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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

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Field	Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center 2012 · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan	Teodoro González de León 1960 · Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
Type	work	bureau
Year / years	2012	1960
Place	Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan	Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
Place context	Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan	Representative site: Miguel Hidalgo, Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico
Climate	18°C · 13.3h daylight · 2 km/h wind	15°C · 12.7h daylight · 4 km/h wind · via Auditorio Nacional (Mexico)
Focus	Tourist information center	2 works in corpus
Architects	Kengo Kuma	Teodoro Gonzalez de Leon
Linked context	Bureaus Kengo Kuma & Associates	Notable works Auditorio Nacional (Mexico) Reforma 222
Typologies	civic building tourism infrastructure urban infill	building tower
Materials	wood glass steel	glass
Carbon signals	Steel and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette. Steel Glass	Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette. Glass
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.	Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
Accessibility	Publicly accessible	Access not recorded across linked works
Related books	No linked books yet.	No linked books yet.