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The October 2019 issue of a+u showcases original drawings for the National Gymnasiums of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics (also known as the Yoyogi National Gymnasiums, and the Yoyogi Gymnasiums), which are among the many items from the Kenzo Tange Archive recently restored at Harvard University. Treated with the same care and precision as a restored painting, these technical drawings allow us to understand the architecture in tremendous detail—and to glimpse into the minds of its creators as they produced these lines.
a+u Drawings from the Kenzo Tange Archive– National Gymnasiums for Tokyo Olympics features a series of viewpoints and commentaries by experts from Japan and abroad, including interviews with Fumihiko Maki and Kengo Kuma, and with Koichi Sone, as well as essays by Mike Schlaich, a structural engineer. This issue’s guest editor is Seng Kuan, who curated the exhibition “Utopia Across Scales: Highlights from the Kenzo Tange Archive” held at the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 2009.
Yoyogi Site PlanExterior View of the National Gymnasiums for the 1964 Tokyo OlympicsSections of No. 1 GymnasiumElevation of Diving PlatformConstruction of the roof of No. 2 Gymnasium
a+u Drawings from the Kenzo Tange Archive– National Gymnasiums for Tokyo Olympics includes:
IntroductionTange’s Yoyogi, World’s Yoyogi
Seng Kuan
ConversationThe Kenzo Tange I Knew
Fumihiko Maki, Kengo Kuma, Seng Kuan
Drawings of National Gymnasiums for Tokyo
Olympics
Site plans
No. 1 Gymnasium
No. 2 Gymnasium
Landscape and Other Facilities
EssaysYoyogi Gymnasiums, Mamoru Kawaguchi and Modern Douoble-Curved Lightweight Structures
Mike Schlaich
The Olympics Facility Master Plan and Tokyo’s Urban Planning
Naoto Nakajima
Preservation of the Kenzo Tange Archive Architectural Drawings
Debora D. Mayer, Kelli Piotrowski
Classic Tange Buildings Living in the Present
Main Building of Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Formerly Hiroshima Peace Center)
Saint Mary’s Cathedral, Tokyo
Kagawa Prefectural Government Building (Formerly Main Building, now East Building)
Yamanashi Press and Broadcasting Center
Yukari Nursery School
EssaysWorld Heritage and the Modern Era
Nobuko Inaba
Renewing Tange’s Early Works
Paul Noritaka Tange
The Era That Dreamt of Structure – Not Only Yoyogi
Yuki Ozawa
In Memoriam:Mamoru Kawaguchi (1932–2019)
Arata Isozaki, Mutsuro Sasaki, Hiroshi Naito, Guy Nordenson,
Kazuyo Sejima
In Memoriam:César Pelli (1926–2019)
His Work on Architecture and Cities in Japan
Fred Clarke, Jun Mitsui
