- Worldlines from Kengo Kuma: I'LL TAKE YOU THERE! ▶
HOW DOES THIS WORK? In human society there are between Kengo Kuma and you and most everybody else 6 or fewer degrees of separation. Human society is a small world network.
THE MATRIX is a small world network too. Within it — via worldlines which branch and spread like the world-girdling arboreal canopy of a rainforest risen in Bahia — Kengo Kuma is in potential reach of almost every human being on earth.
Who's taking you???
- Outgoing curation by: The Matrix
Who I Am & Where I Live
- Name: Kengo Kuma
- City: Tokyo
- Country: Japan
My Life & Work
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Bio:
Kengo Kuma was born in 1954. Before establishing Kengo Kuma & Associates in 1990, he received his Master’s Degree in Architecture from the University of Tokyo, where he is currently a Professor of Architecture. Having been inspired by Kenzo Tange’s Yoyogi National Gymnasium, built for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, Kengo Kuma decided to pursue architecture at a young age, and later entered the Architecture program at the University of Tokyo, where he studied under Hiroshi Hara and Yoshichika Uchida.
During his Graduate studies, he made a research trip across the Sahara, exploring various villages and settlements, observing a unique power and beauty. After his time as a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University in New York, he established his office in Tokyo. Since then, Kengo Kuma & Associates has designed architectural works in over twenty countries and received prestigious awards, including the Architectural Institute of Japan Award, the Spirit of Nature Wood Architecture Award (Finland), and the International Stone Architecture Award (Italy), among others.
Kengo Kuma & Associates aims to design architecture which naturally merges with its cultural and environmental surroundings, proposing gentle, human scaled buildings. The office is constantly in search of new materials to replace concrete and steel, and seeks a new approach for architecture in a post-industrial society.
My Media
- ▶ Website: http://kkaa.co.jp
