Tokyo Replay Center

秋葉原に新しいレジャー施設を計画する学生コンペ。規模はおよそ1200坪、ホールやショップ、カラオケなどの施設を有する。審査員には塚本由晴氏や手塚建築研究所が含まれている。

Description
The aim of this competition is to develop a new leisure center in central Tokyo. The center must fit with the lifestyle of Japanese society while offering a new method of entertainment designed especially for them.
The Tokyo Replay Center is a new concept of entertainment. A complex with numerous private media rooms (similar to the popular karaoke rooms) where groups of friends can go to see old anime, to watch classic films, or to play video games in a private setting where they can feel comfortable.
For the same price that a karaoke session or an informal dinner would cost, people could rent a private room and be entertained with some of the best Japanese technological entertainment. The space has to be equipped with the best technology in audio and video quality while also offering an extensive menu of food and drinks to complete the experience.
The Tokyo Replay Center aspires to become a reference point in this culture of leisure, a must for the “otaku” (people with a keen interest in manga, anime, and video games) and all people interested in technology. It would be a place where you could find the latest releases as well as the most desirable classics.
Akihabara is internationally known as the meeting point for otaku people around the world. Gadgets and products are for sale everywhere. Innovation and tradition meet at a single point.
There is no better place for the Tokyo Replay Center than this central district of Tokyo. It is full of shops where you can buy new items, used, share equipment, etc. Akihabara Station is also one of the most important stations in Tokyo.
The urban grid of Akihabara is made up of very narrow and very long plots. All of these conditions, put together with the high density of Tokyo’s urbanization forces most of the buildings in the neighborhood to grow in height.
The site chosen for the competition is in a typically Japanese plot, just a few meters from the station.

Jury
YOSHIHARU TSUKAMOTO - ATELIER BOW BOW
TEZUKA ARCHITECTS
DAVID ORKAND
NOBUAKI FURUYA
JORGE ALMAZÁN

Prize
1st Prize : 3000€, 1 year subscription to a magazine of your choice: FRAME/MARK/ELEPHANT, Domus, Architectural Review, Architectural Record, Arquitectura Viva, Arquine, Detail,
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2nd Prize: 1500€, 1 year subscription to a magazine of your choice: FRAME/MARK/ELEPHANT, Domus, Architectural Review, Architectural Record, Arquitectura Viva, Arquine, Detail,
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3rd Prize: 500€, 1 year subscription to a magazine of your choice: FRAME/MARK/ELEPHANT, Domus, Architectural Review, Architectural Record, Arquitectura Viva, Arquine, Detail,
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10 Honorable Mentions: Publication, Exhibition

Entry Fee
Special registration period (Sep 16th- Nov 18th): 50€
Early registration period (Nov 19th- Dec 16th): 75€
Late registration period (Dec 17th- Jan 15th): 100€

Entries
One din-A1 size, landscape panel

Timetable
Jury meeting: Feb 4-17th 2013
Winners announced: 27 Feb 2013

Links
Past winners

Organizer
ArchMedium

Official Website
http://en.archmedium.com/