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Read a small selection side by side through images, place context, climate, typology, materials, carbon signals, accessibility, and related books.

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1 selected · 1 other item held elsewhere in the compare set

Bureaus

1 selected · 1 other item held elsewhere in the compare set

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Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center

Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · Exact work coordinates

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Comparison

Field
Asakusa Culture Tourist Information CenterAsakusa Culture Tourist Information Center

2012 · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Douglas Cardinal ArchitectDouglas Cardinal Architect

1964 · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20121964
PlaceTokyo, Tokyo, JapanOttawa, Ontario, Canada
Place contextTokyo, Tokyo, JapanRepresentative site: Gatineau, Gatineau, Canada
Climate12°C · 13.3h daylight · 4 km/h wind8°C · 13.7h daylight · 20 km/h wind · via Canadian Museum of History
FocusTourist information center3 works in corpus
Architects
  • Kengo Kuma
  • Douglas Cardinal
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Kengo Kuma & Associates

Notable works

  • Canadian Museum of History
  • Telus World of Science Edmonton
  • National Museum of the American Indian
Typologies
  • civic building
  • tourism infrastructure
  • urban infill
  • museum
  • house
  • performance venue
  • landscape
Materials
  • wood
  • glass
  • steel
  • timber
Carbon signals

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

  • Steel
  • Glass

The recorded material palette leans lower-carbon on paper, but procurement and quantity still matter.

No dominant drivers yet.

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.
  • Track sourcing, certification, and assembly logic rather than assuming timber is automatically low impact.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible3 of 3 recorded works are publicly accessible
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