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Prospecta Toyama '92 Observatory Tower, Imizu, Japan (1990-1993)
1990-1993
project
This file documents the executed project for the Prospecta Toyama '92 Observatory Tower in Imizu, Toyama, Japan. Like the Galaxy Toyama Gymnasium, this project was designed in conjunction with the 1st Japan Expo Toyama in 1992. The 30 x 32 x 32 metre structure, built at the top of a 61,2 metre hill, serves as a platform to observe the surrounding landscape. The centre court is designed and equipped for the creation of a performance with sound, light and fog.
The file is chiefly composed of design development and presentation drawings but includes some conceptual drawings and material related to theme development. There are also site plans and information about the 1st Japan Expo Toyama 1992. There is a small amount of correspondence in the form of facsimile transmissions. Working drawings include a set of structural drawings. Presentation material includes a model and bound copies and drafts of proposals. There are some digital prints of computer-generated perspectives, one in the form of a presentation panel. There is also some documentation for the development of the name and logo for the structure. A small album contains photographs of the built work. There is some promotional material for the tower and for the park in which it is situated. There are also clippings from published documents. Material in this file was produced between 1990 and 1993.
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This group consists of sketches and notes for the Prospecta '92 Toyama Observatory Tower. There are also 2 elevations (east and north).
4 drawing(s)
2 graphite and ink stamp on letterhead of shoei yoh + architects; 2 electrostatic prints on paper
sheet (smallest): 29,1 × 21,1 cm (11 7/16 × 8 5/16 in.) sheet (largest): 23,7 × 42,2 cm
letterhead dated November 10, 1990
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
166-020-04
1 volume(s)
Electrostatic prints on paper, bound with a metal fastener
sheets: 59,7 × 84,4 cm
- 44 leaves
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
- Text in Japanese.
166-020-05
Objects that have been catalogued:
- This document, issued by Country Communication, is related to the 1st Japan Exposition Toyama, planned for 1992.
1 volume(s)
Electrostatic prints, some with notations in graphite or coloured pencil, bound with a metal fastener
book: 25,7 × 37,5 × 0,7 cm (10 1/8 × 14 3/4 × 1/4 in.)
- 44 leaves.
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
- Text in Japanese.
166-020-06
Sketches for different scenarios for the Tower project.
4 drawing(s)
Graphite and coloured pencil on tracing paper (1); ink and graphite on tracing paper (2); graphite on tracing paper (1)
sheets (approx.): 30 × 42 cm (11 13/16 × 16 9/16 in.)
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
166-019-03
This group includes 3 drawings for the Galaxy Toyama project: a first floor plan, details for slopes and a grid. There are also plans for Prospecta '92: a cover sheet for a set of drawings as well as details, 5 floor plans, sections and a grid.
20 drawing(s)
Graphite on pre-printed translucent paper (3); electrostatic prints attached with tape to pre-printed translucent paper with yellow tape border (2); graphite, coloured pencil and ink stamp on pre-printed translucent paper with yellow tape border (1); electrostatic print with ink stamp and graphite on translucent paper (1); electrostatic print with orange ink stamp on translucent paper (2); graphite on pre-printed translucent paper with yellow tape border (5); graphite and ink stamps on pre-printed translucent paper with yellow tape border (3); graphite and coloured pencil on pre-printed translucent paper with yellow tape border (1); electrostatic prints on self-adhesive plastic film affixed to pre-printed translucent paper with yellow tape border, with graphite and ink stamp in title block (1); graphite, ink and coloured pencil over diazotype (1)
sheets (smallest): 42 × 59,5 cm (16 9/16 × 23 7/16 in.) sheets (largest): 59,7 × 84,4 cm (23 1/2 × 33 1/4 in.)
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
166-004-09
This group contains presentation drawings (including plans, sections, elevations and site plans) for the Galaxy Toyama Gymnasium and for the Prospecta '92 Toyama Observatory Tower. There are also 3 drawings of structural details.
