Natural Architecture.
Arlea| N° d'inventaire | 23104 |
| Format | 12.5 x 22.5 |
| Détails | 208 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782363082305 |
“When something has a happy relationship with the place where it is located, we experience this thing as natural. It is the happy marriage of architecture and place that engenders natural architecture. Architect of the Olympic Stadium or the Hiroshige Museum in Tokyo and in France, of the Cité des Arts in Besançon, the FRAC in Marseille or the astonishing conservatory of Aix-en-Provence, with its panels arranged in origami, of the Albert Kahn Museum, of the Saint-Denis Pleyel metro station in 2023, but also of many audacious houses made of bamboo or wood, Kengo Kuma declines the fundamental principle of Japanese architecture, which unites man and nature. There is no opposition between inside and outside. Everything is a matter of gradation, of superpositions, of harmony. In contrast to Western architecture for which monumentality is the outcome. In eight chapters, eight materials, and eight iconic works, this radical architect leads us down new paths of respect for nature. This book is at once a subjective history of architecture, a practical application manual (always lively and often funny), and the portrait of an architect in love with nature.
“When something has a happy relationship with the place where it is located, we experience this thing as natural. It is the happy marriage of architecture and place that engenders natural architecture. Architect of the Olympic Stadium or the Hiroshige Museum in Tokyo and in France, of the Cité des Arts in Besançon, the FRAC in Marseille or the astonishing conservatory of Aix-en-Provence, with its panels arranged in origami, of the Albert Kahn Museum, of the Saint-Denis Pleyel metro station in 2023, but also of many audacious houses made of bamboo or wood, Kengo Kuma declines the fundamental principle of Japanese architecture, which unites man and nature. There is no opposition between inside and outside. Everything is a matter of gradation, of superpositions, of harmony. In contrast to Western architecture for which monumentality is the outcome. In eight chapters, eight materials, and eight iconic works, this radical architect leads us down new paths of respect for nature. This book is at once a subjective history of architecture, a practical application manual (always lively and often funny), and the portrait of an architect in love with nature.