · 13.3h daylight · 4 km/h wind14°C · 13.4h daylight · 3 km/h wind · via Landscaping of the Acropolis of Athens
FocusTourist information center1 works in corpus
Architects
  • Kengo Kuma
  • Dimitris Pikionis
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Kengo Kuma & Associates

Notable works

  • Landscaping of the Acropolis of Athens
Typologies
  • civic building
  • tourism infrastructure
  • urban infill
  • landscape
  • public space
  • pedestrian infrastructure
Materials
  • wood
  • glass
  • steel
  • stone
  • paving
  • salvaged fragments
Carbon signals

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

  • Steel
  • Glass

Paving, Salvaged Fragments, and Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Paving
  • Salvaged Fragments
  • Stone
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.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible1 of 1 recorded works are publicly accessible
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