See digitized items (33)
Print this page
Glass Station, Oguni, Japan (1990-1993)
1990-1993
project
This project series documents the project "Glass Station", a gas station constructed on an irregularly-shaped site at the entrance to the town of Oguni in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. The project was completed in 1993. The office, pumps, shop and work space of the service station are covered by an undulating canopy composed of asymmetrical concrete arches that form the boundaries of a lattice of pretensioned steel rods and aluminum channels into which panels of glass bonded to sheets of perforated stainless steel were inserted, sealed with polyester film, and secured with structural silicon.
The project series is chiefly composed of design development drawings. It includes numbered sets of architectural drawings and structural drawings and some mechanical and electrical drawings. There is a set of unnumbered ink drawings and reproductions related to the geometry of the canopy. There are also some images of the canopy that are output from a computer file or files (wireframes and renderings). There is a small amount of textual material related to technical data and form finding for the canopy. The file also includes 2 study models. There are some graphic design documents for the name of the project and for the name "IDEX". Material in this file was created between 1990 and 1993.
Material in this project series is not arranged.
Oguni (Kumamoto-ken) Japan
The documents in this file are chiefly in Japanese. There is some text in English.
Sort by:
- This group consists of reproductions of drawings and a table of figures. There are 24 computer graphics, including wireframe images and renderings, of the Glass Station project. There is a printout of a spreadsheet (12 leaves). There is also a folded reproduction of the roof grid for the Glass Station.
1 textual record(s)
Electrostatic prints on paper
records: 0,01 l.m. sheets: 21,1 × 29,8 cm (8 5/16 × 11 3/4 in.)
- One of the sheets is folded.
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
166-021-14
Objects that have been catalogued:
Document related to maintenance of the glass canopy for Glass Station
1 textual record(s)
Electrostatic print on paper with notations in graphite; ink and graphite on paper
records: 0,01 l.m. sheets: 29,8 × 21,1 cm (11 3/4 × 8 5/16 in.)
- Five sheets stapled together.
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
166-021-15
Drawings for furniture, storage units, gutters, and gas pump for Glass Station.
19 drawing(s)
Graphite on translucent paper (some pre-printed)
sheet (smallest): 21,1 × 29,4 cm (8 5/16 × 11 9/16 in.) sheet (largest): 42,4 × 59,5 cm (16 11/16 × 23 7/16 in.)
- The drawings in this group are curled at edges.
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
Objects that have been catalogued:
- This group consists of drawings on title block of Shoei Yoh + Architects. The project is identified on these drawings as "Harada G.S." or similarly. Drawing A1, entitled "Specification" is a general information sheet. Drawings 2-3 are respectively a roof plan and ceiling plan with elevation. Drawings A2-A9 include plans, elevations a section and details. Drawing A10 shows the canopy grid with nodes. Drawings A11-A13 are a table of XYZ coordinates for the canopy.
15 drawing(s)
- drawings include graphite, some with coloured pencil and/or ink stamp on pre-printed translucent paper; one drawing has printed film (electrostatic print on plastic) affixed to it; there is one electrostatic print and 3 of the drawings are graphite or graphite and coloured pencil over electrostatic prints
sheets: 42 × 59,3 cm (16 9/16 × 23 3/8 in.)
Numbered: A1, 2-3, A2-A13; some drawings dated
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
166-011-01
Objects that have been catalogued:
- This group consists of structural drawings.
10 drawing(s)
- drawings are chiefly graphite and ink stamp, some with coloured pencil, on pre-printed translucent paper; one of the drawings is coloured pencil, graphite and ink stamp over electrostatic print; one drawing has graphic appliqué film affixed to it
sheets: 42 × 59,3 cm (16 9/16 × 23 3/8 in.)
Numbered: S1, S6-S14
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
166-011-02
- This group consists of electrical and mechanical drawings.
10 drawing(s)
- graphite and ink stamp over pre-printed translucent paper (8); graphite and ink stamp over electrostatic print on translucent paper (2)
sheets: 42 × 59,3 cm (16 9/16 × 23 3/8 in.)
Numbered: M1-M3, E16-E22
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
166-011-03
This group consists of mechanical detail drawings. There is also a design drawing with geometric forms on the verso of a diazoprint.
