fumihiko maki's vision of tokyo
Fumihiko Maki is one of the most prestigious contemporary japanese architects. In 1993 he received both the Pritzker Prize and the UIA Gold Medal. He is the chair of the Advisory Board of the forthcoming World Congress of Architecture that will take place in September this year. This video shows his vision of Tokyo, the city that will host the event.
Tokyo is a city made of layers that chaotically overlap in a very fragmented way, combining the remains of the huge Edo capital with the new city created after the 1923 earthquake and the reconstruction that followed the air raids in 1944 and 1945. How to respond to this specific context, where chaos is not exempt of a certain charm, is among his concerns. The Hillside Terrace complex is used as a reference building in his description of a city that remains vigorous despite the economic downturn.
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muy interesante
ResponderEliminarmuchas gracias por el link.
es todo un caballero en el etrato
y muy lúcido en su visión urbana de la ciudad
Jin Taira
I liked Fumihiko's approach to describing the layering of the building form of Tokyo that has occurred due to the impact of various calamities over time along with the retention of many historic elements. It makes me think more about the chaos of Tokyo as "charm" as he puts it. I only wish there were some visual snippets to further describe this.
ResponderEliminarJackson Fahnestock
A very nice man. I find his comments too general to provide insight into the possible uniquenesses of Tokyo's urban fabric.
ResponderEliminarLouis Sauer