Kisho Kurokawa

Kisho Kurokawa (jp: 黒川; 紀章; Kurokawa, Kisho) (born the April 8th 1934 and dead the October 12th 2007 with Tokyo, Japan), is a Architecte Japanese famous and one of the founders of the movement of the “metabolist”.

Biography

Kisho Kurokawa was born with Nagoya, in 1934. To the University of Kyōto, it followed studies of architecture, obtaining a control in 1959 and one doctorate in 1964, under the councils of Kenzo Tange.

Kenzō Tange and Kionori Kikutake, a group of Japanese architects and the critic of architecture Noboru Kawazoe and found the movement of the “to him metabolism” in 1960 at the time of World Design Conference which is held with Tokyo. It was a radical Japanese movement of avant-garde preaching the recasting of the models of architecture around an Asian philosophy.

It make speak about them by presenting manifest texts and projects spectacular. Their architectonic approach associates the technicist attitude of the New Brutalism with the idea of an architecture inspired of the biological processes. Their often utopian projects urbanistric are with the image of the helicoid structure of the DNA, the associative aggregates of primary megastructures and modules in particular being able to be replaced with the liking of the needs.

The World Fair of Ōsaka in 1970 was the apogee of this movement. However, this group dispersed shortly after. Kurokawa is the founder and the president of the cabinet Kisho Kurokawa and associated, founded in April 1962. The cabinet has its head office with Tokyo, and of the branches with Ōsaka, Nagoya, the Kazakhstan, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), and Beijing.

He dies the October 12th 2007 of a Cardiac failure in Tokyo Women' S Medical University Hospital.

Principal achievements

Years 1970

Nakagin Capsules Tower off (Ginza, Tokyo, Japan 1970-1972)
Sony Tower (Ōsaka, Japan, 1972-1976)
Tateshina Planetarium (Hiroshima, Japan, 1976)
Headquarters the Japanese Red Cross Society (Tokyo, Japan, 1975-1977)
National Museum off Ethnology (Ōsaka, Japan, 1973-1977)

Years 1980

Saitama Prefectural Museum off Modern Art (Saitama, 1978-1982)
National Bunraku Theater (Ōsaka, 1979-1983)
Wacoal Kojimachi Building (Tokyo, 1982-1984)
Chokaso (Tokyo, Japan, 1985-1987)
Nagoya City Art Museum (Nagoya, 1983-1987)
Japanese-German Center off Berlin (Berlin, 1985-1988)
Ōsaka Prefectural Government Offices (Ōsaka, Japan, 1988)
Hiroshima City Museum off Contemporary Art (Hiroshima, 1988-1989)

Years 1990

Chinese-Japanese Youth Center (Beijing, China, 1987-1990)
Okinawa Prefectural Government Headquarters (Okinawa, Japan, 1988-1990)
The Sporting Club At Illinois Center (Chicago, United States, 1987-1990)
Central Melbourne (Melbourne, Australia, 1986-1991)
Miki House New Office Building (Ōsaka, Japan, 1985-1991)
Nara City Museum off Photography (Nara, Japan, 1989-1991)
Museum of Leuwen - The-New Museum (Belgium, 1990-1992)
Turn Pacific (Paris, France, 1988-1992)
Lane Crawford off Places (Singapore, 1990-1993)
Senkantei (Hyōgo, Japan, 1992-1993)
Ehime Museum Science (Ehime, Japan, 1991-1994)
Ishibashi Junior High School (Tochigi, Japan, 1992-1994)
Museum off Modern Art Wakayama (Wakayama, Japan, 1990-1994)
Republic Plaza (Singapore, 1986-1995)
Softopia Japan (Gifu, Japan, 1990-1996)
Kashima-machi City Hall (Kumamoto, Japan, 1995-1997)
Shiga Kogen Roman Art Museum (Yamanouchi, Japan, 1994-1997)
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1992-1998)
New wing of the Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1990-1998)

Years 2000

Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum (Katsuyama, Japan, 1996-2000)
International Ōsaka Convention Center (Ōsaka, Japan, 1994-2000)
Oita Stadium (Oita, Japan, 1996-2001, built for the Football world cup of 2002)
Toyota City Stadium (Toyota City, Japan, 1997-2001)
International Astana Airport (Astana, Kazakhstan 2000-2003)
National Gallery Tokyo (Roppongi, Tokyo, 2000-2005)
general Design of the new capital of Kazakhstan (Astana, Kazakhstan)

Election of the Governor of Tokyo and Japanese Senatorial elections of 2007

Kisho Kurokawa presents candidature for the election Gouverneur of Tokyo of April 8th, 2007 on February 22nd, 2007 to the municipality of Tokyo. It obtains 2.86% on April 8th, that is to say 159,126 voters, placing it in position. Kurokawa presents candidature for the Japanese senatorial elections of July 29th, 2007 in Tokyo electoral constituency. It obtains 1.16% on July 29th, that is to say 70,275 voters, placing it in 11th position and fails.

External bonds

Official site (in English)
Kisho Kurokawa on ARCHIGUIDE

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