Reappraising the Visionary Work of Arata Isozaki: Six Decades and Four Phases
This article analyses the work and presents a portrait of Japanese architect Arata Isozaki. His designs and buildings span six decades and it is suggested that these can be categorised into four distinctively different phases. As a former collaborator of Isozaki during the 1990s, the author is able...
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doaj-5190fcabc8264e37a3bb126c7630ac5d2020-11-24T21:18:00ZengMDPI AGArts2076-07522017-07-01631010.3390/arts6030010arts6030010Reappraising the Visionary Work of Arata Isozaki: Six Decades and Four PhasesSteffen Lehmann0Cluster for Sustainable Cities, Faculty of Creative & Cultural Industries, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 2UP, UKThis article analyses the work and presents a portrait of Japanese architect Arata Isozaki. His designs and buildings span six decades and it is suggested that these can be categorised into four distinctively different phases. As a former collaborator of Isozaki during the 1990s, the author is able to draw from first-hand observations and knowledge to explain relevant projects. As the discussion points out, Isozaki’s work is highly unusual, original, complex and personal in its absorption of a multitude of influences and its interdisciplinary approach; thus, one could say that he has created ideas and concepts for spaces that defy characterisation as belonging to any single school of thought.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/6/3/10Japanese architectureArata Isozakimuseums and librariespost-war TokyoPost-modernismKenzo TangeMetabolismcomposition in urban designartistic influences |
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This article analyses the work and presents a portrait of Japanese architect Arata Isozaki. His designs and buildings span six decades and it is suggested that these can be categorised into four distinctively different phases. As a former collaborator of Isozaki during the 1990s, the author is able to draw from first-hand observations and knowledge to explain relevant projects. As the discussion points out, Isozaki’s work is highly unusual, original, complex and personal in its absorption of a multitude of influences and its interdisciplinary approach; thus, one could say that he has created ideas and concepts for spaces that defy characterisation as belonging to any single school of thought. |
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