ARCHITECT SEMINAR

PRESENTED BY :JITENDRA AERANB. ARCH. IV061015

Kisho Kurokawa

Tokyo University, Dr. / Arch. Course, Graduate School of Architecture (1964).

Born in Nagoya in central Japan in 1934

Graduated Kyoto University, B. / Arch. Course, Department of Architecture (1957),

Tokyo University, M. / Arch. Course, Graduate School of Architecture (1959)

President, The Japan Society of Landscape DesignAdvisor, Prime Minister of the Republic of KazakhstanPresident, KKAA (Kisho Kurokawa architect & associates)

His publication Urban Design Homo Movens Thesis on Architecture I and II The Era of Nomad Philosophy of Symbiosis Hanasuki Poems of Architecture Kisho Kurokawa Note Revolution of City

“Philosophy of Symbiosis", which was awarded the Japan Grand Prix of Literature, was first published in 1987 and was revised in 1991. The book was cited Excellence from the AIA in 1992.

In 1960, at the age of 26, he made his debut into the world as one of the founders of the Metabolism Movement.

Since then, he has been advocating the paradigm shift from the Age of Machine Principle to the Age of Life Principle.

His concept he advocated such as Symbiosis, Metabolism, Information, Recycle, Ecology, Intermediate Space, Fractal, Ambiguity.All are important concept based on Life Principle

Philosophy

His major works

the National Ethnological Museum

Helix CityNagoya City Art Museum

Osaka International Convention Center The Museum of Modern

Art, Wakayama

Kisho Kurokawa’s Dinosaur Museum in Katsuyama

The tower of the Pacific, Paris-Defense (1993)

Nagakin Apartments(1972)

The Japanese Nursing Association Building Maggie`s Centre,

England(2006)

Flower Hill Museum (1999)

National Art Center, Tokyo (2006)

National Art Center

National Art Center, Tokyo is a perfect expression of his philosophy of symbiosis.

Roppongi, Tokyo

Design / Construction:2000-2006

"One of my intentions with the design was to be fuzzy. Great art and architecture should be fuzzy. If it is easy to understand, it is functional like a factory. People can say, 'this is the entrance way, this is the exit.' But this is not art. I wanted to create ambiguity and a little bit of confusion. This is what makes people think, or takes them into a maze."

The fuzziness Kurokawa talks about can be seen in the wavy line of the art center's facade. He has created a melodious surface that is, like waves or hills, harmonious but never repetitive.

It is the largest exhibition space in a single building in Japan. Around 15,900 square meters

It is intended to feature several large exhibitions at once,

Building Area : 12,989sqmTotal Floor Area : 49,846sqm2 basement floors + 6 floors

The facade itself is 100 percent transparent, but it also completely cuts out the sun's ultraviolet rays.

Also extended the ironwood floor that is inside the building to the area outside the facade. That makes people feel very ambiguous and wonder whether they are inside or outside.

the real element of genius in this design remains the feature that will have the strongest effect on visitors — the facade. As a perfect expression of the symbiosis of exterior and interior, Kurokawa makes it work in both directions.

From the outside, its naturally undulating surface seems to react to the trees and the wind, while from the inside, it seems to dance around two large inverted concrete cones, which look like petrified tornadoes and are central to the functional requirements of the building.

Floor made from extremely durable Ulin ironwood imported from Borneo, this floor is designed to give the building an aged and even primitive texture that will exist alongside its obvious modernity. This symbiosis of primitive and modern is further developed by the use of wicker furnishings and a bamboo garden in a courtyard on the top floor, contrasting with such hi-tech features as cleaning robots and light-saving motion sensors.

They wanted a restaurant and a cafe in the atrium, so he decided to place them above.To maximize the floor space below he simply reduced the base of each structure, which created the cone shapes.

The building is made up of seven enormous column-less display rooms, each 2000m², a library, an auditorium, a restaurant, a cafe and a museum shop.

The National Art Center, Tokyo will not be a space for archiving works of art, but is a space for exhibiting public open exhibits and travelling exhibits.

The jurying process for these types of exhibitions will begin in the basement, where works will be brought in one by one at the loading area and only the pieces selected will be brought by service elevator to the display blocks.