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TOA 2 - Master Architects - Arata Isozaki Prepared by: Ona, Aldrich 3AR-5

TOA 2

Master Architects: Arata Isozaki

FIVE THEMES OF THE

ARCHITECTS WORK:

1. Genesis of

Imagination

demonstratedIsozakis early interest inmerging technology with urban design

2. Birth of an architect his structures were of bold geometric features

3. Catastrophe JapanIsozakis search for a more individual architectural expression, one that also

incorporated references to past historical

4. Architect as world citizen his works outside the country, having different themes, concepts, etc

5. Hyper-technology projects having more mature thought into it

IMPORTANT WORKS:

Oita Medical Hall, Oita City, Japan - first work

Oita Prefectural Library, Oita, Japan

Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Japan - cube in form and in panels

Kitakyushu City Museum of Art, Fukuoka, Japan - presents non-utilitarian

design of museum; resembles a binocular on top of the building

(abstraction)

Kitakyushu Central Library, Fukuoka, Japan - elongated in shape; barrel roofing

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, U.S.A.- sandstone building; only

museum in L.A. for contemporary art. Building's curvilinear motifs inspired from

Marilyn Monroe.

Palau D'Esports Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain - arena and multi-purpose for the

1992 Barcelona Olympics

Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki, Japan - 28 tetrahedrons stacked up like a DNA helix

Team Disney Building, Florida, U.S.A. - office with a sundial at the center

Kyoto Concert Hall, Kyoto, Japan - for the 1,200 years of Kyoto

Nara Centennial Hall, Nara, Japan - the small concert hall made out of glass inside a

concrete building

Turin 2006 Olympic Ice Hockey Stadium, Turin, Italy - rectangular stainless steel panels

behind the old olympic stadium

Milano Fiera Redevelopment, Milan, Italy - Il Dritto (Straight One), highest office tower, 50

floors

Hotel Puerta America, Madrid, Spain - rainbow vinyl panels, phrases written from poem

"Freedom". Isozaki designed a black colored room with shoji-inspired screens and a

single lacquer-red cabinet

Qatar National Convention Center (QNCC), Doha, Qatar - beautiful faade that resembles Sidra

(tree); first convention and exhibition center to follow LEED standards

China Wetland Museum, Hangzhou, China - first wetland museum in Hangzhou New Bologna Central Station, Bologna, Italy - adjacent the old station; have light wells

IMPORTANT AWARDS:

Gold Medal (1986) of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)

National Honor Award (1992) from American Institute of Architects (AIA) for Team Disney Building

Asahi Award (1988) - given to individuals who make significant contribution to Japanese cultureREFERENCES:

http://www.isozaki.co.jp/

http://en.wikipedia.org

http://www.qatarconvention.com

http://www.designboom.com

http://architecture.about.com/od/architectsaz/p/isozaki.htm

BORN: July 23, 1931BIRTHPLACE: Oita City, JapanEDUCATION:

University of TokyoDepartment of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering (1950-1954)

BACKGROUND:

Kenzo Tange was his classmate during their college and heworked for and with him until 1963.

1963 - established Arata Isozaki and Associates

Applied metabolism in his designs but he didn't consider himselfbeing part of the metabolists.

Metabolist movement - this group believed traditional laws of formand function were obsolete, but was later abolished.

Some of his designs plays with a fusion of Western andtraditional concept

Figure 1 Museum of Contemporary Art,

L.A., U.S.A

Figure 2 Team Disney Building,

Florida, U.S.A.

Figure 3 Art Tower Mito,

Ibaraki, Japan

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