2074. St. Mary's Cathedral, Interior, Tokyo

 

Dear Koji,

"In architecture, the demand was no longer 

for box-like forms, but for buildings that 

have something to say to the human 

emotions." (Kenzo Tange)

Sincerely,

R

2046. St. Mary's Cathedral. Tokyo

 

Dear Koji,

"Tradition can, to be sure, participate in

a creation, but it can not longer be creative

itself" (Kenzo Tange)

Sincerely,

R

1896. Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan

 

Dear Udo,

"The biggest problem, with respect to the interior 

space, was guaranteeing that it not take on inhuman 

proportions when empty or filled with just a few 

people.We wanted to create and maintain a unified 

environment where athletes and spectators share 

growing mutual emotion.

A single space—not closed and oppressive but free 

and open—a space in which the fifteen thousand 

spectators can also move and flow ‘gently’ in 

functional and psychological terms." (Kenzo Tange)

Best regards,

R

1249. Night view of Odaiba

Querido Antonio,

A la derecha de ésta imagen nocturna de Tokyo se puede
ver las oficinas centrales de Fuji-Sankei construidas por
el maestro Tange en 1996. Este gran arquitecto, desaparecido en 2005, dijo que la arquitectura con su fuerte capacidad de simbolismo debe ser capaz de apelar al corazón de las personas.

Un abrazo,
R

660. Tokyo

Dear Koichi,

We arrived today in Shinjuku and went to the Tokyo
Metropolitan Government building. We visited one of
the free top floor observatories and got a glimpse of
Mount Fuji through the haze.

Best regards,
R

398. Memorial Hall of Peace, Hiroshima

Dear Koji,

"When I was engaged in the design of the Hiroshima
peace facilities, I had an ambition of coordinating the
two scales, human scale and social human scale, in one
building. I started with the Peace Memorial Museum.
Its main structure was built in social human scale, while
stairs with a landing and birdcage-like louvers were in
human scale. These two scales were meant to interact
with each other." (Kenzo Tange)

Best regards.
R