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Against isolated objects
Kuma dissolves building mass into small components, shadow, and texture.
Kengo Kuma
Portrait of Kengo Kuma
Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design · CC BY 2.0 · SourceKengo Kuma dissolves mass through material, craft, shadow, and small-scale components.
Life span1954 – PresentNationality / Region日本StyleContemporary JapanesePeriodsContemporaryEducation东京大学，哥伦比亚大学访问学者
ContemporaryContemporary Japanese
Portrait of Kengo Kuma
Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design · CC BY 2.0 · SourceIdeas
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Anti-object architecture
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Local materials
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Small components
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Filtered facades
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Material as filter
Kuma uses material layers to filter light, climate, street, and landscape.
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Small parts, large scale
Kuma scales small components up to civic buildings while trying to weaken mass.
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Asakusa Culture and Tourism Center
东京, 日本 · 2012
A stacked civic facade scaled to Asakusa’s street life.
Japan National Stadium
东京, 日本 · 2019
A large stadium softened by timber eaves and planted layers.
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