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- Title
Forging a Supertall Compact City.
- Authors
Tetsuo Harada; Masaomi Yonezu
- Abstract
The article presents a case study evaluating the architectural design of the Abeno Harukas building located in Osaka, Japan and designed by engineering company Takenaka Corporation. Topics covered include how the Abeno Harukas represents a supertall compact city that reorganizes cities, the structural engineering details of Abeno Harukas, and details relating to the environmental design of Abeno Harukas. It also discusses the use of passive and active environmental strategies in Abeno Harukas.
- Subjects
OSAKA (Japan); JAPAN; ARCHITECTURAL design; BUILDINGS; TAKENAKA Corp.; TALL buildings; ARCHITECTURE &; the environment
- Publication
CTBUH Journal, 2015, Issue 2, p12
- ISSN
1946-1186
- Publication type
Case Study