YOSIZAKA Takamasa Panorama World: from life-size to the earth

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo will be hosting an exhibition of Tokyo-born architect YOSIZAKA Takamasa (1917-1980).
YOSIZAKA Takamasa was an architect who was active from the postwar reconstruction period until 1980. He studied under Wajiro Kon, known as the founder of “Modernology,” and Le Corbusier, the maestro of modern architecture. YOSIZAKA’s works include YOSIZAKA House, his personal residence built on an artificial ground*, Japan Pavilion, Biennial of Venice, which received the Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts, AIJ Prize-winning Athénée Français, and Inter-University Seminar House, which was selected and designated as Historical Architecture by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to name a few. He is known for the unique architecture with its sculptural concrete forms.

*In order to solve the housing problem after the World War II, YOSIZAKA aimed to “create a land by artificial power where everything was ready for living.” He called this “artificial ground.”

[Exhibition Period]
Sat. 19 March – Sun. 19 June, 2022
[Closed]
Mondays (except 21 March), 22 March, 2022
[Opening Hours]
10:00-18:00 (Tickets available until 30 minutes before closing.)
[Admission]
Adults-1400 yen / University & College Students, Over 65-1000 yen / High School & Junior High School Students-500 yen / Elementary School Students & Younger-Free
* Ticket includes admission to the MOT Collection exhibition.
* Children younger than elementary school age need to be accompanied by a guardian.
* Persons with a Physical Disability Certificate, Intellectual Disability Certificate, Intellectual Disability Welfare Certificate, or Atomic Bomb Survivor Welfare Certificate as well as up to two attendants are admitted free of charge.
[Venue]
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo Exhibition Gallery 1F
[Organized by]
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture
[Planning Cooperation with]
Arukitekuto, KITADA Photo Office
[With the Special Cooperation of]
National Archives of Modern Architecture, Agency for Cultural Affairs
[In Cooperation with]
Inter-University Seminar House, The Japanese Society of Snow and Ice, Fondation Le Corbusier, Waseda University Architecture Department Honjo Archives
[Supported by]
Alumni Association of WASEDA Architecture, DOCOMOMO Japan, Architectural Institute of Japan, The Japan Institute of Architects

[URL] https://www.mot-art-museum.jp/en/exhibitions/takamasa-yosizaka/

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART TOKYO
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