Kengo Kuma: a LAB for materials

Tokyo Station Gallery

Finished

Artists

Kengo Kuma

With enormous projects inside and outside Japan, world-class architect Kengo Kuma (b. 1954) is constantly on the move. This exhibition is a major survey of his projects from the past 30 years, projects underpinned by Kuma’s intimate knowledge of Eastern and Western thought, both past and present, and his own innovative concepts, which include ideas on “makeru kenchiku (losing architecture)” and “shizen na kenchiku (natural architecture).” The exhibition focuses in particular on materials, which Kuma has dialoged with extensively through his work. It organizes his architecture, product designs and other achievements not chronologically but rather by the category of primary material, including bamboo, wood, paper, stone and earth, in an attempt to provide an overview of Kuma’s work from the standpoint of “things.” The liberation of “things,” it is proposed, creates the possibility of an architecture that mediates between human sensibility and awareness and the larger environment.

*Photography is permitted in parts of the exhibition.

Schedule

Mar 3 (Sat) 2018-May 6 (Sun) 2018

Opening Hours Information

Hours	10:00-18:00 Fridays closing at 20:00
Closed	Monday Open on a public holiday Monday but closed on the following day. Closed during the New Year holidays and in between exhibitions.
Notice	Closed on Mondays except Apr. 30 (Mon). Closing at 20:00 on Fridays.

Fee

Adults: ¥1100, University and High School Students: ¥900, Junior High School Students and Under: Free.

Website

http://www.ejrcf.or.jp/gallery/english/archive_201803.html