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  • Essay / new generation - 1251

    Since summer 2012, Japan Architect (JA) magazine has focused on young Japanese architects under 35 years old. JA began to value and explore the design style of young Japanese architects and try to characterize them through different issues. Arguably, most of the selected young Japanese architects share a similar theme and vision in their design after the Great East Japan Earthquake. The theme of simple reconstruction of spatial qualities and buildings that can be used during an event like the Great East Japan Earthquake. On the other hand, the current generation of Japanese architects like Toyo Ito, Sou Fujimoto, who experienced the 1993 Kobe earthquake and the bubble economy and post-bubble economy, have influenced the next generation of architects focusing on the theme of dominant architecture, spatial qualities, and pursuing perfection in contemporary Japanese architecture. Diverse architecture design, purpose or similar theme. Arguably, the Japanese education system in Japan shares a similar design theme that has influenced most of the next generation architects like Junya Ishigmi, Go Hasegawa, Akihisa Hirata, and Yusuke Fujita in their design. Most new generation architects hold a position at the local university. They work as an associate professor or appoint an associate professor, lecturer and guest lecturer at the university. Academic influence and collaboration between university and natural disasters can even result in diverse architectural design in one design direction or theme. The influence of professional experience or the influence of a role model can also sometimes inspire next generation architects to think and act in a similar direction or theme. As for models like Shigeru Ban, Toyo Ito, Hasegawa Itsuko and Ando Tadao, who continued to explore both modernity...... middle of paper ...... porary Japanese architecture faced new changes that were observed by Japanese architects. The idea of ​​modernity in the building is countered by a concern for sustainability in others. Japanese architect Kenzo Tange's Yoyogi National Gymnasium and the former Tokyo City Hall building to Kisho Kurakawa's capsule tower in Ginza are a bold attempt to capture the future. Japan has a high-level architectural culture that impresses with the ubiquity of good design. Japan is a lot like Italy, without the sophisticated craftsmanship. Japan's most sophisticated contemporary architects include Fumihiko Maki, Tadao Ando and Kazuyo Sejima. This architect is very capable of designing very modern and magnificent buildings. (page 14) The position of the current generation explains how the next generation can follow in their footsteps (500 words) Conclusion (300 words)