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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

Friedensreich HundertwasserFriedensreich Hundertwasser

1950-2000 · Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20121950-2000
PlaceTokyo, Tokyo, JapanVienna, Vienna, Austria
Place contextTokyo, Tokyo, JapanRepresentative site: Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Climate13°C · 13.3h daylight · 4 km/h wind14°C · 13.9h daylight · 13 km/h wind · via Hundertwasserhaus
FocusTourist information center5 works in corpus
Architects
  • Kengo Kuma
  • Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Kengo Kuma & Associates

Notable works

  • Hundertwasserhaus
  • KunstHausWien
  • Waldspirale
  • Hundertwasser Toilets
Typologies
  • civic building
  • tourism infrastructure
  • urban infill
  • house
  • museum
  • adaptive reuse
  • cultural building
  • housing
  • building
  • tower
Materials
  • wood
  • glass
  • steel
  • brick
  • plaster
  • ceramic tile
Carbon signals

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

  • Steel
  • Glass

Brick, Ceramic Tile, and Plaster look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Brick
  • Ceramic Tile
  • Plaster
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.
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible1 of 1 recorded works are publicly accessible
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