Kiyonori Kikutake

Kiyonori Kikutake (Japanese菊 竹 清 训, Kikutake Kiyonori; born April 1, 1928 in Kurume, Japan; † 26 December 2011) was a Japanese architect who was particularly as a representative of the metabolism of worldwide attention.

Life

Kiyonori Kikutake studied at the Japanese Waseda University and received his doctorate in 1950 in Architecture. He ran his own office since 1953.

In 1959, Kisho Kurokawa with Kikutake, Fumihiko Maki, Sachio Otaka and Noboin Kawazoe the group of Metabolists who pursued the idea to transfer the life cycle of birth and growth on urban planning and architecture. His idea presented in 1958 Marine City Project was the basis for many of the urban construction of confrontation Metastädte, especially the urban utopias of the "Ocean City". Kikutake pursued the idea that new, better cities could be built on the sea. The city should be placed on concrete piers into the sea. In his model, Tower City, which he later united with the Marine City project to project Unabara, are high-rise buildings on slices similar platforms. The platforms seem randomly placed, have different sizes and are connected by small bridges.

"The purpose of Marine City is neither Intended to enlarge the land nor to escape from the country. [ ... ] The existing confusion of land cities Should not be Brought to Marine City. "

"The purpose of Marine City it is neither to increase nor the mainland to escape from the mainland. [ ... ] The existing confusion of country towns should not be placed in Marine City. "

On the occasion of the World Exhibition in 1975 was Kiyonori Kikutake create the artificial island Aquapolis.

Kikutake was a professor at the University of Waseda and Tokyo; he was a visiting professor at universities in Beijing, Sofia, Hawaii, Vienna, Virginia and Aachen. He was also a professor at the International Academy of Architecture (IAA ) in Sofia. He was an honorary member of various organizations such as the American Institute of Architects ( AIA), the French and the Bulgarian Chamber of Architects.

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Literature (selection )

• Kiyonori Kikutake: Metabolism - The three moving things. 1960
• Anthony G. White: Kiyonori Kikutake. Vance Bibliographies, 1990, ISBN 0-7920-0625-9
• Kiyonori Kikutake, Maurizio Vitta: Kiyonori Kikutake: From Tradition to Utopia. L' Arca Edizioni spa 1997, ISBN 88-7838-021-0