ARATA ISOZAKI

CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE
ARATA ISOZAKI (b.1931
I D E A S F R-O M
) TRADITION

Japanese
architect Arata
Isozaki is known
for using bold, I N V E N T I V E
exaggerated DETAILING
forms and
inventive
detailing and
often integrates
B O L D /F O R M S
Traditional
Vernacular
ideas into his
designs.
Archi-magician: Arata Isozaki at his Roppongi studio in Tokyo
Biography
 Born
 July 23, 1931 in Oita, Kyushu, Japan
 Education
 1954: University of Tokyo, Department of Architecture
in the Faculty of Engineering
 Apprenticed with architect Kenzo Tange (1954-63)

 Established Arata Isozaki & Associates in 1963, the

base from which he has continued to work ever
since.
Works
China Wetland Museum,
Hangzhou, China, 2006

Oita Prefectural
Library, 1966
 Works
Museum of Modern Art, Art Tower Mito (1990)
Gunma (1974)
 Works
VAU LTE D
S T R U C TU R ES

I N S P I R AT I O N
LEDOUX
Kitakyushu Central
Library (1972–5) D I F F ER E N T F O R M S
A N D M A S S ES
Tsukuba Center Building
(1983)
 Works

Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles (1986)

Team Disney building in Florida (1991)

Works

Team Disney building

Florida (1991)
Works

Hezheng Museum of
Natural History,
Hezheng, China, 2008
Works

New Bologna Station, Bologna, Italy (2008)

His activities, spanning over a half century, have gone

beyond thought, art, design, music, film, theatre and of
course architecture, and they have raised questions spanning
multiple ages and multiple disciplines.
LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCE
BUILDING (2002-04)
DOHA, QATAR
Architect: Arata Isozaki & i-net + Cat / Isozaki, Kojima, Akamatsu

Client: Qatar Foundation for Education, Science & Community

Built Area: 36,363 m²

Cost: US$ 83,228,334

INTRODUCTION
 This building was the first
to be built on the
expansion of the master
plan of The Education City
which is a 2,500-acre
campus on the outskirts of
Doha, and hosts branch
campuses of some of the
world‘s leading universities,
as well as numerous other
educational and research
institutions.
 It consists of a liberal art
and science department,
for first and second year
college students.
Site plan
SITE AND CONTEXT

QATAR is a small country located on a peninsula protruding

into Persian Gulf. The site is in relation to Islamic tradition

Landscape: desert, sand Nature: Harsh sun Master Plan of Education city Feb 2004, also developed by
and rock Climate: Hot wind Arata Isozaki and asscociates.
DESIGN PRINCIPLES

South east View

 ‘Double roof/double wall’

 ‘Mosaic’
 ‘Geometric pattern’
DESIGN ELEMENTS

Islamic Art: abstraction, pure

geometry, pattern

Classroom and Flexible Learning Area

(FLA) enclosed by glass walls. Sight
lines are controlled by aluminum
shades. Natural light from the skylights
is reflected into the space using
reflectors

Looking up at the wind tower from the

patio: A traditional element, the wind
tower, 'Al-barajeel' is used for Al barajeel – traditional Islamic
ventilating the semi basement parking architectural element of the region
floor
 The back of GRC panels, of
the double wall are painted
yellowALUMINIUM SUN SCREEN

SPACE USED FOR HVAC

DUCTING UNITS

DIFFUSED LIGHT
Double
Wall/Shade

Double Roof / Ceiling with a quasi-crystal pattern: contrast of mirror-finish

Reflector column and aluminium cast screen.
Pattern

Arabesque pure Mineral /Crystal – Quasi Combination of only 3

geometry Crystal(structure found in shapes has created
1984) complex geometry
 ZONING
 ZONING:
 The building is a two
story building and a
semi-basement level
that serves as a
parking garage.
 The first floor contains
mass activity rooms
(i.e. classrooms and
laboratories)
 Rooms with smaller
and quieter activity
(i.e. faculty offices)
are allocated on the
second floor.
Ground Floor Plan
 BLACK AND WHITE
 BLACK: spaces with
definite label e.g.
classrooms, lecture
halls, conference ,
toilet etc
 WHITE: no definite
label – potential to
allow multiple
activities within
 Circular lecture halls
connect the ground
and the first floor ,
through translucent
screen installed
within entire interior,
one can enjoy the
movements of the
projections of
students wandering First Floor Plan
around
 FLA : white
Classroom: black

Lecture hall : black

 Timeline
 1967 - Award from the Architectural Institute of Japan for the Oita Prefecture
in library
 1968- Architectural Award for the Year Book Library in Oita Prefecture
Newcomer Prize
 1969 - Artist of the Ministry of Culture for the Fukuoka City Bank, Oita
branch.
 1970 - Special prize of the Expo 70
 1975- Award from the Architectural Institute of Japan for the prefecture of
Gunma Museum and the Building Contractors Society of the
Central Library in Kita Kyushu
 1979-1984- Juror for the Pritzker Architecture Prize
 1982- Juror at the international competition for the Parc de la Villette in Paris
 1983- Awards of Interiors Magazine for the Hauserman Schowroom and
Mainichi Art for the Tsukuba Center Building, juror at the
international competition for The Peak, Tokyo
 1984- Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Letters by the French Ministry of
Culture
 Timeline
 1985 - Juror for R. S. Reynolds Memorial Award
 1986 - RIBA Gold medal
Juror at the international competition for City Information, juror
at the competition for Hawaii Loa College Media Art Center,
Juror at the competition for the National Theater of
Japan commission member from 1988 to the Kumamoto Artpolis
Project, Member of the Council Building in Japan
 1988- Asahi Award, Asahi Shimbun, Arnold W. Brunner Prize from the
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, the
competition jury chairman for the Passenger Terminal Building at
the International Airport, Kansai
 1988-1989- Juror in the competition "Triangle de la Folie" in Paris
 1988-1990 - Overall planning of the International Garden Show in Osaka
 1990- Chicago Architecture Award
 1990-1995- Judge of the International Competition for the EXPO '95 in
Vienna
 References

 ‘JP- Architecture in Japan’ by Philip Jodiodio

 www.arataisozaki.org official website Arata Isozaki Associates

 http://www.qatarconvention.com

 www.encyclopedia.com

 ‘Arata Isozaki: astonishing by design’ June 1 2008,The Japan Times

 www.wikipedia.com

 www.akdn.org - Aga Khan Awards official website

 www.archnet.org
THANK YOU
PRESENTED BY
RUCHIRA SRIVASTAVA (M.ARCH. I)