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Kenzo Tange & the Departmental Museum of Asian Arts.
BAUMES Magali.

Kenzo Tange & the Departmental Museum of Asian Arts.

Silvana Editoriale
€25,00 €0,00
N° d'inventaire 30718
Format 24 x 24
Détails 101 p., numerous color photographs, publisher's hardcover.
Publication Milan, 2024
Etat Nine
ISBN 9788836649563
Published to mark the institution's 25th anniversary, Kenzo Tange & the Departmental Museum of Asian Arts explores the unique story of an encounter between a Japanese architect and the French Riviera. A major figure in 20th-century architecture , Kenzo Tange (1913-2005), winner of the prestigious Pritzker Prize in 1987, imagined the museum as "a swan floating on a peaceful lake amidst lush vegetation." By basing the building's architecture on two fundamental geometric shapes in Asia: the square, symbol of the earth, and the circle, symbol of the sky, Kenzō Tange underlines his intention to construct a building dedicated to the celebration of Asian arts and cultures. Inaugurated in Nice in October 1998, the Departmental Museum of Asian Arts is now a key feature of the cultural landscape of the Alpes-Maritimes region, creating a bridge between Asia and the south of France.
Published to mark the institution's 25th anniversary, Kenzo Tange & the Departmental Museum of Asian Arts explores the unique story of an encounter between a Japanese architect and the French Riviera. A major figure in 20th-century architecture , Kenzo Tange (1913-2005), winner of the prestigious Pritzker Prize in 1987, imagined the museum as "a swan floating on a peaceful lake amidst lush vegetation." By basing the building's architecture on two fundamental geometric shapes in Asia: the square, symbol of the earth, and the circle, symbol of the sky, Kenzō Tange underlines his intention to construct a building dedicated to the celebration of Asian arts and cultures. Inaugurated in Nice in October 1998, the Departmental Museum of Asian Arts is now a key feature of the cultural landscape of the Alpes-Maritimes region, creating a bridge between Asia and the south of France.