Main entry:

Edagawa, Yūichirō, 1948-

Title & Author:

Japanese creativity : contemplations on Japanese architecture / Yuichiro Edagawa.

Publication:

Berlin : Jovis Verlag, [2018]

Description:

191 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword / Kengo Kuma -- Introduction -- Characteristics of Japanese architectural creativity : Intimacy with nature ; Importance of materials ; Simplicity and denial of ornamentation ; Craftsmanship and skill of master woodworkers ; Bipolarity and diversity ; Spirit of coexistence -- Characteristics of Japanese architectural composition : Asymmetry ; Culture of addition ; Devotion to small space ; Organic form ; Sense of "Oku = inner zone" ; Do not show the whole -- Formative development from parts : Parts precede the whole/"now = here" principle ; Compositional principles -- What does "parts precede the whole" accomplish? : Case studies ; My design work on Nibancho Garden.

Summary:

What lies at the root of Japanese creativity and its architectural artifacts? In his book, the Japanese architect Yuichiro Edagawa explores this question in detail. By analyzing a wide variety of unique exemplary buildings from the sixth century to the present, he determines twelve distinctive characteristics of Japanese architectural creativity and composition, including: intimacy with nature, importance of materials, bipolarity and diversity, asymmetry, devotion to small space, and organic form. The key understanding, which pervades all these characteristics, is that parts precede the whole. The Japanese process of creation begins with designing parts and details and ends with combining them to one edifice, instead of starting with a whole structure and working out the components afterwards. Edagawa provides a personal and comprehensive understanding of Japanese creativity and the architectural process. The book gives us an inspiring insight into Japanese culture and identity, which in its essence is deeply traditional and modern at the same time.

ISBN:

9783868595086 (hardcover)
3868595082 (hardcover)

Subject:

Architecture, Japanese.
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Architecture japonaise.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 303113
Call No.: BIB 249329
Status: Available