ÜNLÜ JAPON MIMAR KENGO
KUMA ZEN BAHÇELERINDEN
ALDIĞI ILHAMLA SU VE TAŞI
BULUŞTURUYOR.
FAMED JAPANESE ARCHITECT KENGO
KUMA BRINGS WATER AND STONE
TOGETHER WITH AN INSPIRATION FROM
ZEN GARDENS.
getiriliyor. Bu projede taşa, kendi özelliği olmayan
hafiflik ve saydamlık atfediliyor. Yine Kuma’nın
Stone Roof Villa (2010) projesi, Amerikan çamı ve
granit gibi çok farklı tipte iki malzemeyi bir araya
getirerek organik ve akışkan bir mekansallık ortaya
koyuyor. Kengo Kuma’nın projelerinde malzeme
başka malzemeleri taklit ederek beklenmedik etkiler
yaratır ve örneğin taş malzeme, cam kadar şeffaf
veya ahşap kadar yumuşak algılanabilir.
projects seem to be inspired by these gardens especially
in the arrangement of the Florentine Pietra Forte stone,
which is used in both designs resembling the topographic
layers of man’s transformation of earth’s landscape. Kengo
Kuma emphasizes the role of stone in these projects
remarking: “Water is a powerful sculptor. Stone is a patient
material. Water can also transform the hardest materials
into something soft and delicate but... it is stone which
marks the path”. The form of stone in these designs by
Kuma seems to recreate the natural process of water
molding stone over time creating soft contours in the
hard stone. The mirror-like water pools that are found in
both installations creating a flowing path throughout the
exhibition space complement these stone contours.
Kengo Kuma has throughout his work had a strong
interest in materiality, geometry and form. Many of
the projects developed in the Paris and Tokyo offices of
Kengo Kuma and Associates, established in 1990, use
natural materials such as stone, bamboo and wood in
geometric arrangements that are characteristic of his
design approach. Kuma’s work attempts to modulate
dichotomies such as shadow and light, body and
materials with a concern for specific sites and spaces.
These qualities can be seen for example in Kuma’s earlier
project in design with stone in his pavilion Stone Card
Castle, Verona, 2007 where Pietra Serena stone is cut in
thin pieces and arranged like a house of cards creating
a lightness and transparency not normally associated
with stone. A few years later his Stone Roof Villa, Nagano,
Japan, 2010, shows attention to the transitions between
different materials such as American pine wood and
granite stone creating an organic and fluid space inside
the house. Often in Kuma’s work the use of materials in
unexpected ways resulting in innovative combinations
where heavy materials such as stone achieve lightness
and the opposite through the architect’s design approach.
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