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Saint-Denis Pleyel station, by Kengo Kuma & Associates, is officially open and in service ! French President Emmanuel Macron inaugurated the opening of the station and the extension of line 14 on June 24, 2024. Covering 34,000 m², the station is the largest of the Grand Paris Express and will ultimately form a single hub of connection between 4 GPE lines, lines 14, 15, 16 and 17 and in connection with the RER D. Around 250,000 travelers will use the station every day. Special thanks to our Teams: Client: Société des Grands Projets Lead Design Architect: KKAA - Kengo Kuma & Associates Site construction : Aurélie Vernon - Amelie Fritzlar - Mariya Popova - Florence Festa - Marina Aristondo - Manon Taillepierre Rabiaa Sbai Studies : Matthieu Wotling - Aurélie Vernon - Amelie Fritzlar - Silvia Fernandez - Romain Beal - David Chinéa - Nicolas Cazali - Mariya Popova - Michaël Abric - Bianca Sibilla Competition : Matthieu Wotling - Chizuko Kawarada - Aurélie Vernon - Jordi Vinials - Tiago Sa Technichal projet lead – engineering: EGIS Consultants: Landscape design: @AC&T Paysage Façade engineer: RFR – structure et enveloppe Lightning design: 8’18’’ Acoustician: PEUTZ & Associés Sustainibility: AIA Studio Environnement Quantity Surveyor: LTA Security/Fire consultant: VULCANEO Main construction companies: EIFFAGE – BESIX - EVEN ©Michel Denance Grand Paris Express, KENGO KUMA & ASSOCIATES, Egis, BESIX, Eiffage, Société des grands projets,

At the end of the international conference Le portail polychrome de la cathédrale d'Angers, jointly organised by the DRAC des Pays de la Loire, the Université catholique de l'Ouest, the Université de Nantes and the Université de Poitiers, held in November 2022 on the subject of the polychrome portal of Saint-Maurice cathedral in Angers. The proceedings of the conference have just been published by PUR in a handsome book entitled Le portail polychromé de la cathédrale d'Angers (XIIe-XXIe siècle) : la pierre, la couleur, la restauration. It includes contributions from Kengo KUMA and his team. This reference work takes a fresh look at an exceptional example of the polychrome decoration of cathedrals in France, providing an overview of current knowledge and, above all, a new study of the western portal of Saint-Maurice Cathedral in Angers. It represents a milestone in the study of French and European sculpted and polychromed portals. It concludes with a presentation of the contemporary gallery created by architect Kengo Kuma to protect the portal. In so doing, it opens the door to the 21st century. https://lnkd.in/eRjYzFjz

At the end of the international seminar Le portail polychrome de la cathédrale d'Angers, jointly organised by the DRAC des Pays de la Loire, the Université catholique de l'Ouest, the Université de Nantes and the Université de Poitiers, held in November 2022 on the subject of the polychrome portal of Saint-Maurice cathedral in Angers. The proceedings of the conference have just been published by PUR in a handsome book entitled Le portail polychromé de la cathédrale d'Angers (XIIe-XXIe siècle) : la pierre, la couleur, la restauration. It includes contributions from Kengo KUMA and his team. This reference work takes a fresh look at an exceptional example of the polychrome decoration of cathedrals in France, providing an overview of current knowledge and, above all, a new study of the western portal of Saint-Maurice Cathedral in Angers. It represents a milestone in the study of French and European sculpted and polychromed portals. It concludes with a presentation of the contemporary gallery created by architect Kengo Kuma to protect the portal. In so doing, it opens the door to the 21st century. https://lnkd.in/eRjYzFjz

