Kengo Kuma

Japanese architect (1954-) · Japan · Architects

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Kengo Kuma is a Japanese architect and emeritus professor in the Department of Architecture at the University of Tokyo. Frequently compared to contemporaries Shigeru Ban and Kazuyo Sejima, Kuma designed the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo, built for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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2021Time 100Award1954“Objects freeze and fix spaces that are otherwise indeterminate and ambiguous, they compress information - and that is why people continue to construct them.”In their words1954Read the whole statement

“All ideas come from sensation or reflection. Let us then suppose the mind to be, as we say, white paper, void of all characters, without any ideas. How comes it to be furnished?”In their words1954Read the whole statement

“Instead of stepping forward, designers need to remain completely open to visitors’ needs. Only then will we have a space without boundaries and paths.”In their words1954Read the whole statement

“The simplest form of compression is proportional compression. A map reduces space by this means, premised on a bird’s-eye view.”In their words1954Read the whole statement

“...it is often asserted that, though music and literature are sequential, there is no sequence in architecture.”In their words1954Read the whole statement

Born8 August 1954

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Objects freeze and fix spaces that are otherwise indeterminate and ambiguous, they compress information - and that is why people continue to construct them.
1954, 1954, Own words
All ideas come from sensation or reflection. Let us then suppose the mind to be, as we say, white paper, void of all characters, without any ideas. How comes it to be furnished?
1954, 1954, Own words
Instead of stepping forward, designers need to remain completely open to visitors’ needs. Only then will we have a space without boundaries and paths.
1954, 1954, Own words