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Fumihiko Maki

Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Tokyo, Japan, 1986-90 Variously dosenbod as resemblmg a samurai's holmot, a scarab bcot le or a UFO. this 43.971 m^ł facility is situated on a 4 ha sit* in the Meiji Park. Its mam arena has a seat mg capacity of 10.000. and there is an indoor swimming pool wnh spectator seat mg for 900. Continually changing views out to the neighboring park and city open up as one moves between the dynamically juxtaposed buildmg masses.

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