Kinoshita Lecture 2010 School of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 隈 研吾 ANTI-OBJECT KENGO KUMA
[五] 2010 年 12 月 3 日 下午三時 Friday, 3 December 2010 15:00 -16:30 Lecture Theatre 1, Esther Lee Building Making architecture into objects was a basic principle of pre-modern architecture in the West, but even twentieth-century modernism, which ostensibly strove for transparency and openness, was deeply tainted by the disease of objectification. Indeed, objectification might be said to The Chinese University of Hong Kong be the very strategy by which modernism succeeded in conquering the world. My criticism developed into a criticism of architecture itself, both its form and its destiny. I could not help criticizing architecture; equally, I could not help criticizing and disavowing my own work as an architect.
However, I also began to feel quite strongly that some other form of presence – the anti-object – was possible. We can find examples of these throughout history, thought they have never been part of mainstream architecture. What we choose to call them – architecture, landscape design, gardens – is not particularly important.
Certainly no one wants to listen to an architect criticise architecture in the abstract. If an architect is critical of objects, he must propose an alternative that can be scrutinized by others. With that in mind, I have chosen to use my own works to illustrate my ideas. I want to set out www.arch.cuhk.edu.hk my thoughts and limitations as well as criticise. I fully expect some critics to point out that these works themselves are still objects. I want to Please contact Ms. Kam
Horticulture Exhibition 2004 Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum 2005 Hoshinosato Annex 2005 Lotus House 2005 [exhibition] Murakushichou, Hamamatu, Shizuoka [museum] Tokiwa Dejima-chiku, Nagasaki [nursing home] Kudamatsu-city, Yamaguchi [villa] Eastern Japan
Chokkura Plaza 2006 Yusuhara Town Hall 2006 Suntory Museum of Art 2007 Yien East 2007 [community hall, gallery] Tochigi [town hall] Takaoka, Kochi [museum] Minato-ku, Tokyo [villa] Shinkenchiku
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation 2008 The Opposite House 2008 Tiffany Ginza 2008 Nezu Museum 2009 [TV and radio station] Fukushima-ku, Osaka [boutique hotel] Sanlitun, Beijing China [retail, office] Ginza, Tokyo [museum] Minatoku, Tokyo, Japan
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Biography Awards Publication
2009 Professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, The University of Tokyo Realized projects Publication translated into English: 2008 Established Kuma & Associates Europe | France 2010 Mainichi Art Award for “Nezu Museum” 2004 “Defeated Architecture” | Iwanami Shoten 2007-2008 Visiting Professor at the School of Architecture, University of Illinois at 2009 Royal Institute of British Architects(RIBA) Fellow for Kengo Kuma, | UK 2000 “Anti-Object” | Chikuma Publishing Urbana-Champaign | USA 2007 Detail Prize 2007 special prize for ’Chokkura Plaza and Shelter” 1990 “10 Houses” | Toso Publishing, Tokyo 2001-2009 Professor at the Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University 1998-1999 Professor at the Faculty of Environmental Information, Keio University Competition projects Publication translated into Chinese: 1994 Lecturer at the Graduate Shool of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia 2010 First Prize, Aix en Province Conservatory of Music Competition | Aix en Province, France 《再見． 後現代》 University | USA First Prize, Macdonald Public Facility Complex of General Education and Sports Competition 《建築的慾望之死》 1990 Established Kengo Kuma & Associates | Paris, France 《十宅論》 1987 Established Spatial Design Studio 2008 First Prize, Granada Performing Arts Center Architectural Competition | Granada, Spain 《負建築》 1985-1986 Visiting Scholar Graduate School, Columbia University and Asian Cultural First Prize, International Invited Architectural Competition for iconic park and mixed 《自然的建築》 Council | USA development in Iskandar Malaysia | Johor-Bahru, Malaysia 1979 Completed the Master Course, Department of Architecture, Graduate School of First Prize, Asakusa Tourist Information Center Architectural Competition | Tokyo, Japan Engineering, The University of Tokyo 2007 First Prize, Besancon City of Arts and Culture Architectural Competition | France 1954 Born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan