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2012 · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center exterior view

Street view of the Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center.

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Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center

Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · Exact work coordinates

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Street view of the Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center.

Credit: Kakidai

Rights: CC BY-SA 4.0 · licensed

Comparison

Field	Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center 2012 · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan	Francisco J. Serrano 1930 · Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
Type	work	bureau
Year / years	2012	1930
Place	Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan	Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
Place context	Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan	Representative site: Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
Climate	18°C · 13.3h daylight · 2 km/h wind	20°C · 12.7h daylight · 14 km/h wind · via Basurto Building
Focus	Tourist information center	2 works in corpus
Architects	Kengo Kuma	Francisco J. Serrano
Linked context	Bureaus Kengo Kuma & Associates	Notable works Basurto Building Edificio México
Typologies	civic building tourism infrastructure urban infill	building housing
Materials	wood glass steel	Not recorded yet.
Carbon signals	Steel and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette. Steel Glass	building and housing gives us a typology starting point even though the work does not have a recorded material palette yet. 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.	No levers surfaced yet.
Accessibility	Publicly accessible	Access not recorded across linked works
Related books	No linked books yet.	No linked books yet.