TEPIACompletion Date:1989

TEPIA is a government-sponsored exhibition hall, introducing and highlighting recent technological advancements and providing event and lecture space for technology-related activities. In response to its low-scaled Jingu Gaien Park context, Tepia’s overall building volume is kept modest, with ample open space around the perimeter – creating an effect closer to a pavilion in a park than a large urban exhibition hall. Its sharply chiselled overall exterior form, and its crisp aluminum and glass vocabulary create an abstract, high-tech image appropriate for the cutting-edge exhibitions inside.

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Info

Location: Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Completion Date: 1989

Building Type: MICE

Structural System: Reinforced Concrete / Steel Reinforced Concrete

Number of Floors: 2 Basement Levels + 4 Stories

Site Area: 6,077 m²

Building Area: 2,324 m²

Total Floor Area: 13,810 m²

Structural Engineer: Kimura Structural Engineers

Mechanical / Electrical Engineer: Sogo Setsubi Consulting Co., Ltd.


URL

TEPIA


Publication

Fumihiko Maki(PHAIDON):2009.6

SD:1993.1

Shinkenchiku:1989.8

Kenchiku Bunka:1989.8

Nikkei Architecture:1989.7.24


Awards / Competition

Building Contractors Society Prize(1990)