15 drawing(s)
13 drawings or collages mounted with transparent tape on 13 sheets of translucent paper with pre-printed title block and yellow border: 5 electrostatic prints; 4 graphite and ink stamp on translucent paper; 1 graphite and labels (electrostatic prints on transparent film) on translucent paper; 2 collages (graphite and labels and/or ink stamp on translucent paper, electrostatic prints on paper or on translucent paper); 1 graphite, coloured pencil and ink stamp on translucent paper -- 2 electrostatic print on translucent paper with ink stamps.
sheets: 59,7 × 84,4 cm
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
166-004-10
13 reprographic copy(ies)
Diazotypes
sheets: 59,7 × 84,4 cm
The drawings are stapled together.
numbered: S1-S13
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
166-004-15
This group consists of working drawings (sections, elevations) and site plans for the Prospecta '92 Toyama Observatory Tower. There is also a contour map of the site of Japan Expo Toyama '92.
6 reprographic copy(ies)
Graphite on translucent paper (1); electrostatic prints on paper or on translucent paper joined or affixed with transparent tape (1); electrostatic prints on translucent paper with orange ink stamp (3); diazotype (1)
sheet (smallest): 54,6 × 63,1 cm (21 1/2 × 24 13/16 in.) sheet (largest): 59,5 × 84,5 cm (23 7/16 × 33 1/4 in.)
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
166-004-16
Objects that have been catalogued:
- This volume is composed of computer-generated perspectives of the Prospecta '92 Toyama Observatory Tower. It is accompanied by an image of a model for the Tower, viewed from above.
1 volume(s)
Electrostatic prints on paper; binding: black tape with plastic sheet (upper cover) and thin cardboard (lower cover); colour digital print loosely inserted
book: 25,9 × 36,7 cm (10 3/16 × 14 7/16 in.)
- Bound volume with 1 sheet loosely inserted.
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
166-015-01
- Schematic drawings, diagrams and presentation drawings (exploded axonometric and section) related to mist production for the Toyama Prospecta 92 Observatory Tower project. Includes descriptions of foglines and nozzles issued by Mee Industries Inc.
8 reprographic copy(ies)
Collage (ink on paper) over electrostatic print on paper; electrostatic print on paper
sheets (smallest): 21,1 × 29,8 cm (8 5/16 × 11 3/4 in.) sheets (largest): 29,8 × 42 cm (11 3/4 × 16 9/16 in.)
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
- Documents from Mee Industries are in English. One drawing is present in both an English- and Japanese-language version.
166-015-03
Objects that have been catalogued:
- This group consists of originals of leaves 2-10 of the section on Prospecta '92 from the 1990 proposal for the Galaxy Toyama Gymnasium and the Prospecta '92 Toyama Observatory Tower. There are also collages illustrating themes related to the tower project.
13 collage(s)
Media applied to or mounted on paper: ink or graphite on yellow self-adhesive slips of paper, electrostatic prints (some colour) on paper, electrostatic prints on plastic film, graphite, ink, white correction fluid, chromogenic colour print, screentone appliqué, graphic appliqué film (lettering)
sheets: 29,7 × 42,2 cm (11 11/16 × 16 5/8 in.)
- One of the sheets has a photocopy of a technical drawing on the verso. - A slip of paper with text in graphite has been affixed with masking tape to one of the drawings.
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
166-014-05
Objects that have been catalogued:
This group includes structural detail drawings for the Prospecta '92 Toyama Observatory Tower.
9 reprographic copy(ies)
Electrostatic prints mounted on paper; graphite and collage (electrostatic prints on paper) on paper; graphite on paper;
sheet (smallest): 25,8 × 36,6 cm (10 3/16 × 14 7/16 in.) sheet (largest): 29,7 × 42,3 cm (11 11/16 × 16 5/8 in.)
