Japanese architect Kengo Kuma presents his colossal granite museum in Tokorozawa

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2 жыл бұрын

Not far from Tokyo, in Tokorozawa, the Kadokawa Culture Museum rises out of the earth like a colossal prehistoric monument, wrought from the imagination of an irreverent conjurer. It is in fact Japanese architect Kengo Kuma who is casting the spell on visitors who venture into Kadokawa Culture Museum's library, gallery, and cabinet of curiosities...continue reading on www.nowness.com/series/nownes...
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@guytiips3906 2 жыл бұрын

In the right way of Japanese Culture still humble and immortality. #Respect from Thailand

@drendelous 2 жыл бұрын

subtitles are so chaotic

@Stickybutton 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful forms usually calls for excessive construction methods, not to mention the crazy costs. I am not sure if this is a good price to pay for emotional well being or artistic connection to nature if any. Take a good look at any stone quarries, half of the surrounding forests get destroyed just for our ‘need to connect with nature’. Then again, he’s Kengo Kuma so he’s allowed to do anything.

@bawona 2 жыл бұрын

Kinda my thoughts too.

@khk5723 8 ай бұрын

If the region is famous for its granite, you might as well done the project at one of the quarries instead of extracting them. There are so many good examples of re-purposed quarries into museums, houses, civic centers around the world...

@amateurambience 2 жыл бұрын

great video! love it, great to understand the architect thinking for his design by himself.... thanks for sharing! subscribed.

@kengchooamir 2 жыл бұрын

I like most of his works but this project reminds me of the: cold monumental scale of Wang Shu's Ningbo Historic Museum distracting facade tiles of Jean Nouvel's Philharmonie de Paris unreachable 'shelves' of MVRDV's Tianjin Binhai Library it's ironic to want to bring people closer to nature by not having the natural environment at all

@reaganwiles_art 2 жыл бұрын

I like how the video was produced edited in an analogous fashion to the structure it presents, what exactly is this structure, is it strictly a library

@nowness 2 жыл бұрын

It's a multipurpose cultural labyrinth that houses an anime museum, library, cafes, art gallery, event space, landscaped garden... * catches breath * It is almost endless!

@yourlocalfairyhere 2 жыл бұрын

Super interesting to watch

@equipadont 2 жыл бұрын

It's like a lost piece from an alien spaceship

@leggocrewtv2052 2 жыл бұрын

This kind of content always makes me happy. Thank you!!

@omarzayou4141 8 ай бұрын

I'm searching for a ppt template for my presentation about this subject. Please I need help

@CarlosPardo 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting, thanks. The music was great too, any indication on where to find it ?

@MarkPuke13 2 жыл бұрын

this was good thank you!

@TheReverb1 2 жыл бұрын

Todas estas formas están buenas pero siempre sus interiores son agobiantes y opresivos; sin luz adecuada

@cezinfante4928 2 жыл бұрын

Master Kengo Kuma san.

@harperwelch5147 2 жыл бұрын

I admire the surface material, but I’m not sure the overall form achieves much that can be called innovative or compelling. Compare it to the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles by Frank Ghery. That’s a building whose forms soar and material shimmers in its environment.

@user-qn2pl8oq4g 10 ай бұрын

멋있어요 너무너무

@lakashuw 2 жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥😲

@pisodemarcia 2 жыл бұрын

I liked, I enjoyed it but subtitles are too small and no need to add Japanese subs if he's already speaking Japanese

@Stickybutton 2 жыл бұрын

That’s chinese subtitles.

@pietrovecchi2245 2 жыл бұрын

So much of the things he said are pointless, like the majority of things said to explain any architectural design. The idea “granite because millions years ago there was an earthquake” is really making sense to anyone anywhere?

@mawunyomorga8658 2 жыл бұрын

yes, it makes perfect sense... that's how architectural concepts happen

@Mecrossgaming 2 жыл бұрын

When you're looking for a concept, everything has a connection and I think it's the architects job to make those connections visible for the people

@pietrovecchi2245 2 жыл бұрын

I agree with you, but sometimes I start to suspect that ideas that I don’t understand are not mysteriously complex, but just meaningless… don’t you ever have the same impression? Other Japanese architects like Riken Yamamoto make less beautiful buildings, but the “connection” or idea that shape them is linear and clear, and still complex and beautiful.

@zaainamahvishjammeho1599 2 жыл бұрын

To live in a fore graneted state. 🧗‍♂️

@LinkChenTW 2 жыл бұрын

A block from Minecraft😄

@mughalgarden 2 жыл бұрын

It's a monstrosity with no regard for environmental cost in construction and in maintaining such blindings!

@lcyip519 2 жыл бұрын

造型能力可以但构造无非是贴皮太勉强

@jacobcantrell82 2 жыл бұрын

What a hideous structure that shows no connection to anything. They could have actually chosen to build something which actually represents local culture using traditional Japanese architecture but no they decided to throw up a bolder and call it art. There is no uniqueness in that hunk of rock, no history or culture. The architect says he doesn't approve of "blindly following the development of metropolitan architecture" yet chose to follow the most soulless void trends of modern architecture from ever metropolis in the world.