5 reprographic copy(ies)
Graphite and coloured pencil over diazoprint (2); graphite and red ink over diazoprint (1); diazoprint (1); graphite and ink on paper (verso of diazoprint) (1)
sheets (smallest; unfolded): 42 × 60,5 cm (16 9/16 × 23 13/16 in.) sheets (smallest; folded): 30,5 × 21,9 cm (12 × 8 5/8 in.) sheet (largest; unfolded): 59,6 × 84,5 cm (23 7/16 × 33 1/4 in.) sheet (largest; folded): 42,2 × 30 cm (16 5/8 × 11 13/16 in.)
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
Objects that have been catalogued:
1 textual record(s)
Thermal prints
sheets: 30,1 × 25,7 cm (11 7/8 × 10 1/8 in.)
- Five sheets stapled together, numbered 2-6.
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
- Documents in Japanese with some captions in English.
166-015-12
- This group consists of design development drawings, including plans, sections and elevations for tables. There is a plan, section and detail for lavatories. There is also a table of information with notations and a sketch.
6 drawing(s)
Graphite on graph paper (3); graphite over electrostatic print (2); electrostatic print on paper (1)
sheet (smallest): 21,1 × 29,6 cm (8 5/16 × 11 5/8 in.) sheet (largest; unfolded): 42,1 × 59,5 cm (16 9/16 × 23 7/16 in.) sheet (largest; unfolded): 42,1 × 30 cm (16 9/16 × 11 13/16 in.)
- These drawings are curled. One of them is folded.
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
- This group consists of detail drawings for joints.
3 drawing(s)
Graphite on translucent paper
sheet (smallest; irreg.): 42,1 × 59,1 cm (16 9/16 × 23 1/4 in.) sheet (largest; irreg.): 42,1 × 60,4 cm (16 9/16 × 23 3/4 in.)
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
166-011-04
Objects that have been catalogued:
This group consists of textual records, graphics and drawings. Textual records include a photocopy of an article by Marianne Brausch published in Architecture d'aujourd'hui in Sept. 1991 and a flyer from the Asahi Glass Company featuring the product "Lamimetal". Graphic designs include 4 sheets with graphics for "Glass Station Harada Koshan Co' LTD" in Roman and Greek letters and a sheet with a Japanese text. Drawings include a section and an exploded axonometric for a detail.
10 textual record(s)
Electrostatic prints (4), ink and ink stamp on paper (4), graphite on pre-printed paper (1), offset printed sheet (1)
sheet (smallest): 28 × 21,1 cm (11 × 8 5/16 in.) sheet (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
166-016-04
Includes correspondence with Taiyo Kogyo Corporation related to the structure of the canopy for Glass Station.
3 textual record(s)
Electrostatic prints, some with notations in ink
sheets: 25,8 × 36,5 cm (10 3/16 × 14 3/8 in.)
- The 3 volumes are bound with staples.
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
166-016-05
Objects that have been catalogued:
- This group consists of plans (including floor plans, roof plans, ceiling plans and plans for the canopy), elevations, sections and details. Most of the drawings are numbered architectural drawings, 2 of which (A5, A6) are marked "void". There are also 2 structural drawings.
20 drawing(s)
Graphite (some with ink stamp) (17); blue coloured pencil and graphite over electrostatic print with ink stamp (1); blue coloured pencil and graphite with ink stamp (1); red coloured pencil, graphite and ink stamp over electrostatic print (1). all drawings are on pre-printed translucent paper (some repaired with transparent tape).
sheets: 42,1 × 59,5 cm (16 9/16 × 23 7/16 in.)
- The drawings in this group are curled at the edges and/or creased.
Numbered drawings: "A1"-"A11" (includes 2 drawings numbered "A2", "A8", "A9" and "A10").
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
166-010-05
Objects that have been catalogued:
- This group consists of structural drawings.
11 drawing(s)
Red coloured pencil and graphite with ink and ink stamp (1); graphite with ink and ink stamp (2); graphite with ink stamp (5); electrostatic print with ink and ink stamp (1); graphite and red coloured pencil over electrostatic print with ink stamp (1); graphite over electrostatic print with ink stamp (1);
sheets: 42,1 × 59,5 cm (16 9/16 × 23 7/16 in.)
