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Memory after ruin
Tange translated postwar memory into civic space at Hiroshima.
Kenzō Tange
Portrait of Kenzo Tange
Hans van Dijk for Anefo · CC BY-SA 3.0 nl · SourceKenzo Tange connected postwar reconstruction, structural expression, and metropolitan imagination.
Life span1913 – 2005Nationality / RegionJapanStyleMetabolism, Japanese Modern ArchitectureEducation东京大学
MetabolismJapanese Modern Architecture
Portrait of Kenzo Tange
Hans van Dijk for Anefo · CC BY-SA 3.0 nl · SourceIdeas
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Postwar civic memory
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Tradition with modern structure
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Urban systems thinking
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Collective monumentality
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Structure as national stage
Tange made structure into a visible civic and national image.
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From building to city
Tange expanded architecture toward infrastructure, megastructure, and metropolitan identity.
Reading the works
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
广岛, 日本 · 1955
A civic framework for postwar memory.
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
东京, 日本 · 1991
A metropolitan-scale public building.
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All works
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
广岛, 日本 · 1955
Kagawa Prefectural Government Office
高松, 日本 · 1958
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
东京, 日本 · 1991
Tokyo Dome Hotel
1999
Hagi Uragami Museum
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of History
Yokohama Museum of Art
1989
Presidential Palace, Damascus
1990
Italie Deux
1990
Assumption of Mary Cathedral, Hiroshima
1950
Kishi Memorial Gymnasium
1941
Mercure Yokosuka
Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims
Cenotaph for the A-Bomb Victims
1952
Flame of Peace
1964
United Nations University
1972
Yamanashi Broadcasting and Press Centre
1966
Kagawa Prefectural Government Office
Big Roof
1970
Skopje Train Station
Asian Arts Museum
1998
Pickering Operations Complex
Kurashiki City Art Museum
Former Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
1957
Minneapolis Institute of Art
1883
FCG Building
1996
Yokosuka Arts Theatre
1994
Kuwait Embassy building
Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka
1955
Taipei World Trade Center
1980
Gaumont Grand Écran Italie
Discovery Primea
2013
Kagawa Prefectural Government Office Main Building
2000
Nippon Gaishi Hall
1987
UOB Plaza One
Renmin Building
Shizuoka Press and Broadcasting Center
1967
Shinjuku Park Tower
1994
International Conference Center Hiroshima
Dentsu Osaka Office
Tokyo Fashion Town Building
1996
One Raffles Place
1986
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
1955
St. Mary's Cathedral
1964
APA Hotel & Resort Tokyo Bay Makuhari
1993
Bank of Shanghai Headquarters
2005
Yoyogi National Gymnasium
东京, 日本 · 1964
Lake Biwa Otsu Prince Hotel
1989
Dentsu Tsukiji Building
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