BUGA Fiber Pavilion: Glimpse of Future Construction

Energy and sustainability, expanding design practices, Kengo Kuma, No Density, PLANE—SITE, Talk, Territory and mobility

Aesthetics, Architect’s role, Architecture’s challenge, Architecture&nature, Artificial nature, Craftman, Cultural agitator, Culture, Design process, Future generations, Global vs. Local, Japan, Local production, Local techniques, Nature, Raw materials, Space-time relationship, Sustainability, talk, Time Space Existence

PLANE—SITE travelled to the Tokyo offices of Kengo Kuma & Associates to discuss the topics of time, space, and existence as they relate to Kuma’s work. He discusses the role of humility in architecture, and his desire to bring architecture and nature closer together. He also discusses Japan’s so-called ‘lost decade’ after the 1991 financial crash, which necessitated his studio’s move from Tokyo to the Japanese countryside.