- The drawings in this group are curled at the edges and/or creased.
numbered: "S2"-"S12".
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
166-011-05
This group consists of a roof plan, numbered "A6" and a site plan showing the footprint of the Glass Station.
2 reprographic copy(ies)
Sepia diazo print on plastic (1); diazotype (1)
sheets: 42,1 × 59,5 cm (16 9/16 × 23 7/16 in.)
the diazotype is dated "H.4.8.9" (Aug. 9, 1992)
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
166-010-06
Objects that have been catalogued:
13 drawing(s)
Graphite on pre-printed translucent paper with yellow tape border (1); ink, graphite and coloured pencil on paper (3); ink, graphite and coloured pencil over architectural reproduction (possibly positive blueprint) on paper (1); ink and coloured pencil over architectural reproduction on paper (3); diazotype (4); electrostatic print on translucent paper, overlayed with electrostatic print on paper (attached with adhesive tape) (1)
sheets: 59,5 × 84,1 cm (23 7/16 × 33 1/8 in.)
- The drawings in this group are curled at the edges and/or creased.
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
Objects that have been catalogued:
- This group consists of details for the arches.
9 drawing(s)
Graphite on pre-printed translucent paper with yellow tape border (7); graphite and blue coloured pencil on pre-printed translucent paper with yellow tape border (2)
sheets: 59,5 × 84,1 cm (23 7/16 × 33 1/8 in.)
- The drawings in this group are curled at the edges and/or creased.
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
166-008-06
Objects that have been catalogued:
7 drawing(s)
Ink and graphite on paper (4); ink, graphite and coloured pencil on paper (3)
sheets: 59,5 × 84,1 cm (23 7/16 × 33 1/8 in.)
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
166-008-07
Objects that have been catalogued:
10 drawing(s)
Graphite on pre-printed translucent paper with yellow tape border (8); graphite and blue coloured pencil on pre-printed translucent paper with yellow tape border (2)
sheets: 59,5 × 84,1 cm (23 7/16 × 33 1/8 in.)
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
166-008-08
This ring binder contains material related to the design and construction of the Glass Station. It includes panoramic images of the Glass Station canopy under construction. It also contains 2 photographic prints of wireframe images of the canopy, overlayed with translucent sheets that have notations for page layout. There are 7 colour transparencies: an aerial view of the built work, 2 views of the built work from a neighboring building, and 4 views taken near the gas station pumps while the service station was open. Thirteen slides contain views of the built work, computer-generated bird's-eye perspectives of the project and wireframes of the canopy. There are 3 presentation drawings (elevation, plans, details), one with captions in English. There are 19 colour photographic prints dated January 1992 with views a model being tested in a laboratory. There are 2 photocopies of published articles about the project. There are also 6 reduced copies of presentation drawings (details and a site plan).
1 ring binder(s)
Colour photographic prints; photographic prints, overlayed with coloured pencil on translucent paper (attached with adhesive tape) (2); colour transparencies (7); slides (13); electrostatic prints on paper (2)
ring binder: 44,1 × 35,1 × 2,8 cm
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
Objects that have been catalogued:
Commercially-produced clamshell box. Name and number printed on spine: Uchida No. 532 A2 2.
1 box(es)
Cardboard, paper, plastic, velcro and metal
box (closed): 45 × 31,7 × 2,8 cm (17 11/16 × 12 1/2 × 1 1/8 in.)
Shoei Yoh fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Shoei Yoh/
Gift of Shoei Yoh
1 study model(s)
model: 8 x 29 x 17 cm
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 study model(s)
model: 10 x 52 x 29 cm
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:
Sign up to get news from us
Thank you for signing up. You'll begin to receive emails from us shortly.
We’re not able to update your preferences at the moment. Please try again later.
You’ve already subscribed with this email address. If you’d like to subscribe with another, please try again.
This email was permanently deleted from our database. If you’d like to resubscribe with this email, please contact us
Please complete the form below to buy:
[Title of the book, authors]
ISBN: [ISBN of the book]
Price [Price of book]
Thank you for placing an order. We will contact you shortly.
We’re not able to process your request at the moment. Please try again later.
Your folder is empty.
