Takefumi Aida (相田武文) (Aida Takefumi) (born June 5, 1937) is a Japanese architect. He is known for his building block house series and layered memorials, which represented a break from then-current Japanese Metabolist philosophies.
Career In 1960 Aida graduated from Waseda University. In 1962, he completed the master's course at Waseda University. In 1966, he completed a doctoral course at Waseda University Graduate School. In 1967, he established the Takefumi Aida Architectural Institute. In 1977, he became a professor at Shibaura Institute of Technology and changed the name to Takefumi Aida Design Laboratory. In 2013, he reorganized into Aida Doi Design Co., Ltd. He is an honorary member of the Japan Institute of Architects.
Influence and philosophy Aida was a founding member of ArchiteXt, a group of architects formed in 1971 that disputed modern architecture's guiding relationships between form and function, specifically opposing the Japanese Metabolist movement. Aida explored form with his Toy Block Houses in Yokyo and Hofu, and moved do explorations of layered spaces in later work. These later works were described by Aida as "architecture of fluctuation."
The Takefumi Aida Memorial Award is a university award of Shibaura Institute of Technology.
Works An Artist's House (1967)New Architecture 6801 Complete Works of Modern Japanese Architects 24 (Sanyi Study Room, 1973) Nirvana House (1972)New Architecture 7208 Annihilation House (1972) PL Institute Kindergarten (1973)New Architecture 7401, Duanxiang Stepped-Platform House (1975)New Architecture 7602 House Like a Die (1973)New Building 7402 Building Blocks/Toy Block House I (1979)New Architecture 7910 GA HOUSE14 (1983)L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui8304 First round Japan Association of Architects Newcomer Award (1982) Building Block House II/Toy Block House II (1979)New Construction 7910 Building Blocks III/Toy Block House III (1981),New Architecture 8108AIA Journal Mid-Aug1982Domus618 (1981)The Architectural Review 81/09 GA HOUSE14 (1983) Building Block House V Toy Block House V (1981) Toy Block House VI Toy Block House VI (1981) Building Blocks House VII/Toy Block House VII (1983)GA HOUSE14 (1983) Building Block House VIII/Toy Block House VIII (1984)New Architecture 8507 Toy Block House IX /Toy Block House IX (1983),Architectural Design; Doll's House(1984) International Design Competition 2nd Prize Building Blocks Home X/Toy Block House X (1984)New Architecture House Special Collection 85 Spring The Memorial at Iwo Jima Island (1983)New Building 8403 Kazama House (1987)New Architecture House Special Collection 8801The Architectural Review 87/11 Tokyo War Dead Memorial Park (1988)/New Building 8811 Shibaura Institute of Technology, Saito Memorial Hall (1990)New Building 9101 Community Center of Kawasato Village (1993)New building 9407 Mizuho Funeral Hall (1988) Ruriyama Manganji Temple, Jorenin Temple, Main Hall, Guest Hall, Curry Manganji Temple, Jourenin (2011)
References
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