We were happy to go through Yama Tani in the north-east of Paris! Yama Tani is a small wooden housing delivered in 2023. Playing with its fold, the main façade on the street revisits the traditional Japanese art of origami: each section of wood receives the sun following its course. This main façade breaks the linearity and livens up the street: a special vibration which makes the building unique.   Data Sheet Project name: Yama-Tani Designing Period: 2018 – 2020 Construction Period: 2020 - 2023 Location: Paris, France Europe Principal uses: Housing Total floor area: 500 m2   Credits Lead design Architect : KKAA – Kengo Kuma & Associates Kengo Kuma - Chizuko Kawarada, - Charlotte Brussieux, Marika Maione* - Mathieu Faliu* - Maria Cervantes* - Michael Albric* (*former staff) Client : REI Habitat Engineering: EQO engineering, S2T fluids, AÏDA acoustic Construction site management: EQO engineering Construction company: Rubner, Rehago Photo © Sergio Grazia Photo © KKAA 2024

After the success of the exhibition in Venice during the Architecture biennale, Onomatopoeia Architecture will take place at the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn, Germany, from March 8 to September 1, 2024.   To describe his architecture without mediations and theoretical superstructures, Kengo Kuma imagines thirteen onomatopoeias whose repeated, rather comical and somewhat “manga-like” sound translates certain key words, such as: solid and void, fluidity, softness, sound symbolism, water, folds, perception, light and air, pression, interstice, particles, materiality and void, layered space in planes, horizontal and flat, membranes, symbolic gesture, sensory process, fineness/thinness, wave, elasticity. Para para, sara sara, guru guru, pata pata, giza giza, zara zara, tsun tsun, suke suke, moja moja, funya funya, pera pera, fuwa fuwa, zure zure. All these sensations seem to fit perfectly with Palazzo Franchetti and Venice, in its continuous ephemeral and vital perception, perhaps resembling the “atmospheric” version depicted by Turner rather than the one painted by Canaletto, Guardi, or Longhi. Or the Venice that features in the wonderful photos by Fulvio Roiter,3 who loved to cite Steiglitz: “a maximum of detail for a minimum of simplification,” just like the architecture in this exhibition. The sensation of the ephemeral and reflected beauty of this ideally impossible city on the water takes us back to the Japanese concept of mono no aware (fragility and eva-nescence), which resonates in the impermanence and essence of materiality according to Kengo Kuma. Simon Vogel, 2024 © Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland GmbH https://lnkd.in/eNk3uuQ5

Join us for The Symposium hosted by EDDA and The University of Tokyo. With the National Library of France setting the most beautiful historic scene Yuki Ikeguchi and Asger Taarnberg look forward to presenting selected projects of KKAA and to discuss the current / future potential of AI implementation within the field of architecture. @ Bibliothèque Nationale de France – Richelieu | Monday, May 6 at 4 p.m.

Kenzô Tange – Kengo Kuma 丹下健三と隈研吾展 －東京大会の建築家たち Architectes des Jeux de Tokyo Exhibition from Thursday, May 2 to Saturday, June 29, 2024 Maison de la Culture du Japon, 101bis Quai Jacques Chirac 75015 Paris Kenzô Tange and Kengo Kuma are the fathers of the sports facilities built for the Tokyo Olympic Games of 1964 and 2020 (postponed to 2021): the Yoyogi National Gymnasium and the National Stadium. This exhibition highlights, on the eve of the Olympic Games in France, the importance of these achievements in the careers of these two immense architects, allowing us to understand their influence on contemporary Japanese architecture, their fascination with the Katsura Imperial Villa, and their connections with France. Curator: Saikaku Toyokawa (lecturer at the University of Chiba) Round table discussion Yoyogi Gymnasium, legacy of the Tokyo Games Tuesday, April 30 at 2:30 p.m. Speakers: Kengo Kuma, Bénédicte Gandini, Noritaka Tange, Yôichi Miyamoto, Kaori Hasegawa, Saikaku Toyokawa, Yoshiyuki Yamana (moderator)   Conference The Katsura Imperial Villa. A myth and a model of Japanese architecture Thursday, May 30 at 6 p.m. Speaker: Philippe Bonnin   Guided tours Free guided tours of the exhibition are available upon reservation on Thursdays, May 16, 23, and 30, and June 6, 13, and 20 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Reservations can be made starting from Tuesday, April 16, 2024, subject to availability. https://lnkd.in/e6Sqq-gA

