| Title |
A Study on the Expression of Traditionality in the Architecture of Kenzo Tange |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5659/JAIK.2020.36.9.3 |
| Keywords |
Kenzo Tange; Tradition; Japanese Contemporary Architecture; Japanese Spatial Concept |
| Abstract |
Kenzo Tange was interested in how to express tradition in the process of creation of modern architecture and tried to express the
traditionaluty of Japanese architecture in his own way. From the point of view of his own ‘New Tradition’, in particular, Tange sought to
express Japanese tradition in terms of space rather than building materials or component aspects to create the ‘Japanese style of architecture’
based on traditional architecture to match the discourse of international architecture and distinguish it from the Western one, by harmonizing
the spatial concept of Japanese traditional architecture with the Western technology. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the signs and
traces of traditions in the space of his architecture. Through this study, I would like to have implications for our architecture, which had a
very different process and result from Japan in digesting and combining it with traditional architecture although Western civilization was
accepted at about the same time. |