Lecture Theatre 1, Esther Lee BuildingThe Chinese University of Hong Kong

KENGO KUMA

Kinoshita Lecture 2010School of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

ANTI-OBJECT隈 研吾

Friday, 3 December 20102010 年 12 月 3 日 下午三時[五]

15:00 -16:30

www.arch.cuhk.edu.hk

Please contact Ms. Kam for further information.

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 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 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 stir criticism and draw attention to objects, open them up to attack.

Realized projects

2010 Mainichi Art Award for “Nezu Museum”

2009 Royal Institute of British Architects(RIBA) Fellow for Kengo Kuma, | UK

2007 Detail Prize 2007 special prize for ’Chokkura Plaza and Shelter”

Competition projects

2010 First Prize, Aix en Province Conservatory of Music Competition | Aix en Province, France

First Prize, Macdonald Public Facility Complex of General Education and Sports Competition

| Paris, France

2008 First Prize, Granada Performing Arts Center Architectural Competition | Granada, Spain

First Prize, International Invited Architectural Competition for iconic park and mixed

development in Iskandar Malaysia | Johor-Bahru, Malaysia

First Prize, Asakusa Tourist Information Center Architectural Competition | Tokyo, Japan

2007 First Prize, Besancon City of Arts and Culture Architectural Competition | France

Awards

Publication translated into English:

2004 “Defeated Architecture” | Iwanami Shoten

2000 “Anti-Object” | Chikuma Publishing

1990 “10 Houses” | Toso Publishing, Tokyo

Publication translated into Chinese:

《再見．後現代》

《建築的慾望之死》

《十宅論》

《負建築》

《自然的建築》

Publication

SELECTED WORKS

2009 Professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, The University of Tokyo

2008 Established Kuma & Associates Europe | France

2007-2008 Visiting Professor at the School of Architecture, University of Illinois at

Urbana-Champaign | USA

2001-2009 Professor at the Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University

1998-1999 Professor at the Faculty of Environmental Information, Keio University

1994 Lecturer at the Graduate Shool of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia

University | USA

1990 Established Kengo Kuma & Associates

1987 Established Spatial Design Studio

1985-1986 Visiting Scholar Graduate School, Columbia University and Asian Cultural

Council | USA

1979 Completed the Master Course, Department of Architecture, Graduate School of

Engineering, The University of Tokyo

1954 Born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Biography

Kengo Kuma & Associates:

1995Water /Glass[guest house] Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture

2000Nakagawa-machi Bato Hiroshige Museum of Art[museum] Bato, Nakagawa-machi , Nasu, Tochigi

Great (Bamboo) Wall 2002[guest house] Bei j ing, China

Stone Museum 2000[museum] Batoumachi , Nasu, Tochigi

2005Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum[museum] Tokiwa Dej ima-chiku, Nagasaki

2005Lotus House[vi l la] Eastern Japan

Asahi Broadcast ing Corporat ion 2008[TV and radio s ta t ion] Fukushima-ku, Osaka

Hort icul ture Exhibi t ion 2004[exhibi t ion] Murakushichou, Hamamatu, Shizuoka

Chokkura Plaza 2006[community hal l , gal lery] Tochigi

Suntory Museum of Art 2007[museum] Minato-ku, Tokyo

2005Hoshinosato Annex[nursing home] Kudamatsu-ci ty, Yamaguchi

Yusuhara Town Hall 2006[town hal l ] Takaoka, Kochi

Yien East 2007[vi l la] Shinkenchiku

The Opposi te House 2008[bout ique hotel] Sanl i tun, Bei j ing China

Tiffany Ginza 2008[retai l , off ice] Ginza, Tokyo

Nezu Museum 2009[museum] Minatoku, Tokyo, Japan

Poster01_v05.pdfPoster02_v03.pdf