Tokyo International Forum

Tokyo International Forum
Demonstrated System: Steel Trusses
Architect: Rafael Vinoly
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Date: 1989 competition, completed 1996

With eleven above ground stories and three below ground stories, the Tokyo International Forum is the first art center in Tokyo. It is a composition of four buildings, each one with a unique hall; the Glass Building houses the atrium. The Forum itself covers an area of 20,951 square meters with a total floor area greater than 145,000 square meters; this is distributed amongst the 33 conference rooms and 7 multisized halls. The atrium receives an interesting effect by suspending semi-circular steel girders between the glass and steel walls.