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New Japan Architecture
Geeta Mehta, Deanna MacDonald; Preface by Cesar Pelli; Foreword by Fumihiko Maki
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R384
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Featuring dozens of high-quality photographs, schematic designs and
insightful commentary this Japanese architecture book is a
must-have for architects or collectors. The past five years are
widely considered to have been the most innovative period in
contemporary Japanese design history. The projects featured in New
Japan Architecture were completed during this extraordinarily
fertile time. Featuring breathtaking images of modern Japan, this
volume presents forty-eight extraordinary projects by forty-two of
the world's leading architects, including: Hitoshi Abe Ward Kishi
Tadao Ando Chiba Manabu Architects Toyo Ito Kengo Kuma Kazuyo
Sejima This architecture book features a wide range of buildings,
some exhibiting the ultimate ideal of the white Zen cube, while
others exemplify the search for the new wow factor in iconic
design. In many, cutting-edge modernity is counterbalanced by a
concern for sustainability--an issue that has motivated many
architects to rethink and reintroduce concepts drawn from
traditional Japanese architecture. Projects big and small, private
and public, residential and commercial are included. Insightful
text by two leading experts in the field of Japanese architecture
highlights the remarkable aspects of each building and places these
developments within the wider context of world architecture.
Offering an essential overview of current trends, New Japan
Architecture points the way to modern architecture's future.
Through the conceptual framework of five overlapping themes,
readers will consider the following issues:
Choreographed Experience. Just as globalization and cultural
conformity make the uniqueness of place more essential, so too does
our virtual connectedness call for a physical counterweight. The
work of Duda/Paine Architects explores how visual, auditory, and
tactile perception anchors an individual's physical experience and
intellectual understanding of his or her surroundings. Like
storytellers, choreographers, and directors, they design meaningful
sequences of movement and discovery that add layers of sensory
information, giving personal meaning to the architectural
experience.
Creating Context. Duda/Paine Architects often adapt urban
strategies to suburban and edge city settings, creating
destinations with a strong sense of place - even in the absence of
an existing architectural context of neighboring buildings,
sidewalks, and open spaces. Each of these projects uses multiple
buildings to strike a balance between built form and open space;
each contrasts man-made gardens with the natural landscape; and
each looks at the physical qualities of its site and surroundings
to inspire an appropriate architectural language.
Transformations. Progressive leaders in business, healthcare, and
education often aspire to cross disciplinary boundaries,
collaborate more effectively, and innovate more freely.
Architecture, like alchemy can effect transformation. Duda/Paine's
interactive and inclusive design process not only reflects their
clients' strategic visions but can also act as a catalyst to help
redefine how they live, work, play or learn. The projects in this
section establish new paradigms by bringing people together in ways
that stimulate fresh ideas and practices.
Skyline/Streetscape. A majority of the world's population now lives
in cities for the first time, making the tower typology more
crucial than ever. Towers make public gestures in the skyline and
the streetscape, acting at the scale of the city as well as the
more intimate scale of the human body. Whether seen from a distance
or experienced close-up, these projects become landmarks in the
city skyline while simultaneously responding to the characteristics
of the existing urban fabric and amplifying the vibrancy of its'
street life.
Public Rooms. The benefits of today's virtual connectedness and
increased mobility cannot replace the importance of physical
gathering places where we share experiences, build collective
memories, and see ourselves as part of a larger community. The
privatization that leads to suburban sprawl and gated communities
reinforces the architect's civic duty to provide public spaces that
counteract this tendency. Whether urban or suburban, indoors or
out, Duda Paine's public rooms nurture civic life by encouraging
social interaction through chance encounters and casual
conversations.
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