Kiyonori Kikutake

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Edo-Tokyo Museum in Tokyo, Japan

Kiyonori Kikutake ( Japanese 菊 竹 清 訓 , Kikutake Kiyonori ; born April 1, 1928 in Kurume , Japan ; † December 26, 2011 ) was a Japanese architect who received worldwide attention, especially as a representative of metabolism .

Life

Kiyonori Kikutake studied at the Japanese Waseda University and received his doctorate in architecture in 1950. He ran his own office since 1953.

In 1959, Kikutake and Kisho Kurokawa , Fumihiko Maki , Sachio Otaka and Noboin Kawazoe founded the group of metabolists , which pursued the idea of ​​transferring the life cycle of birth and growth to urban planning and architecture. His idea of ​​the Marine City Project , presented in 1958, was the basis for many discussions about urban construction in meta cities, especially the urban utopias of the “ Ocean City ”. Kikutake's idea was that new, better cities could emerge on the sea. The city was to be set into the sea on concrete pillars. In his Tower City model, which he later combined with the Marine City project to create the Unabara project, high-rise buildings stand on platforms similar to discs. The platforms seem to be arranged at random, have different sizes and are connected by small bridges.

“The purpose of Marine City is neither intended to enlarge the land nor to escape from the land. [...] The existing confusion of land cities should not be brought to Marine City. "

“The purpose of Marine City is neither to enlarge the mainland nor to flee from the mainland. [...] The existing mess of country towns should not be brought into Marine City. "

- Kiyonori Kikutake :

On the occasion of the 1975 World Exhibition , Kiyonori Kikutake had the artificial island of Aquapolis built.

Kikutake was a professor at Waseda University and Tokyo; he was visiting professor at universities in Beijing, Sofia, Hawaii, Vienna, Virginia and Aachen. He was also a professor at the International Academy of Architecture (IAA) in Sofia. He was an honorary member of various organizations such as the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the French and Bulgarian Chamber of Architects.

Projects (selection)

Model from Aquapolis, 1975
Matumi Tower, 1976
Sofitel Hotel in Tokyo, 1994
  • 1958 Sky House in Tokyo, Japan
  • 1958 Marine City (Sagami Bay)
  • 1960 Marine City / Unabara (Sagami Bay)
  • 1963 Administration building for the Izumo-Taisha in Shimane, Japan
  • 1963 Shallow Sea Type Community Project (Tokyo Bay)
  • 1968 Ocean City
  • 1969 Inexpensive residential buildings in Peru
  • 1971 Floating Marine Expo Project (off Sand Island, Hawaii, USA)
  • 1975 Aquapolis , floating exhibition system for the International Ocean Expo '75 in Okinawa, Japan
  • Linear City since 1977 (e.g. between Osaka and Kitakyushu)
  • 1982 Memorial to Peace in Malaysia and Marshall Island
  • 1987 Seiyo Ginza Hotel in Tokyo, Japan
  • 1988 Fukuoka City Hall in Fukuoka, Japan
  • 1993 Edo-Tokyo Museum in Tokyo, Japan
  • 1994 Sofitel Hotel in Tokyo, Japan
  • 1998 Kitakyushu Multimedia Dome in Fukuoka, Japan
  • 1999 Shimane Art Museum in Shimane, Japan
  • 2004 Kyushu National Museum in Fukuoka, Japan
  • 2005 World Expo '05 in Aichi, Japan

Prizes and awards (selection)

  • 1964 AIA Pan-Pacific Architecture Citation
  • 1964 Ministry of Education Award of Arts
  • 1970 Japan Academy of Architecture Prize
  • 1978 Union Internationale des Architectes (UIA) Auguste Perret Award
  • 1979 The 21st Mainichi Art Award ( Mainichi Shimbun , 1979)
  • 1990 The 31st Building Constructors Society Prize
  • 2000 Shimane Prefecture Grand Prize for Beautiful Scenery

Literature (selection)

  • Kiyonori Kikutake: Metabolism - The Three Moving Things. 1960
  • Anthony G. White: Kiyonori Kikutake. Vance Bibliographies 1990, ISBN 0-7920-0625-9
  • Kiyonori Kikutake, Maurizio Vitta: Kiyonori Kikutake: From Tradition to Utopia. L'Arca Edizioni spa 1997, ISBN 88-7838-021-0

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kiyonori Kikutake. Obituary in The Daily Telegraph, February 13, 2012 (accessed April 11, 2014).
  2. ↑ Gianni Pettena, Radicals. Design and Architecture 1960/75, Florenz 1996, Il Ventilabro, pp. 123–125.
personal data
SURNAME Kikutake, Kiyonori
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 菊 竹 清 訓 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese architect
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Kurume , Japan
DATE OF DEATH December 26, 2011