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Concept:
Sendai Mediatheque opened in the beginning
of the 21st century as the base of the art culture. The cultural activity,
which responds flexibly to changes in society, is expected in the transparent
building with fantastic design.
Style:
The building is consisted of small and large columns and also the floor
panel. The tube columns look as if they were seaweed wavering in the sea.
These are made up of some steel tubes, which hold both the horizontal force
and the vertical load. The steel honeycomb floors are quite thin and strong.
The floors are connected each with other in between the columns.
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Features:
A total of 6,000 tons of steel was used for the building.We have used tube
column of 2,000 tons of steel and a floor panel of 4,000 tons of steel.
This special construction was created by the field welding. Altogether,
the welded steels reach the length of 500km. There were some difficulties,
such as heat shrink and heat strain, which are caused by welding. We could
overcome them using shipbuilding techniques. We believe that Sendai Mediatheque,
which is an artwork and a skilled work.
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