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SENDAI MEDIATHEQUE video-

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 ABOUT
•  Sendai Mediatheque is a public institution that provides a base for a
variety of cultural activities, mainly related to art and moving images.
At the same time, it constitutes a space that, through diverse media,
facilitates exchanges and utilizations of information.

•  located in the city of Sendai about 300 km from Tokyo

•  Architect: Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects- Japanese
architect
•  The building dimensions: 50 x 50 meters and 36.49
meters high.
•  Site Area: 3948.72 sq.m. l Building Area: 2933.12 sq.m.
•  Completion of Construction:10th August, 2000
 7TH FLOOR

WHAT’S INSIDE?
•  7th floor: workplace; designed to provide an 5TH & 6TH FLOOR
environment in which diverse individuals and
groups can work on creative activities through
digital media,

3RD & 4TH FLOOR

•  5th & 6th floor: exhibition spaces

•  3rd & 4th floor: has the library

with various reading areas 2ND FLOOR

•  2nd floor: is an information center

half with reading rooms and office 1ST FLOOR
space.

•  1st floor: at street level has an

information point, shop and cafe:
This plant is called ”open plaza”.
 PLANS
1ST 2ND FLOOR 3RD & 4TH FLOOR
FLOOR

5TH FLOOR 6TH FLOOR 7TH FLOOR

SECTION
 STRUCTURE
•  The structure systems of the Sendai
Mediatheque keep with the concept
of a flexible and adaptable space.
To achieve open floor plans, Ito
utilize bundles of columns consisting
of steel tubes.

•  Structure: Steel frame, Reinforced

concrete
 STRUCTURE:
PLATFORMS

•  There are 7 platforms in

the building.
•  These are the support
where the functions are
carried out.
•  They are 80 cm. thick.
 STRUCTURE: PLATFORMS
Thin floors of steel plates comprise the floor
system; they are a sandwich of grids of beams
and plates of steel at the floor and ceiling
penetration of the tube bundles.

This grid of steel plates of varying density is a

honey comb organization.
Comprise of 3 zones of density:
1.  Zones with columns
2.  Zones without columns
3.  Zones around the tube bundles PLATE ORGANIZATION AT TUBE FRAMING PLAN
REASON:
The grid is designed to minimize unnecessary
elements and to lighten the system to resist
earthquakes.

The steel plates at the tube bundles provide load

transfer between the bundles
 STRUCTURE: SHEAVES OF TUBES
•  Resembling a twisted organic structure like a Forest tree.
•  There are 13 bundles of steel tubular structures covered in glass, and vary in diameter.

•  The tubes create links

throughout the full height of the
building, they are finished with a
ceramic fire-proofing called
Taika-Arock

•  The larger tube has a vertical

circulation that connects the
different levels of the library.
 STRUCTURE: SHEAVES
Beginning with a uniform orthogonal 3x4 grid of bundled tubes, the
engineer was able to transform and irregularize the grid by offsetting
bundle center points and inserting additional bundles off the grid.
STRUCTURE: SHEAVES
TUBES
- fire-resistant steel.

- thick pipe section

(139.8 – 241.8 mm in outside diameter)

- tube thickness varies from 9 – 39mm

depending on loading requirements
 STRUCTURE: SHEAVES DIMENSIONS
13 structural sheaves of tubes (2-9m wide)

4 corner sheaves 9 mid sheaves

- Complex: contain elevators and stairs. In addition, - more simple radial tube
mechanical systems such as air conditioning, water - ring structure
supply, sewage, drainage, electricity, communication - bear gravity loads only
cables, and dumbwaiters all extend through these - some are twisted about z-axis to distribute loads
sheaves of tubes. more uniformly and reduce risk of buckling
- three-dimensional lattice structure
- Bear gravity loads and provide rigidity to resist
horizontal seismic forces.
 STRUCTURE: LOAD TRANSFER
Despite the tubes' fragile and transparent appearance, they
provide flexibility, strength and horizontal and vertical stability to
the building to satisfy the shear, seismic, lateral, and gravity
loads of the building structure.

The four corner sheaves designed as

trusses with reinforced concrete bases to
deal with seismic loads .

