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The tubes are both structure and vector for light and all of the utilities, networks and systems that allow for technological communication and vertical mobility, including elevators and stairs. Each vertical shaft varies in diameter and is independent of the facade, allowing for a free form plan which varies from floor to floor.

The main entrance leads to a double height hall that consists of an information counter, an open square that supports film screenings and other events, a caf and retail shop. Through the transparency of the facade and the continuation of the curtain wall to the ground this space reads as a continuation of the surrounding city.

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intricate spatial rhythm which is defined by varying degrees of public spaces; communal spaces of activity and individual spaces of repose and solitude.

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Getting there By subway from Sendai station take the subway bound for Izumi-chuo to Kotodai-koen station (3 minutes) take exit Koen 2. The mediatheque is a five-minute walk. By bus approximately 10-minute ride from JR Sendai station on a bus bound for Kotsukyoku-Daigakubyoin via Jozenji-dori. Get off at Sendai Mediatheque-mae stop. By foot the mediatheque is a 20-minute walk from Sendai station. Opening hours Mediatheque 9am -10pm (closed December 29 January 3).

Shimin Library 10am 8pm (closed Mondays except holiday Mondays, days after national holidays, 4th Thursday every month and December 28 January 4). For more information telephone +81-22-713-3171, email office@smt.city.sendai.jp or visit www.smt.city.sendai.jp. All link s outside galinsk will open in a new window. Close it when ou've finished, or use the Window menu on our browser, to return to galinsk .

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