OKUYAMA Shin-ichi
Abstract：This essay is intended to give a highlight on the architectural theory of Kazuo Shinohara, who is not only an influential architect of modern Japan, but also continuously having his influence on young architects even abroad nowadays. From his first project “House in Kugayama” in 1953 onward, Shinohara’s architectural career lasted to 2006 when he passed away. It is worthwhile being mentioned here, that Shinohara is an architect whose career includes not only design but also attractive writing. His writing ranges from a unique residential theory, an area that his main practice was involved with, to a sharp observation on contemporary city, which both formed a starting point of his design and separated him from other architects in the same generation. How could then Shinohara embody in his design the relationship between a house as the smallest unit in all buildings and a city as a metropolis flooded with people? After a closer analysis of Shinohara’s words and spaces, this essay zooms right into two keywords, fundamental in Shinohara’s conception: “juxtaposition of disjunctive forms”and“fictionality”.
Keywords：Kazuo Shinohararesidential theoryurban theorywords and spaces
Publication Date：2013-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：8( 25-32 )