The 9 mid sheaves carry only vertical loads are

parallel to each other. They are tied at the middle of
each floor to prevent buckling
STRUCTURE: LOAD TRANSFER
STRUCTURE: SLAB & TUBE DETAILS
STRUCTURE: FOUNDATION
BUILDING ENVELOPE

•  The structure houses the

vertical circulation systems for
the buildings, including
stairwells, lift shafts and risers
for MEP equipment. In order to
achieve a slender 15.75 inch
floor plate depth.
BUILDING ENVELOPE:
SKIN
•  A transparent membrane that allows fluid
visual communication between interior and
exterior
•  Ito proposed different facades according to
the character of the surrounding
environment they face.
•  On the north and east elevation the slabs
are slightly projected to create  a dark
horizontal bands, while walls are covered
with varying transparent materials of glass
and metal on each floor.
•  On the west elevation, the necessity of
providing fire escapes let to the
development of a semi-transparent
structure with an outer layer of vertical
aluminum slats, covering the roof as well.
The main façade is a double-skinned, it’s
the south facade
 BUILDING ENVELOPE: SKIN
•  South façade, consists of two
glazing layers
•  Separated by metal supports
that are attached to both the
glass mullions and the
structure
•  The glass is hung from the
metal supports, which are
connected to the cantilevered
steel plates at each floor
•  This double skinned façade
controls both thermal gain
and loss
BUILDING ENVELOPE: SKIN
The main façade, located on the south side facing the
boulevard, is a double-skinned lightweight glass façade
•  very useful in the winter months of strong winds
•  acts as an acoustics barrier
•  a buffer zone to reduce solar gain
•  provide ventilation which helps reduce energy costs.

The west side facade, which faces another plot, is opaque,

coated with a metal frame that reveals the emergency
stairs.

The north and east facades, which face neighborhood

streets, have different finishes on each floor : glass,
polycarbonate and aluminum
 BUILDING ENVELOPE: CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM
•  The climate control system is an
all-air system.
•  Air is distributed through the
column clusters from the
machine rooms located in the
2nd basement level and roof
•  Starting from the base of the
columns, air is distributed into
the raised floor then expels
through registers located
randomly within the raised floor
system
•  The building is connected to the
city’s chilled water system and
the cooling tower is located off-
site
BUILDING ENVELOPE: MACHINE ROOM
SUSTAINABILITY The sendai mediatheque’s design is very
energy effective and prefabrication of materials
lowered the cost of construction, it employs
both active and passive climate control
systems.

The design of the building was focused on

being as transparent as possible so that it
is free from constrains and as open as
possible. However, each side of the
building has a different façade that
responds to the surrounding environment.
SUSTAINABILITY: NATURAL LIGHT

The south façade is transparent, receiving plenty of daylight, in addition it is free from louvers and mullions,

and is a double paned.

SUSTAINABILITY:
NATURAL LIGHT
The columns also serve as tubes
of lights.
Computerized rotating mirrors on top
reflect sunlight into the columns and
they adjust corresponding to different
weather and time.

At night, the photovoltaic panels on the

rooftop supplement energy costs.
 SUSTAINABILITY: VENTILATION
•  The double glazed enclosure is a
passive method of climate
control.
•  The skin also acts as a
mechanical system which is left
opened during the summer to
allow it to create a cooling
updraft. During the winter, it is
closed off to act as an insulated
air space to seal in heat
•  It acts as a thermal blanket
trapping air to keep the building
warm during the cooler seasons
and allowing air passage through
it which cools the building in the
warmer periods of the year.
SUSTAINABILITY: VENTILATION
The HVAC systems are located in the basement and on the roof, which use the
tubes for the flow of energy throughout the building.
•  The reticular tubes serve two
functions:
1.  carrying the mechanical ducts
through the building
2.  pulling the natural air from top to
bottom like a wind catcher.

•  Open windows provide natural

ventilation to the building floors
and offices.
SUSTAINABILITY: Japan earthquake
On march 11, 2011
Japan was devastated by a magnitude
9.0 earthquake

The building's extraordinary resilience was the result of

a collaboration between a creative architect and
engineer, Mutsuro Sasaki, known for his ability to devise
innovative systems that turn provocative designs into
safe buildings without sacrificing their original vision.
Both Mr. Ito and Mr. Sasaki were mindful of lessons
learned from the Kobe earthquake of 1995 that took
place during the design process. Together, they went
beyond Japan's strict earthquake codes for a new
aesthetic and structural model..

Toyo ito’s sendai mediatheque sustained little

damage and is still standing today.