The criteria for architecture after the tsunami is humbleness
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of humility in architectural design, especially after a disaster.
Kengo Kuma's quote highlights the need for architects to adopt a humble approach when rebuilding after catastrophic events like tsunamis. This humility should inform their designs, acknowledging the power of nature and the fragility of human life, prioritizing sustainability and respect for the environment over grandeur or excess.
In practice
During a talk on sustainable building practices, one might reference Kuma's quote to encourage architects to design with humility.
You could say that my aim is βto recover the placeβ. The place is a result of nature and time; this is the most important aspect. I think my architecture is some kind of frame of nature. With it, we can experience nature more deeply and more intimately. Transparency is a characteristic of Japanese architecture; I try to use light and natural materials to get a new kind of transparency.
Modernist buildings exclude dialogue, and the void that they create around themselves is not a public space but a desertification
I would like to use architecture to create bonds between people who live in cities, and even use it to recover the communities that used to exist in every single city.
One cannot make architecture without studying the condition of life in the city
The difference between a builder and an architect is that an architect also cares about desire, about dreams.
I don't know why people hire architects and then tell them what to do.
A profound design process eventually makes the patron, the architect, and every occasional visitor in the building a slightly better human being.
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