Kuma has said architecture to be a frame of nature. Known for forming tje relationship between his architectural work and the natural surroundings around it, Kuma has become one of the most significant Japanese architects. Kuma also challenges the nature of materials.
Significant works:
- Asakusa Culture Tourism Center
- Bato Hiroshige Museum
Key concepts:
- Architecture as a frame for nature
- Challenges the nature of materials
- Light and transparency
- Poetic flow
- Relationship between indoors and outdoors space
Kisho Kurokawa (1934 - 2008)
Kurokawa's works strongly reflects the idea of impermanence. Impermanence referred to the way buildings were built to be interchangeable, removable, and adaptable.
Significant works:
- The National Art Center, Tokyo
- The Singapore Flyer, Singapore
Key concepts:
- Architectural Impermanence
- Raw and honest materiality
- Space and movement/travel and time
- Architectonic
- Growth, repetition, and geographical manipulation.
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