Fuji TV HQ, Odaiba. Kenzo Tange, 1996.
This building holds a significant formative memory from my early childhood. Designed by Kenzo Tange, it exemplifies the principles of the Metabolist movement. This architectural philosophy envisioned buildings and cities as dynamic, evolving entities, much like organisms, capable of growth and transformation over time. That idea has stayed with me, particularly as a metaphor for my own evolving experience of health over the years.
These photos were taken during my most recent visit to Tokyo, while visiting family over Christmas.
some of the beautiful ceiling details of Charles Jencks’ Cosmic House.
“in free classic style twenty-two faces an eclectic whole of personal signs owls, lilies, cats fix a place in time the cosmic law is times rhythm which rules sun & moon the four seasons too giving heat & light over all architecture egypt & china begin architypes, readimade the foursquare motif windows on the world the 5 building arte” - Charles Jencks
after searching and searching, also came across the most perfect spoon
ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ You cannot simply put something new into a place. You have to absorb what you see around you, what exists on the land, and then use that knowledge along with contemporary thinking to interpret what you see - Tadao Ando ⋆.ೃ࿔*:･
