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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

Joseph PoelaertJoseph Poelaert

1850 · Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20121850
PlaceTokyo, Tokyo, JapanBrussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Place contextTokyo, Tokyo, JapanRepresentative site: Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
Climate18°C · 13.3h daylight · 2 km/h wind9°C · 14.1h daylight · 8 km/h wind · via Church of Our Lady of Laeken
FocusTourist information center5 works in corpus
Architects
  • Kengo Kuma
  • Joseph Poelaert
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Kengo Kuma & Associates

Notable works

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

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

  • Steel
  • Glass

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

  • 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.
  • 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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