The Morette Memorial, Thônes/La Balme-de-Thuy, Haute-Savoie, France - 1st award-winning poject - The Departmental Council aims to redevelop and enhance the entire Morette site to convey the history of the Plateau des Glières, a key location of the Resistance during World War II, and to evoke the events related to deportation in Haute-Savoie. The memorial includes the Departmental Museum of Resistance, the Departmental Memorial of Deportation, and the National Necropolis of Glières.   The Morette Memorial site is located on the floodplain of the Fier River. Its ecological position lies on the edge of two ecosystems: the plain and the relief. The braided riverine linear of the Fier makes it a true natural infrastructure with high biodiversity. The road, acting as a levee, has stabilized the land of the Morette site, which has been cultivated. Emphasizing this edge position seemed obvious to us. It is about revealing this floodplain soil in which the heroes of the Resistance in Haute-Savoie were buried. And from this clay, to erect a monument to tell their individual stories through the grand history.   The limestone mineral character echoes the reliefs, emphasizing the shadow fighters. By day and by night. The folded form of the monument creates a skylight opening to receive homogeneous northern light to serve the permanent exhibition space, and by night emits a glow like a nightlight over these resting men. On going 2024 – 2027 / Special thanks to our Teams: Lead Design Architect:  KKAA - Kengo Kuma & Associates Kengo Kuma - Elise Fauquembergue – Bianca Sibilla – Maja Pihl - Glenn Hongdao Lu Heritage building architect: ARCHIPAT General Engineering, Quantity Surveyor: AIA Environment Engineering: AIA environment Acoustic Engineering: PEUTZ Landscape designer: AC&T Paysage Scenographer: Atelier Maciej Fiszer Museographer: Laura Gaudenzi Graphic designer: Atelier Bastien Morin 3D Visualisation : ©Kengo Kuma & Associates – Images KDSL image d'architecture

[Cycles de conférences - autour de l'exposition Métro] La gare, entre typologies et usages Issu d'une collaboration étroite entre un architecte et un artiste, chaque gare parmi les soixante-huit du réseau Grand Paris Express (GPE) se distingue comme une œuvre distincte et durable, intégrée harmonieusement dans son environnement. Ces réalisations uniques et symboliques contribuent à enrichir les régions qui les accueillent, tout en incarnant des symboles rassembleurs qui témoignent de la diversité et de l'unicité de la métropole. Elles démontrent que le Grand Paris est bien plus qu'un simple problème à résoudre, mais qu'il s'agit également de créer des liens locaux et mondiaux, de raviver la mémoire des lieux et de redynamiser les quartiers environnants. En présence de : Silvio d’Ascia, architecte Jacques Pajot, architecte, Atelier Novembre Patricia Pelloux, directrice-adjointe de l’Apur, conceptrice de l’observatoire des quartiers de gare du Grand Paris Express Julien Peyron, directeur exécutif des gares et de la ville, Grand Paris Express David Trottin, architecte, Périphériques Marin Trottin architectes Aurélie Vernon, architecte, Kengo Kuma and Associates --- 📅 Lundi 04 mars 🕗19h 🔗 https://bit.ly/49LzKAz 📍 Auditorium de la Cité © Kengo Kuma & Associates

La Galilée de Saint-Maurice d'Angers La restauration de la façade occidentale et de son portail polychromé vient de s'achever. L'échafaudage a été démonté vendredi 23 février 2024. Les angevins ont ainsi pu apprécier les travaux de restauration (groupes sculptés polychromés des XIIe & XVIIe), et profiter une dernière fois de la façade nue avant la mise en place d'une nouvelle protection ce mercredi 28 février pour le démarrage des travaux de fouilles archéologiques. Les angevins pourront redécouvrir le portail protégé par la nouvelle galerie en 2025. ©Paroisse Cathédrale ©KKAA