Presented by Students of Bachelors of Architecture at Kathmandu Engineering College in Design Theory II class. Course Lecturer: Asso. Prof. Chand S Rana This presentation explores the life, philosophy, and works of Architect Kenzo Tange.

3. .
“In architecture,
demand was no
longer for box-like
forms, but for
buildings that have
to say something
for human
emotions.”
1913–
2005

4. .
“In architecture,
demand was no
longer for box-like
forms, but for
buildings that have
to say something
for human
emotions.”
1913–
2005

5. SYNOPSIS
•Born September 4, 1913 in Osaka,
Japan
•His best-known early work is the
Hiroshima Peace Center.
•Later works include the Shizuoka
Press and Broadcasting Center,
the dramatic National Gymnasium
for the 1964 Olympic Games, and
the theme pavilion for the 1970
Osaka Exposition.
•New Tokyo City Hall Complex :
made him world renowned

6. PROFILE
•Born in Osaka, Japan
•He was raised in Imbari and studied
architecture at the Tokyo Imperial
University (1935–8, 1942–5), where
he became professor (1949–74, then
emeritus).
•His ‘Plan for Tokyo’ received
world-wide attention for its new
concepts of extending the growth of
the city out over the bay, using
bridges, man-made islands, floating
parking, and mega structures.

7. PROFILE
•His highly influential published
works include A Plan for
Tokyo (1960) and Toward a
Structural
Reorganization (1960).
•He was awarded the Pritzker
Architecture Prize in 1987.

8. GOOGLE DOODLE

9. DESIGN PHILOSOPHIES
 Tange's early designs attempted to
combine modernism with traditional
Japanese forms of architecture
 "Architecture must have something that
appeals to the human heart, but even then,
basic forms, spaces and appearances must
be logical. Creative work is expressed in
our time as a union of technology and
humanity".
 “I do not wish to repeat what I have done. I
find that every project is a springboard to
the next, always advancing forward from
the past to the ever-changing future. That is

10. DESIGN PHILOSPHIES
 Tange did not imagine himself as a
leading form giver. He sees himself in
state of transition
 “The role of tradition is that of a catalyst
which furthers a chemical reaction, but is
no longer detectable in the end result”
 He also contributed in Metabolist
movement
 Many Metabolists had studied under
Kenzo Tange at Tokyo University's Tange
Laboratory.

11. METABOLISM
• The word metabolism describes the process of
maintaining living cells.
• Metabolism, the Japanese architectural avant-
garde movement of the 1960s, profoundly
influenced contemporary architecture and
urbanism.
• A representative movement in modern Japanese
architecture history.
• The movement contends that buildings and cities
should be designed in the same organic way that
life grows and changes by repeating metabolism.

12. METABOLISM
 At the World Design Conference of
1960, the Metabolism group—formed
by architecture critic Kawazoe
Noboru, architects Otaka Masato, and
others who had come under the
influence of the architect Kenzo Tange
presented a manifesto entitled
Metabolism 1960: Proposals for a
New Urbanism

13. METABOLISM
 MORI ART
MUSEUM, TOKYO,
JAPAN:
 HIROSHIMA
PEACE
CENTER,HIROSHI
MA, JAPAN

14. SOME PROJECTS BY
KENZO TANGE

15. •Conceptualization in 1972.
•Finalized and approved in 1979.
•5X5 miles of Lumbini area with the central square mile
being the sacred garden.
•Objectives- Respect for universal value of Lumbini
The Lumbini Project,
Nepal

16. Conservation of heritages, presentation of the
metaphysical foundation templates for urban
design.
•Detail based on Buddhist symbolism of
geometric shapes and the path to enlightment.
•The three zones of Master plan are connected
by a canal in the central link.

17. 1969 1971 1972 1978
1969: First sketch
1971: Preliminary design
1972: Final outline design
1978: Final design of the Lumbini Master Project
approved

18. YOYOGI NATIONAL
GYMNASIUM
Architect: Kenzo Tange
Location: Yoyogi Park, Tokyo,
Japan
Construction date: Between 1961 to
1964
Purpose: to house swimming and
dining events in 1964 Summer Olympics
will also host handball competitions at
the 2020 Summer Olympics
Famous for Suspension roof design

19. Inspired Frei Otto for 1972 Summer
Olympics arena design in Munich
Capacity: 13, 291 people
9079 stand seats
4124 arena seats
88 royal box seats
Now primarily used for ice hockey, futsal
and basketball
Images of the arena are regularly featured
at the end of NHK Newsline broadcasts
because the NHK World studios are adjacent
to the arena along the edge of Yoyogi Park.
YOYOGI NATIONAL
GYMNASIUM

20. Design Concepts
 The plan of the stadium is in
the form of two semi-
circles, slightly displaced in
relation to one another, with
their unconnecting ends
elongated into points; and
looks almost like a snail.
From the outside, each
perspective offers a new
appearance.
 It was the world’s most
daring structures that
radiated both boldness and
serenity which gave the
sensation of spatial
manifestation.
 It has large-span
suspension steel roof
structure; inspired by Eero
Saarinen’s Ingalls Rink,
Yale University’s hockey
venue(1958) which was built
using a very similar
structure.

21. Design Creativity
 Creative work is
expressed via union of
innovative western
technology and
traditional Japanese
Pagoda.
 This architectural
masterpiece is
beautifully integrated
into the landscape.
And after its
completion, its design
was conceived being
Organic, Functional
and Dynamic.
 Kenzo Tange won
Pritzker Prize for his
design of this historic
revolutional design
which saw Japan rise.

22. UOB PLAZA (1986)
 One of the three
tallest
skyscrapers in
the city of
Singapore called
UOB Plaza or
Republic plaza.

24. AKASAKA PRINCE HOTEL(1982)
 Was a upscale
hotel in Tokyo,
Japan.
 It became
notable for
being
deconstructed
in a top,
appearing to
shrink in height.

27. MODE GAKUEN COCOON
TOWER(2008)
•It is a 204 M, 50
story educational
facility building in
Tokyo, Japan.
•It is second tallest
educational
building in the
world.
•It is 17th tallest
building in the
Tokyo.