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ID: 700089189
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700089189
Record Type: Built Work
Tower of Winds (water tower; renovation: Ito, Toyo; original: 1960s; renovation: 1...; Yokohama (Kanagawa, Nihon, Asia, World, Top of the TGN hiera...)
Note: Located in: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan; non-invasive renovation of a stark, pre-existing 1960s concrete infrastructure node, applying an artistic aluminum shield to a ventilation shaft and water tank facility; renovation is a work of "responsive architecture" that translates environmental information into visual art; visual carousel showcasing the structure across day and night environments
Titles:
Tower of Winds (preferred,C,U,English-P,,N)
Kaze no Tō (C,U,undetermined,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
water tower [300006204] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, hydraulic structures, <hydraulic structures by function>, water distribution structures, reservoirs (water distribution structures))
architectural sculpture [300379328]
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by location or context>)

Classifications:
architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: original: 1960s; renovation: 1986

Creator Display:
renovation: Ito, Toyo [preferred,BWR]
architect Ito, Toyo (Japanese architect, born 1941) Extent: renovation [500004494]
Locations:
Current: Yokohama [7004836] Kanagawa Prefecture (prefecture), Japan (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Display Materials: unavailable
Dimensions: unavailable
General Subject:
architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Built Works
.......... Built Works by class: fortifications, transportation, bridges, barriers, military, urban planning, and engineering works
Sources and Contributors:
Tower of Winds........ [VP,BWR]
........ BWR database (2010-) BWR9948904
Kaze no Tō........ [VP,BWR]
........ BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)
Subject: ....... [VP,BWR]
....................... BWR database (2010-) BWR9948904
....................... BWR-01 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021)
....................... BWR SSID (2010-) 9948904
....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-)
....................... Harvard Library BWR contribution (2010-) U467748
Note:
English ..... [BWR,VP]
..... BWR database (2010-)
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