Arata isozaki

ARATA ISOZAKI

BY ARAKA WILLIAM AND IAN ACHIRA

LIFE AND HISTORY

Born in 23 July, 1931

Japanese Architect

Graduated from the university of Tokyo in 1954

Isozaki worked under Kenzo Tange before establishing his own firm in 1963.

He was awarded the RIBA Gold Medal in 1986.

His architecrural firm is Arata Isozaki & Associates

In 2005, Arata Isozaki founded the Italian branch of his office: Arata Isozaki & Andrea Maffei Associates

INSPIRATION

His work in the late 1960s was influenced by the Metabolism school, but mannerism is discernable in the exaggerated expression of the structural members. The joint Core System that he developed in 1960 was essential to the Metabolism movement and was influential to Tange, his former teacher.

His later works are Mannered and self-conscious, borrowing from a spectrum of architectural influences. He appropriates design ideas from such diverse sources as the Vienna Secession, Marcel Cuchamp and Archigram.

Gunma Museum of Fine Arts

"The design is based on the interaction of two architectural systems: a) The skeletal parti of forty-foot cubes (the basic structure)

b) The exhibition spaces, stairways, administrative offices, lighting, and so on. (the supplemental structure).

The series of cubes, laid out on an expansive lawn in a parklike setting, takes the form of one large rectangular block, which houses the main exhibition space, and two shorter, projecting wings. The first of these is perpendicular to the central block and contains the entrance hall. The second, angled off the building's primary axis, holds a gallery for traditional Japanese art. This wing is elevated above a square reflecting pool, with an open terrace at the first-floor level."

The Museum of contemporary arts LA

The building is built around a terraced courtyard.

The galleries are below ground level, most having overhead lighting. Under the courtyard, the galleries lead into each other from left to right.

Above the courtyard, the only building which stands out is the section devoted to administration, with a roof in the shape of a semicircular dome

The whole geometric composition of the building is based on the golden section as the Western method of planning shapes and subdivided the spaces, and on the oriental theory of ying and yang, positive—negative.

The rooms in the extremes of the building have expressive skylights in volumetrically pure shapes: various pyramids and a series of linear skylights

The exterior is a natural reddish coloured stone, contrasting with the transparent skylights and the lustre of the semi-cylindrical roof of the offices..."

Shukosha Building

Art gallery

Concrete building

Urban context

Modern style

Team Disney Building

Location – Near Orlando Florida

Type – Creative commercial offices

Construction system – Concrete

Climate – Humid

Context – Amusement Park

Style – Post modern

Isozaki employed this yin-yang theory of positive and negative space, with a central tower that was very powerful, sculptural, looking toward the sky."

ART TOWER IN MITO

Art Tower Mito is an arts complex in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

It opened in 1990 as part of the centennial celebrations of the municipality of Mito.

There is a concert hall that seats 680, a theater for up to 636, a contemporary art gallery, and a landmark tower.

Arata Isozaki was the architect, with acoustical design by Nagata Acoustics.

ARK NOVA – THE INFLATTIBLE CONCERT HALL

It looks like a giant eggplant, it blows up like a balloon, and it’s roomy enough to host classical-musical concerts for an audience of 500 people

It is a pneumatic structure made from an elastic shell that can be quickly inflated and dismantled

It was designed by British sculptor Anish Kapoor and Japanese architect Arata Isozaki

Qatar National Convention Centre

Officially opened on 4 December 2011, QNCC was the first of its kind being built to the gold certification standard of the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED).

The building is designed to operate efficiently with innovations such as water conservation and energy-efficient fixtures, and it is approximately 32 percent more efficient compared with a similarly designed building that lack such innovations.

One of the features is the 3,500sq m of solar panels providing 12.5 percent of the Centre's energy needs. The exhibition halls are equipped with energy-efficient LED lighting.

Many other integrative design elements were included in the building to achieve the highest level of environmental and sustainable standards.

QNCC features a conference hall of 4,000 seats theatre style, a 2,300-seat theatre, three auditoria and a total of 52 flexible meetings rooms to accommodate a wide range of events. It also houses 40,000 square metres of exhibition space over nine halls, and is adaptable to seat 10,000 for a conference or banquet.

References

Archdaily.com

Greatbuildings.com

Archtecture.about.com