Power of location
by Kengo KUMA
Kengo Kuma est né en 1954, il est professeur à la Graduate School of Architecture de l'Université de Tokyo.
Il a conçu de grands équipements publics à travers le monde parmi lesquels le projet Water/Glass (région de Shizuoka au Japon) qui a reçu le prix AIA Benedictus en 1995.
En France il vient de signer ses premières réalisations avec la Cité des arts et de la culture de Besançon, le FRAC de Marseille et le Conservatoire de musique et de danse d’Aix-en-Provence.
20th century was the age when architecture turned to gigantic commodities circulating around the globe. In 90s, I was thinking hard if any architecture could be possible that transcend economic waves. Then I concluded it should be a conduct of design that puts its location first before anything else. You use materials available only from that place, work with local specialists who know the site inside out, create a building that harmonizes with the climate and environment of the place and is truly wanted by the people. Working in this way also reinforces their local economy. Now the world is paying more attention to such movement towards “regionalism.”
Now, we learned that it must be a movement to aim at true independence of each town, including solution of energy issues. What can architecture and design do to achieve this? That was the message we received from our mother nature. We now must put your place in the centre.
résolution 480p