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21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa

Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan · Exact work coordinates

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21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa

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Exterior view of the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa.

Credit: Kanazawa City

Rights: CC BY 2.1 JP · licensed

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21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa

2004 · Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Joseph PoelaertJoseph Poelaert

1850 · Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20041850
PlaceKanazawa, Ishikawa, JapanBrussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Place contextKanazawa, Ishikawa, JapanRepresentative site: Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
Climate24°C · 13.3h daylight · 5 km/h wind8°C · 14.1h daylight · 9 km/h wind · via Church of Our Lady of Laeken
FocusMuseum5 works in corpus
Architects
  • Kazuyo Sejima
  • Ryue Nishizawa
  • Joseph Poelaert
Linked context

Bureaus

  • SANAA

Notable works

  • Church of Our Lady of Laeken
  • Palace of Justice, Brussels
  • Church of St. Catherine, Brussels
  • La Monnaie
Typologies
  • museum
  • cultural building
  • church
  • sacred space
  • courthouse
  • civic building
  • monumental architecture
  • house
  • performance venue
Materials
  • glass
  • aluminum
  • steel
  • stone
Carbon signals

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

  • Aluminum
  • Steel
  • Glass

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

  • Stone
Lower-carbon levers
  • Focus on recycled content, lighter assemblies, and careful facade-specification choices.
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible5 of 5 recorded works are publicly accessible
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