Arata Isozaki

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Arata Isozaki’s Philosophy

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Arata Isozaki’s Japanese concept

— Arata Isozaki’s studio in the first of PLANE—SITE’s new

video series, In this inaugural film, Time-Space-
Existence

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 Family Background
o Born to a wealthy family
and graduating from the
University of Tokyo in
1954, Isozaki started his
career under the
influential Japanese
modernist Kenzo Tange.
Isozaki became his
protégé, and even after
leaving Tange's firm in
1963, continued working
with his old mentor
throughout the 1970s.
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Isozaki’s LIFE &
History

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Isozaki graduated From
the University of Tokyo
in 1954
university of Tokyo
Faculty of
Engineering
(Also architecture department)
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Influenced from an early age by the Swiss

modernist, Le Corbusier, Tange gained
international recognition in 1949 when he
won the competition for the design
of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. He was a
member of CIAM (Congres Internationaux
d'Architecture Moderne) in the 1950s

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Isozaki, though, swiftly made his

own name in architecture, attracting
attention for 1966's Ōita Prefectural
Library, a concrete construction that
shares traits with both Brutalism
and Metabolism—and a design that
brought enough respect that he
was invited to be the chief architect
of Osaka's 1970 Expo alongside
Tange.

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Either way, his idiosyncratic style

caught the mood; by the 1980s he
was working on Los Angeles'
Museum of Contemporary Art to
public and critical commendation,
and his figure rose even further with
his Olympic commissions at the
1992 and 2006 Games, both of
which were well received for their
attention to the locations they were
built in.

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 Inspiration

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o His work in the late 1960swas influenced
by the Metabolism school, but
mannerism is discernable in the
exaggerated expression of the structural
members. The joint Core System that he
developed in 1960was essential to the
Metabolism movement and was
influential to Tange, his former teacher.
o His later works are Mannered and
self-conscious, borrowing from a
spectrum of architectural influences. He
appropriates design ideas from such
diverse sources as the Vienna Secession,
Marcel Cuchamp and Archigram.
WORKS
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 Gunma Museum of Fine
Arts

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The design is based on the interaction of two architectural systems:
The skeletal party of forty-foot cubes (the basic structure)
The exhibition spaces, stairways, administrative offices, lighting, and so on.
(the supplemental structure).
The series of cubes, laid out on an expansive lawn in a parklike setting, takes the
form of one large rectangular block, which houses the main exhibition space, and
two shorter, projecting wings. The first of these is perpendicular to the central
block and contains the entrance hall. The second, angled off the building's
primary axis, holds a gallery for traditional Japanese art. This wing is elevated
above a square reflecting pool, with an open terrace at the first-floor level."
- Gunma Museum of Fine Arts
 The Museum of
Contemporary Arts in LA

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The building is built around a terraced courtyard.
The galleries are below ground level, most having overhead lighting. Under the courtyard, the galleries lead
into each other from left to right.
Above the courtyard, the only building which stands out is the section devoted to administration, witha roof in
the shape of a semicirculardome
The whole geometric composition of the building is based on the golden section as the Western method of
planning shapes and subdivided the spaces, and on the oriental theory of ying and yang, positive—negative.
The rooms in the extremes of the building have expressive skylights in volumetrically pure shapes: various
pyramids and a series of linear skylights
The exterior is a natural reddish coloured stone, contrasting withthe transparent skylights and the lustreof the
semi-cylindrical roof of the offices..."
-The Museum of Contemporary Arts in LA
-The Museum of Contemporary Arts in LA
-The Museum of Contemporary Arts in LA
-The Museum of Contemporary Arts in LA
Shukosha Building

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Art gallery
Concrete building
Urban context
Modern style
- Shukosha Building
 Team Disney Building

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 Location –Near Orlando Florida
 Type –Creative commercial offices
 Construction system –Concrete
 Climate –Humid
 Context –Amusement Park
 Style –Post modern
 Isozakiemployed thisyin-yang theory of positive and negative space, with a
central tower that was very powerful, sculptural, looking toward the sky."
-Team Disney Building
 Architect responds to context -
amusement park by using warm colors
both inside and outside the building

Building is symmetrical about a

central cylinder
The oddly looped gateway suggests
gigantic Mickey Mouse ears
The entrance to the sundial is similarly
shaped

-Team Disney Building

-Team Disney Building

TEAM DISNEY
BUILDING, FLORIDA,
ARATA ISOZAKI,

1989-90

The Team Disney

Building serves as the
office for IT personnel
of the Walt Disney
Corporation.
Won a prestigious
National Honor Award
from the AIA in 1992.
 ART TOWER IN MITO

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Art Tower Mito is an arts complex in Mito, Ibaraki
Prefecture, Japan.
It opened in 1990 as part of the centennial celebrations of the
municipality of Mito.
There is a concert hall that seats 680, a theater for up to 636,
a
contemporary art gallery, and a landmark tower.
Arata Isozaki was the architect, with acoustical design
by Nagata Acoustics.
 -ART
TOWER
IN
MITO
 ARK NOVA – THE INFLATTIBLE
CONCERT HALL

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It looks like a giant eggplant, it blows up like a balloon, and it’s
roomy enough to host classical-musical concerts for an audience of
500 people
It is a pneumatic structure made from an elastic shell that can
be quickly
inflated and dismantled
It was designed by British sculptor Anish Kapoor and
Japanese architect Arata Isozaki
-ARK NOVA – THE INFLATTIBLE CONCERT HALL
-ARK NOVA – THE INFLATTIBLE CONCERT HALL
 Qatar National Convention
Centre

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Officially opened on 4December 2011,QNCC was the firstof itskind being built to the gold certification standard of
the U.S.Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED).
The building is designed to operate efficiently withinnovations such as water conservation and energy-efficient
fixtures, and it is approximately 32percent more efficient compared witha similarly designed building that lack
suchinnovations.
One of the features is the 3,500sqm of solar panels providing 12.5percent of the Centre's energy needs. The
exhibition halls are equipped withenergy-efficient LED lighting.
Many other integrative design elements were included in the building to achieve the highest level of
environmental and sustainable standards.
QNCC features a conference hall of 4,000seats theatre style, a 2,300-seat theatre, three auditoria and a total of 52
flexible meetings rooms to accommodate a wide range of events. Italso houses 40,000square metresof exhibition
space over nine halls, and is adaptable to seat 10,000for a conference orbanquet.
-Qatar National Convention Centre
-Qatar National Convention Centre
 -Qatar National
Convention Centre
Officially opened on 4 December
2011, the Qatar National
Convention Centre (QNCC) is one
of the most sophisticated
convention and exhibition centers
built to date, boasting iconic
design bearing the ‘Sidra Tree’.
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 References:

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o https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arata_Isozaki
o https://apjjf.org/-Edan-Corkill/2777/article.html
o https://www.architectural-review.com/today/at-every-turn-
isozakis-cafas-play-of-curves-draws-you-forward/8690084.article
o https://www.archdaily.com/529896/spotlight-arata-isozaki
o https://www.archdaily.com/882896/arata-isozaki-on-ma-the-
japanese-concept-of-in-between-space
o https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Tokyo
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