One of the world’s foremost living modernists, AIA Gold Medalist and Pritzker laureate Fumihiko Maki's celebrated career stretches over 60 years. Steering clear of “unnecessary forms or textures” (as he puts it), his designs are understated integrations of metal, glass and concrete. Like other Japanese architects of his generation, Maki has spent a lifetime unafraid to embrace new technologies while insisting on their humanity.
Fumihiko Maki was trained under Kenzo Tange at the University of Tokyo, going on to graduate from Harvard GSD and work at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and Sert Jackson and Associates. He later returned to Tokyo and started his own firm, Maki and Associates.
In this new video for the Time-Space-Existence series, Maki discusses the importance in acknowledging human behavior in architecture, the strange shapes of today’s skyscrapers, and the influence of his mentor, Kenzo Tange.
Fumihiko Maki emphasizes the discipline he puts on himself and his work to create minimalist design. While form is key, Maki explains his ultimate focus is humanity in architecture; finding the common and particular behaviors of users in a space.
This video series is produced by PLANE—SITE and commissioned by the GAA Foundation as a preface to the Time-Space-Existence exhibition during La Biennale di Venezia Architettura. The exhibition will open May 2018 in Palazzo Bembo and Palazzo Mora.
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Maki has one of the most interesting career arcs .... legend
His curtain walls... unnnnf.
Fitting post for valentine's day because i'm in love.
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