Komazawa Gymnasium is an indoor sporting arena located in Komazawa Olympic Park , Tokyo , Japan . The capacity of the arena is 3,875 spectators.
3-600: Designed by Japanese architect Yoshinobu Ashihara , along with the landmark Control Tower, that features as a focal point of the park. The gymnasium venue hosted the wrestling events at the 1964 Summer Olympics . This article about a sports venue in Japan is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a Summer Olympics venue is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Yoshinobu Ashihara Yoshinobu Ashihara ( 芦原 義信 , Ashihara Yoshinobu , 7 July 1918 – 24 September 2003)
6-839: The later stages of his career, he was appointed Professor of Architecture at the University of Tokyo. President of the Japan Institute of Architects from 1980 - 1982 and the Architectural Institute of Japan from 1985 - 1987. He was the recipient of both the Order of the Sacred Treasure and the Order of Culture. Ashihara published a large number of architecture focused studies and texts, most prominent being The Aesthetic Townscape (Japanese first edition 1979 and English translation in 1983) and
9-676: Was a Japanese architect noted for projects such as the Komazawa Olympic Gymnasium (1964) and the Sony Building (1966). Ashihara was educated at both the University of Tokyo and Harvard University . After graduating from Harvard in 1953 with a master's degree in Architecture, Ashihara worked in the architectural practice of modernist Marcel Breuer . Founder of his own firm Yoshinobu Ashihara Architecture Associates in 1956. In
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