How Sustainability Is Bringing Architecture Back Down to Earth
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- čas přidán 18. 09. 2019
- Skylines are soaring higher and higher, and cities are awash in concrete. But world-famous Japanese architect Kengo Kuma is bucking the urban trends. He is designing low-rise buildings and using sustainable, locally-sourced materials like wood and bamboo. We visit Kuma in Tokyo to talk about the philosophy behind his design and marvel at the natural beauty of his work.
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Currently studying Kengo Kuma’s work for my undergraduate architectural design project which is also linked to sustainability. What are the odds, thanks for sharing!
Omg I'm working on the same thing. Do you still have yours? I LITERALLY need any reference I can get lol
I picked this subject for my dissertation. Did you enjoy working on this?
How did it work out?!!
Man those building are really beautiful! Wood is by far the most sustainable construction material, yet resistant, durable and aesthetically pleasant. In Europe we build too much in concrete and stone. We build houses that last centuries to live just 50 years into it. Then demolishing concrete houses is more expensive than building new ones. That's why constructions keep crop up and cities expand.
I got a great big story ad on a great big story vid 🥴
Edit: it happened again
The only Woolf same!
U copied me
Me too
Zac wow u suck he probably didn’t see youres
Same
WHY DO I ONLY GET GREAT BIG STORY ADS WHEN I WWTCH GRETA BIG STORY aside from that great video
Because then it's not some useless bullshit ad and actually relevant t the stuff you enjoy watching
I wasn’t expecting an architecture story on here! Kengo Kuma is quite the architect. Thanks for another great big story! =D
Kengo has got to be one of.the coolest names I've heard! And Kengo Kuma?! He's sounds like a superhero. "Look it's Kengokuma"
Yall, I’m not lying. I got a great big story ad on this video.
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SAME
Same
My father was a great architect, he helped make Pyongyang an amazing city
I've missed you... 😂😂😂
Lmao
Casually gets Kengo for an episode. Who's next Bjarke? Sou?
when you get a great big story ad right before watching one of their fabulous videos :")))
I'm a resident in Tokyo and I'm so happy that I can see and experience his work around the city! My favorite his work is Starbucks Reserve in Nakameguro and that was so great experience. (however you must wait so long time to enter the cafe...)
i envy you :
What a brilliant and resourceful man
I agree with you
Sustainability was mentioned alot, but it wasn’t mentioned once how his designs are actually sustainable. Natural materials cost less CO2 to make, but is the wood being sustainably harvested?
Yes actually, good timber manufacturers get their wood in a sustainably managed forest where more trees are planted than harvested :)
This Chanel will always have a place in my heart
I got an ad of great big story while watching this
Such an amazing architect. I loved to hear about the thoughts behind his work.
Kengo Kuma! Inspiring works.. definetly provides more groundedness in pursuit of sustainability.. not just he works but how the community interacts with the architecture..
Amazing! Thanks for this.
wow his structures are so stunning
Love how your ad is yours
I'm taking up M.Des in Sustainable Design. and this was exactly what i wanted see moving forward 💯
Kengo Kuma has shown modernity tempered with sustainability is the future all rolled into one without being boring.
I got a great big story ad while watching this
I just got a great big story ad on this!
Always the best one 🤘🌶️💓
That title is a piece of art by itself.
Good work!
Doing good work.
I got a great big story add on this vid 😂
Same
I know.its weird
I loved the low rise neighbourghoods of Tokyo more than the high rise ones... and though Newy York is impressive I wouldnt feel happy living there for a long time... Kengo is right, you feel better closer to the earth...
Definitely
Yes and the low rise buildings help reduce the stress whereas the new york buildings do the opposite. Plus they dont look as cool
So divers Style. Great.
Kengo kuma is my faavvv!!!
Hats off to you sir
i totally agree with Mr Kuma, smaller buildings make the landscape better.
The is AMAZING coherence between Urbanisam and Bioclimatic Architecture and Civil engineer is an essential condition to obtain relevants results in terms of the quality of construction, energy economicd and respect for the enviroment, elevating contemporary quality of life with in buildings and urban space, and also in the relationship between the artficial and natural enviroment. ALL OF THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THIS TOPIC. SUCH SUSTAINABILITY TERM IN FEW MINUTES! 🏡👏
Amazing
Love it
I just saw an ad about this channel just before the video began
Kengo is one of staples of an architectural education. Toyo Ito, Shigeru Ban and Tadao Ando are other big names from Japan.
Petition for riddle to make extremely compact, huge, and ridiculous buildings with this architect mode!
Anyone else catch that McLaren MP4-12C at 2:50? 😏
Yes
i knew it was a mclaren, just did not know the exact model... i thought it was a 570s
@@pihermoso11 im pretty sure it is a 570s
It's a 570S
holy shit my favourite architect
I like this guy
Cool
*Everybody's talkin' about GreatBigStory ad, while me here is about to skip the ad at the end* :)
Oh cool a video I have to read
N-I-C-E
隈研吾の建築好き。
This dude reminds me of an old Taki from Your Name/Kimi no na wa!!
