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Kenzo Tange
Japanese
Architect
About the author
In my opinion, further consideration of those views will help us find a way out of the current impasse, and reveal to us the kinds of buildings and cities required by the informational society.
Kenzo Tange,
Japanese
Architect
#Will
#Society
#Help
#Opinion
#Consideration
#Cities
Tradition can, to be sure, participate in a creation, but it can no longer be creative itself.
Kenzo Tange,
Japanese
Architect
#Tradition
#Creation
There is a powerful need for symbolism, and that means the architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart. There is a powerful need for symbolism, and that means the architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart.
Kenzo Tange,
Japanese
Architect
#Architecture
#Heart
Nevertheless, the basic forms, spaces, and appearances must be logical.
Kenzo Tange,
Japanese
Architect
I am aware of changes gradually taking place in my own designs as part of my thinking on this matter.
Kenzo Tange,
Japanese
Architect
#Thinking
Designs of purely arbitrary nature cannot be expected to last long.
Kenzo Tange,
Japanese
Architect
#Nature
Architects today tend to depreciate themselves, to regard themselves as no more than just ordinary citizens without the power to reform the future.
Kenzo Tange,
Japanese
Architect
#Today
#Power
#Reform
#Future
I feel however, that we architects have a special duty and mission... (to contribute) to the socio-cultural development of architecture and urban planning.
Kenzo Tange,
Japanese
Architect
#Architecture
#Development
#Duty
#Planning
#Mission
Technological considerations are of great importance to architecture and cities in the informational society.
Kenzo Tange,
Japanese
Architect
#Architecture
#Society
#Importance
#Cities