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Kyoto Kaikan
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Category: Community cente
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Architect: Kunio MAEKAWA
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Construction: Taisei Corporation
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Year: 1960
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Location:
Kyoto
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Kyoto Kaikan, neighboring Heian-jingu shrines, sits as a multi-purpose cultural complex comprised of a concert hall, a theatre, and an international convention center. It was designed to be harmonious with the rich surroundings with a vista of Higashi-yama (hills). The complex was laid out to form a courtyard, and an assertive strip of oversized and deep concrete eaves binds the assembled buildings horizontally. Mayekawa sought to create a modern architecture complex that would fit in with the historic tradition of Kyoto cityscape and that would appreciate in its quality by aging well as time passes by.
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Current Condition: Partial renovation
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docomomo選定年度：2003
