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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

Walter GropiusWalter Gropius

1919 · Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20041919
PlaceKanazawa, Ishikawa, JapanBerlin, Berlin, Germany
Place contextKanazawa, Ishikawa, JapanRepresentative site: Alfeld (Leine), Alfeld (Leine), Germany
Climate15°C · 13.3h daylight · 3 km/h wind7°C · 14.2h daylight · 12 km/h wind · via Fagus Factory
FocusMuseum9 works in corpus
Architects
  • Kazuyo Sejima
  • Ryue Nishizawa
  • Walter Gropius
Linked context

Bureaus

  • SANAA

Notable works

  • Fagus Factory
  • Sommerfeld House
  • 66 Old Church Street, Chelsea
  • Gropius House
Typologies
  • museum
  • cultural building
  • building
  • education
  • house
  • church
  • sacred space
  • museum
  • infrastructure
  • tower
Materials
  • glass
  • aluminum
  • steel
  • glass
Carbon signals

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

  • Aluminum
  • Steel
  • Glass

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

  • Glass
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.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible5 of 5 recorded works are publicly accessible
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