Architect Seminar – Kenzo Tange

Presented by Sreekanth P. S.

Nationality Japanese

Born 4 September 1913 Osaka, Japan

Died 22 March 2005 Tokyo, Japan

Alma mater The University of Tokyo

Practice 1946 Tange Laboratory1961 The Urbanists and Architects TeamKenzo Tange Associates

Awards Plitzker Prize, RIBA Gold Medal, AIA Gold Medal, Order of Culture, Order of Sacred Treasures

• An influential protagonist of the Structuralist movement.

• He believed in combining traditional Japanese styles with modernism.

• Influenced from an early age by the Swiss modernist, Le Corbusier

• Winner of the 1987 Pritzker Prize for architecture

Yoyogi National Gymnasium(1964)

• Formed in the late 1950s by a small group of young Japanese architects and designers

• Human society modelled in biological terms• Based on Buddhist notions of

impermanence and change.• Relied heavily on advanced technology, and

they often consist of adaptable plug-in megastructures

Mega city planning for Tokyo (Kenzo Tange 1960)

The most famous built example of Metabolism is Kurokawa's Nakagin Capsule Tower (1972).

Yoyogi National GymnasiumSt. Mary's Cathedral

Hiroshima Peace Monument

Fuji TV headquarters

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building(1991)

Computer Chip Gothic Cathedral Traditional Japanese

houses.

The exterior surfaces covered with geometric pattern executed in granite

Earthquake resistant structure Observation desk at the top At the top of each tower are satellite dishes

pointing in all directions.

The smaller building housing government offices is located to the south of the main building.

The two structures are joined by the multi-story portico .

The style of the south building is less vertical and takes on the form of a cluster of buildings.

Acts as an unifying element The portico wraps gently around the plaza,

joining it to the main building as well as the assembly hall.

Sculptures

The fan-shaped plaza, modeled on the famous Campo in Siena,

Acts as a separation Slopes gently up as one moves away from the main

structure. An oasis of rare harmony and tranquillity

Campo in Siena

The assembly hall is a circular metal-clad structure which looms over the plaza from above the portico.

A round window placed at its center

First Floor Plan of super block

Second Floor Plan of super block

Section of Super Block

Fusion of eastern and western elements One based on structural principle other on futuristic

principle Shift to Monumental Structures from his minimalist

ideologies

Kenzo Tange's attempt to embrace the postmodernist movement of the eighties.

Deviation from his general idea of Traditional Japanese Architecture

The perfect architectural incarnation of modern Japan