KENZO TANGE

CASE STUDY
SHAIK MOHAMMED JUNAI
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 TIMELINE
• Born in Osaka, Japan on 4th November 1913

• Did his graduation from The University of Tokyo in 1938 and worked for Kunio Maekawa until
1941

• Studied the City Planning at the Graduate School at the University of Tokyo after which the
assumed a position as an Assistant Professor of architecture • He received a Degree in
Engineering in 1959

• Two years later in 1961, he established Kenzo Tange + Urtec (another architect) who became
his associates.

• He served as a professor of Urban Engineering at the University of Tokyo from 1963 to 1974,
when he retired as a professor

Achievements & Awards

• Tange received the Gold medals of the RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) and IAA
(International Association of Architects) and French Academy of Architecture for his activity as
an architect and town planner in 1965

• He also received the “Pritzker Architecture Award” for the Yoyogi Olympic Stadiums, Tokyo
PHILOSOPHY

• Greatly influenced by Japan’s traditional architecture. (Traditional Japanese Architecture is based on nature’s philosophy)
ENGAWA - It is porch like space which is threshold of space creating transition from interior to exterior. Proportions are
accordingly KEN scale.
TATAMI MATS - Used for floor covering.
These are sturdy enough to walk to sit and to sleep.
It is in proportion to human scale that is roughly 3 ft. x 6 ft.
Rooms arrangement is according to these mats.
• After World War- II Japan’s city were badly damaged with exception of Kyoto. Demand of the people for the immediate urban
solution Japan’s rebirth as a democratic society provide architects a great opportunity. Reacting against this hurried
westernization new generation young architects, Kenzo Tange look more sympathetically towards aspect of Japan’s own
architecture culture in spite of that westernization.
• Concept from multi story temples.
• Multi functioning
• Believed in fusion of traditional and modern architecture after 1960’s
• Took inspiration from the nature(Tree)
• His philosophy includes city should be able to born, grow, decay and die.
• Justification of function
• Justification of design
• Fundamentally rational and functional
• Appealing to emotions and senses
• Need of symbolism PHILOSOPHY
• Structural approach
• Distinguish soft and hard environment
• Le Corbusier five main points are also included in Tange’s philosophy
• Pilotis
•Ribbon Glazing
• Open plan
•Free façade
kurashiki city hall,
• Roof garden Japan
 FAMOUS BUILDINGS
• Hiroshima Peace Memorial, Hiroshima

• City Hall, Shimizu

• City Hall, Tokyo

• Sports Centre, Shizuoka

• Kagawa Prefectural Office, Takamatsu

• City Hall, Imabari

• City Hall, Kurashiki

• Yoyogi Olympic Stadiums, Tokyo

• Communication Centre for Yamanashi Region, Kofu

• City Plan, Tokyo

• St. Mary’s Cathedral, Tokyo

“DESIGNS OF PURELY ARBITRARY NATURE
CANNOT BE EXPECTED TO LAST LONG”
 HIROSHIMA PEACE MEMORIAL PARK

Location - Hiroshima, Japan

Construction Time - 1949-1956
Type - Museum & Community center
Site Area - 122,100 sq meter
Climate - Humid subtropical
Context - Urban Style - Modern
Construction Materials - Concrete
The park was built on open field that was created by the explosion.
AERIAL VIEW
 HIROSHIMA PEACE MEMORIAL MUSEUM
1945 - 1955

Size : 10.514m in length x 6.498m in height, 1,400 square

metres
Materials : Reinforced concrete and glass
Floor : 2 Floors
Style : Modern
Structure: Reinforced concrete
MUSEUM MAIN BUILDING
EAST BUILDING
BASEMENT FLOOR GROUND FLOOR 1ST FLOOR 2ND FLOOR
The Children's Peace Monument is a statue dedicated to the memory of the children who died as a result of the
bombing.
The statue is of a girl with outstretched arms with a folded paper crane rising above her. The statue is based on the
true story of Sadako Sasaki, a young girl who died from radiation from the bomb. She believed that if she folded
1,000 paper cranes she would be cured.
To this day, people (mostly children) from around the world fold cranes and send them to Hiroshima where they are
placed near the statue.
The statue has a continuously replenished collection of folded cranes nearby.
The Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound is a large, grass-covered knoll that contains
the ashes of 70,000 unidentified victims of the bomb.
Near the center of the park is a concrete, saddle-shaped monument that covers a cenotaph holding the names of all
of the people killed by the bomb.
The cenotaph carries the epitaph, "Repose ye in Peace, for the error shall not be repeated." Through the
monument you can see the Peace Flame and the A-Bomb Dome.
The Memorial Cenotaph was one of the first memorial monuments built on open field on August 6, 1952.
It is built in Shinto style.
The arch shape represents a shelter for the souls of the victims.
The Peace Flame is another monument to the victims of the bomb that destroyed
Hiroshima, but it has an additional symbolic purpose. The flame has burned
continuously since it was lit in 1964, and will remain lit until all nuclear bombs on the
planet are destroyed and the planet is free from the threat of nuclear annihilation.
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