3 KKAA

　　隈研吾建筑都市设计事务所(KKAA)是一家落地东京、巴黎、北京，在世界各国有约50个项目推进的国际型建筑设计事务所。通过对当地自然材料、施工技法的运用，使建筑与当地文化、自然环境相协调，KKAA将唤醒在20世纪的工业化时代中人们失去的【人-建筑-场所】联系中充满活力的羁绊。

　　Kengo Kuma and Associates is an international urban/architectural design firm with its branch offices in Tokyo, Paris and Beijing, currently proceeding with approx. 50 projects in different regions of the world. Through application of local natural materials and craftworks, and harmony with cultural/natural environment, we aim to revitalize the connection between the [people- buildings-place] that has been left behind during the era of industrialization in the 20thcentury.

　　对于北京城中留有最深历史印记的前门东区，我们提出类似于中医里不破坏现有肌理，仅对组织的深层伤害提供治疗的城市再生方案。与基于体量及等级体系的西方“外科手术”般的城市设计方法不同，我们注重了城市中的“空”(=空地)，通过使此“空”中浮游的“小粒子”如云般漂浮，在不破坏现有城市的同时给城市创造更灵动、惬意的活力。

　　在本次展览中，我们将展示对前门东区的设计案例研究，兼进一步展示此设计理念作为新时代的城市设计方法对世界其他城市可应用的有效性。

　　For this Qianmen East District, which holds one of the strongest historical contexts in old Beijing, we propose an approach of urban design similar to the idea of Chinese medicine. It provides cure into deep layers of the organs, yet not damaging the existing tissues. Unlike the “plastic surgery” of western medicine or urban design based on solid volumes and hierarchy systems, we have focused on the “空/kong”(=void) in the urban space, and formed clouds of “small particles” floating inside the “空/kong”, creating random and flexible activities without harming the existing city. In this exhibition, we are showing a case study for Qianmen East District, and exhibiting further that the effectiveness of such new concept can be applied to other cities in the world.

Kengo Kuma