Built to Last - Stainless Steel as an Architectural Material
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EDUCATION<br />
ISSF STAINLESS STEEL AS AN ARCHITECTURAL MATERIAL - 26<br />
Chapel of MIHO Art School, Kyo<strong>to</strong>, Jap<strong>an</strong><br />
Architects: I. M. Pei <strong>an</strong>d io Architects, New York<br />
Structural Engineering: Leslie E. Robertson Associates, New York<br />
The Chapel is the focal point of the MiHo Institute of Aesthetics, a boarding school for 240 students. The<br />
site is dedicated <strong>to</strong> the Shumei spiritual movement, for which the appreciation of art <strong>an</strong>d the respect for<br />
nature are key elements. High architectural st<strong>an</strong>dards are part of the philosophy. The outer p<strong>an</strong>els of<br />
the Chapel consist of trapezoidal stainless steel p<strong>an</strong>els. Each of them is 18.5 m long <strong>an</strong>d shaped in<strong>to</strong> a<br />
unique computer-generated twisted geometry.<br />
Details<br />
Pho<strong>to</strong>s courtesy of JSSA<br />
Environment:<br />
Fabrication process:<br />
Grade <strong>an</strong>d finish:<br />
<strong>Material</strong> thickness:<br />
Weight:<br />
Rural<br />
L<strong>as</strong>er cutting<br />
SUS 304, bead bl<strong>as</strong>ted<br />
5 mm<br />
100 <strong>to</strong>ns<br />
Date of completion: 2012<br />
M<strong>an</strong>ufacturing comp<strong>an</strong>y: Kikukawa Kogyo Co., Ltd<br />
<strong>Material</strong> supplier:<br />
Nippon <strong>Steel</strong> <strong>an</strong>d Sumikin<br />
<strong>Stainless</strong> <strong>Steel</strong> Corp.
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