the People

Owner
City of Kanazawa

Architect
Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa/SANAA

Partners:
Kazuyo Sejima, Ryue Nishizawa

Project team:
Toshihiro Yoshimura, Yoshifumi Kojima, Koichiro Tokimori, Kansuke Kawashima, Tetsuo Kondo, Shoko Fukuya, Mizuki Imamura, Naoki Hori, Junya Ishigami, Erika Hidaka, Keizo Eki

Engineer(s)
Structural:
Sasaki Structural Consultants

Mechanical:
ES Associates

Electrical:
P.T. Morimura & Associates

General contractor
Joint venture between Takanaka, Hazama, Toyokura, Oka, Honjin, and Nihonkai

Photographer(s)
Hiro Sakaguchi

Shinkenchiku-Sha

the Products

Exterior Finishes
Exterior wall cladding at volumes above roof:
ZAM panels (zinc-aluminum-magnesium alloy coated steel panel). Manufacturer: Nisshin Steel Co.,Ltd. www.nisshin-steel.co.jp

Glazing
Glass manufacturer:
Asahi Glass Co.,Ltd. www.agc.co.jp

Doors
Exterior glass door fabricator: YKK AP Inc. www.ykkap.co.jp

Roofing
Roof waterproofing manufacturer and installer:
Kitagawa Rekisei Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Interior Finishes
Interior steel walls (corridors):
Fabricator and installer- Kanawa Industrial Co.,Ltd.