Projects
Keio University Library, Mita Campus
The Keio University Library faces a lively student plaza that is one of the most active spaces on Keio's Mita Campus. In deference to this plaza, the library stacks (accounting for most of the building volume) have been placed underground, while the upper stories are set back. The basic unit of the exterior composition is a double height eight meter square. T-frame beams in the middle of this unit and smaller columns supplement this expression, allowing the building to respond to both larger and smaller scale of its surroundings.
- Project Name
- Keio University Library, Mita Campus
- Completion Date
- 1981
- Building Type
- University, Library
- Structural System
- Steel Reinforced Concrete
- Number of Floors
- 7 Stories + 5 Basement
- Site Area
- 48,400m2
- Buiding Area
- 1,621m2
- Total floor Area
- 15,188m2
- Structural Engineer
- Kimura Structural Engineers
- Mechanical / Electrical Engineer
- Sogo Consultants
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- / Publication
- Kenchiku Bunka 1982.6, 1983.3 / Shinkenchiku 1982.6, 1983.3
Nikkei Architecture 1982.5, 1983.2.14 / Architectural Record 1983.5
SD 1986.1 / JA 1983.3
- / Location
- Minato, Tokyo, JAPAN
- / URL
- http://www.mita.lib.keio.ac.jp/