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
- The documents are in Japanese.
166-013-01
Objects that have been catalogued:
- This group consists of presentation material for a "Prospective Gallery Museum in the Air" for the 1st Japan Expo Toyama '92. The group includes a title sheet, comparative cost estimates, sections, floor plans, core plans and a timeline.
10 drawing(s)
Collage (ink on paper, electrostatic prints on paper, ink stamp on paper), screentone appliqué, transfer type, white correction fluid, graphite and ink on paper
sheets: 25,8 × 36,5 cm (10 3/16 × 14 3/8 in.)
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
166-015-04
Includes a system diagram for the tower installations, plan showing constellations that can be viewed from the upper level, and diagrams of prisms. There is also a section of the Galaxy Toyama Gymnasium, dated 28 April 1993.
1 textual record(s)
Graphite over electrostatic print with ink stamps on paper
records: 0,01 l.m. sheets (smallest): 29,7 × 21,1 cm (11 11/16 × 8 5/16 in.) sheets (largest): 29,8 × 42,1 cm (11 3/4 × 16 9/16 in.)
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
166-014-07
Objects that have been catalogued:
- This group consists of computer-generated perspectives of the Prospecta '92 Toyama Observatory Tower.
19 reprographic copy(ies)
Electrostatic prints on paper
sheets: 21,1 × 29,8 cm (8 5/16 × 11 3/4 in.)
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
166-021-10
This group is composed of a copy of an article from an unidentified publication and 2 presentation drawings. The article is about 4 "performing" spaces by Shoei Yoh: Prospecta '92, Aspecta, Pyramid of the Sea and the Seibu Gas Phenomenart Museum. The presentation drawings are renderings of the Galaxy Toyama Gymnasium and the Toyama Prospecta '92 Observatory Tower.
1 textual record(s)
Electrostatic prints on paper; printed images on laminated paper
records: 0,01 l.m. sheets: 25,8 × 36,9 cm (10 3/16 × 14 1/2 in.)
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
166-015-06
Includes documents related to an exhibition in Tokyo.
1 textual record(s)
Chiefly electrostatic prints on paper; also includes offset lithographs (some mounted on paper) and collages; 1 of the electrostatic prints appears to be a peel-off sticker
records: 0,01 l.m. sheet (smallest): 18,2 × 25,8 cm (7 3/16 × 10 3/16 in.) sheet (largest): 42,2 × 29,8 cm (16 5/8 × 11 3/4 in.)
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
166-015-08
Objects that have been catalogued:
- This group consists of copies of sheets from a proposal for the Toyama Prospecta Observatory Tower.
1 textual record(s)
Electrostatic prints on paper
records: 0,01 l.m. sheets: 25,8 × 36,5 cm (10 3/16 × 14 3/8 in.)
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
166-013-05
Schematic design submitted to Toyama City or to Toyama Prefecture.
1 textual record(s)
Electrostatic prints on paper, some with numbering (ink on plastic appliqué film), some with collage (ink or electrostatic print on paper), some with white correction fluid
sheets: 25,8 × 36,5 cm (10 3/16 × 14 3/8 in.)
- The documents in this group were clipped together.
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
166-013-06
1 volume(s)
Electrostatic prints (some colour) on paper, final leaf mounted on thin cardboard, bound with 3 staples
book: 25,8 × 36,6 cm (10 3/16 × 14 7/16 in.)
- [11], 21 leaves
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
166-013-09
1 model(s)
model: 32,8 × 30,1 × 30,1 cm (12 15/16 × 11 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
© Shoei Yoh
Objects that have been catalogued:
1 panel(s)
Silkscreened ink on paper, mounted on foam board
panel: 79,9 × 110 × 0,8 cm (31 7/16 × 43 5/16 × 5/16 in.)
4 pieces of foam tape on verso. Drawing is mounted.
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
© Shoei Yoh
Objects that have been catalogued:
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