FUMIHIKO MAKI ARCHIVE

Symmetry in Group Form

Student Researcher:  ​Shi Keming (GSMG M1)

Key Words:  
Resemble Symmetry and Asymmetry
Modified Symmetry
Contextual Symmetry
Local Symmetry
Symmetry with Different Axis

When discussing the architecture of Fumihiko Maki, few people may have an impression of symmetry in his works. While searching through 83 of Fumihiko Maki's works, I found various forms of symmetry. My research conclusion suggests that symmetry, used locally or as a silhouette of the whole, may constitute a design method in response to the surrounding context or an assemblage.

Festivity in Large Space for Sports

Student Researcher:  ​Chie Kosuga (EI B3)

Key Words: 
Shape of Roof
Arrangement of audience seats
Building's audience capacity

Elaborating on Kenzo Tange's Yoyogi National Stadium, Fumihiko Maki described the building's charm as "a festive place where people can share emotions." If we define festivity as "the gathering of many people pouring their passion into a single event," both sports and music events can be included in this definition. Large gymnasiums built in recent years are equipped with sound equipment, indicating that their use is not limited to sports. Maki's work on Fujisawa Municipal Gymnasium, the setting of the manga "Slamdunk," the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, and Makuhari Messe may have had a significant impact on the way festive large-space architecture is presented. I decided to investigate the "festivity" of these building types from three points of view: the shape of the roof, the arrangement of the audience seating, and audience capacity.
By tallying and categorizing large-space architecture built after 1956, we can see the influence of festive and axial-curved grand roofs after these works. We can also see that curvilinear auditorium types and the number of auditoriums increased.

Urbanism in Apartment Complex

Student Researcher:  Haruto Kayama (EI B3)

Key Words:
Low-rise, high-density neighborhoods with a sense of depth
City block formation that combines diversity with a sense of cohesiveness

Fumihiko Maki has designed a number of housing complexes, including Hillside Terrace. This study focuses on the so- called "apartment complexes," taking up Kanazawa Seaside Town in Kanazawa Ward, Yokohama, and the Toei Minami-Osawa Apartment Complex in Tama New Town. It examins the urbanism Maki brought to his apartment complexes by comparing them with typical housing and apartment complexes of the time. Kanazawa Seaside Town" is a low-rise, high- density living space with a sense of depth on a reclaimed site, while "Toei Minami-Osawa Danchi" is an attempt to create both diversity and cohesion within a given block.

Hillside Terrace and Daikanyama

Student Researcher:  Takeru Muramatsu (GSMG M1)

Key Words:​ 
An occurrence of the “Hillside-ness”

Daikanyama Hillside Terrace was developed over 25 years from 1967 to 1992. During this time, the Daikanyama area in Tokyo's Shibuya city, once lined with houses surrounded by walls, underwent significant changes. The analysis here looks at how the Daikanyama residential area has transformed and what the influence of "Hillside Terrace" was on the surrounding buildings. The "Hillside-ness" of the surrounding buildings was analyzed based on their resemblance to this project from 1964 until the present. Between the completion of the 3rd and 6th phases in 1983 and 1993, respectively, the results of this analysis show a significant change. It also shows that one can feel the influence not only in Yamanote Street but also behind it in the next 20 years, from 1993 to 2013.

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Acknowledgements

The archive extends its thanks to the Maki family and Maki and Associates. Many Thanks to the friends and colleagues who have contributed to the ongoing development of this project. 

The Maki Archive and associated research projects are made possible by the generous support of the Takenaka Corporation. 

The archive is based at Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus and led by a team of researchers and assisted by students, advisors, faculty, and allied professionals. The team includes:

Yasushi Ikeda, Project Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance
Hiroto Kobayashi, Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance
Yohko Watanabe, Professor,  Keio University Art Center
Tohru Ohnuma, Project Research Associate, Graduate School of Media and Governance

Don O'Keefe, Part-time Lecturer ( 2021 )

Keio University was founded in 1858 by Yukichi Fukuzawa, a distinguished scholar and champion of social reform and modernization. Keio is the oldest institute of western higher education in Japan and among its most prestigious. 

Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC) is one of 11 Keio University campuses in Tokyo and Kanagawa prefecture, Japan. Fumihiko Maki designed most of the SFC campus, which opened in 1990.