“For me, the most important thing is the conversation between my body and the place. And the building, after the design, is a result of the conversation, and without the conversation, nothing can happen.“
Now on: Kengo Kuma established Kengo Kuma & Associates in 1990. KKAA proposes architecture that opens up new relationships between nature, technology, and human beings. Kengo Kuma’s major publications include Zen Shigoto (Kengo Kuma – the complete works, Daiwa Shobo), Ten Sen Men (“point, line, plane”, and many others. Kengo Kuma is currently a University Professor and Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo.
In Kengo Kuma’s Interview with us, he talks about the importance of the conversation between his body and the place, how the section drawings and models hint the relationship between the land and sky, and his insistence of involving craftsmen in the process as early as possible. Kuma also shares with us the lesson from bird nest that we need to build our own “nests” with materials nearby and more.
To learn more about how Kengo Kuma gets inspiration from the flow of nature in the site, how the satellite offices help push creativities, how they use material as the note of the music, and more, watch the full interview with Kengo Kuma via the link in bio.
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