I got a Great Big Story ad on this video, like everyone else.
Agree?
I love that he uses natural & local materials and tries for as low-rise as possible - BUT sadly for me with my brain injury all the lines and patterns (and light-dark) are exhausting to look at and I think this would also be the case for me to be inside them: I need (and there are many like me) flat (mostly) and matt surfaces that my broken brain & vision can understand easily without becoming exhausted from too much visual stimulation.
He's genius hehe
Imagine being the poor soul who has to help build this.
big oof
They put their ad on their vid
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clicked rite away when realised it was Kengo
I want to be an architect, that is so cool
as an architecture major, i can tell you that it's among the most tiring job you could possibly get lmao
You’ll regret it hahah
Please don't, study something else. You'll come out to find that you won't design unless you go on your own, and that is if you find clients.
This gent would have loved Fay Jones.
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Speaking of architecture, what ever happened to that video on Chateau De Groussay? That was my favorite
Link?
@@rhodesianwojak2095 how would i link it if it's gone???
Arquitetura sustebtavel
If you're interested in natural construction material's healing and destressing properties, look up the Attention Restoration Theory!
The International Space Station: aM I A jOke To YOu?
The ISS is pretty high rise, isn't it though?
I’d much rather live in a city that looked like that instead of a place like New York. It’s so beautiful
Wtf I got a great big story ad
Earthships are the homes we should be living in.
Right and wrong .
2:37 10 square meter is not 32 square feet, more like 100 square feet
got a ad for you on this video...
What I am wondering is what he will or they will do with the building after it is used.
probably either destroy it or redesign/rebuild it
I'm attracted to the way he walks😀😀😀
me too. now i know it's not weird to feel that way
Wonder how long he'll have to wait till the Olympics actually use his stadium...
who else got an ad about the channel before the vid started
I get it before *and* after the vid
how do you connect sustainability with cutting down this amount of trees? Anyone?
You can replant trees
And concrete causes so much co2
ok but i want dat blazer tho
watchin from school bc
Best j-name ever
Ah, it's modern - postmodern transition again. Where workplace imitate home. Where you can't relax at your home because it's too similar to your workplace.
Hmn
sustainable where materials are replacable? is it really sustainable?
But will it last?
Ilsunny Lo
What do you mean?
Concrete has surprisingly short amount of lifespan, around 60-80 years. Unlike old architecture like Rome cathedral or medieval castles that can last hundreds of years
Hi
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I do think Kengo Kuma is a great architect - but the focus on sustainability in this story seems a little off for me - at least with the buildings being shown still using a lot of glass, steel and concrete in both the facade and construction. There is no absolute sustainability in the build environment - it all has a cost. Some buildings get close in capturing a lot of CO2 by the use of a wooden structure, but that will definetely need to include the main construction as well as loadbearing walls as well. And even in that case, the need for transportation (even shorter distances) and the use of glass and some iron will have a CO2 impact.
Please be aware, that there is no sustainable architecture found in the current paradigme, especially in modern, cooporate architecture, but that there needs to be a focus on "harm-reduction" in the build environment as well as longevity - only then can we start talking about any form of sustainability.
I really love watching your videos, they are different, amazing, exciting and inspiring.
But most of my time is wasted in reading subs than watching the video ☹️. Please do something about it🙏
It’s like every Asian nation is trying to one- up each other in terms of the design of Olympic stadiums....
Wondering what his name means in Japanese because it's not something I'd repeat in front of parents where I'm from. 😅😅
10 square meters = 107 square feet (not 32)
How did they get 32 though? That's a random numbers
Fitrian Hidayat I suspect that they forgot to square the conversion - they converted metres to feet instead of _square_ metres into _square_ feet
He doesn't like concrete yet designed the V&A in Dundee, I'm confused?...
Imagine if he plays Minecraft...
wonder how to people not know that a channel can advertise itself on its own channel like bruh stop getting confused
But isn't using that many wood will be unsustainable in the long run?
As The Name Suggests It depends on where it was harvested. Some wood is harvested from wood farms. Other is harvested and rehabilitated. But there is a lot of irresponsible harvesting too.
bro you chop trees down
the trees get chopped down AND replant new ones.. thats where the resources are being gathered. and its not like all buldings are made of wood. it's all about managing which resources can be used in relation to design and availability
make it all English
That was.. not very in depth or interesting. Also not what the title told me to expect.
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In my insignificant opinion - sustainability has ruined the old profession of architecture along with wiping clean all of the craft knowledge from the craftsman that build our buildings. It is also a buzzword used in place of the true meaning - that it is cheaper and more economical for the property developer.
He got no taste
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