Kengo Kuma

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Kengo Kuma, 2014

Kengo Kuma ( Japanese 隈 研 吾 , Kuma Kengo ; * 1954 in Yokohama , Kanagawa Prefecture , Japan ) is an internationally known Japanese architect .

Life

Kuma successfully completed his master's degree in architecture at the University of Tokyo in 1979 . From 1985 to 1986 he was a visiting researcher at Columbia University in New York .

In 1987, Kuma opened the Spatial Design Studio , followed by the architecture firm Kengo Kuma & Associates in 1990 and Kuma & Associates Europe in Paris in 2008 .

From 2001 to 2009, Kuma was a professor at Keiō University in Tokyo, and since 2009 he has been a professor at the University of Tokyo . In 2000, 2002 and 2004 Kuma designed the Japanese pavilion for the Venice Biennale .

In mid-August 2007, the Museum of Applied Arts Frankfurt inaugurated the modern, inflatable tea house in its park Kumas , which is shaped like two golf balls pushed one on top of the other.

His first exhibition in Germany took place in the Air Museum in Amberg / Upper Palatinate from January 29 to April 24, 2011 under the title Breathing Architecture . Kuma was present at the opening and also led a workshop.

Works (selection)

Conservatoire Darius Milhaud in Aix-en-Provence
  • Eskisehir Modern Art Center (2018)
  • 2016–2019: Tokyo Olympic Stadium for the 2020 Summer Games.
  • 2019–2020: Kigumi Table, One to One Germany
  • 2015: Redesign of Takaosanguchi Station on Mount Takao , Tokyo Prefecture .
  • 2013: Conservatoire Darius Milhaud , Conservatory and Concert Hall in Aix-en-Provence .
  • 2012: Victoria & Albert Museum, Dundee
  • 2007: Teehaus, Museum of Applied Art, Frankfurt a. M.
  • 2007: Suntory's office building, Tokyo
  • 2002: Plastic House, Tokyo
  • 2002: Great (Bamboo) Wall House, Beijing
  • 1994: Kitakami Canal Museum, Ishinomaki
  • 1994: Kiro-San Observatory, Ehime

literature

  • Kengo Kuma, Anti-object: the dissolution and disintegration of architecture (Architecture words, 2), 2010, ISBN 1902902521
  • Sophie Houdart, Chihiro Minato, Kuma Kengo. Une monographie declarée, 2009, ISBN 978-2-9532093-1-0
  • Marco Casamonti, Kengo Kuma, 2009, ISBN 8861160840
  • Botond Bognar, Material Immaterial: The New Work of Kengo Kuma, 2009, ISBN 1568988745
  • Volker Fischer, Ulrich schneider (eds.), Kengo Kuma: breathing architecture. The teahouse of the Museum of Applied Arts Frankfurt / Das Teehaus des Museum für Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt, 2008, ISBN 9783764387877

Web links

Commons : Kengo Kuma  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

supporting documents

  1. ^ Eskişehir Modern Sanat Merkezi. Retrieved September 7, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Elephants, meatballs our country needs in FAZ of June 8, 2016, page 11
  3. ↑ Kigumi Table by Kengo Kuma - One to One. Retrieved January 24, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Darius Milhaud Conservatoire, inaugurated September 5, 2013 ( Memento of the original from April 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.festival-aix.com
personal data
SURNAME Kuma, Kengo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 隈 研 吾 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese architect
DATE OF BIRTH 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Kanagawa Prefecture on Honshu , Japan