Jun01
Published by Asya in Arts, Asia, Cultural, Japan, Praying
St. Mary’s Cathedral is one of the most important works of the Japan’s architect Kenzo Tange. It is located in the Sekiguchi neighborhood of Bunkyo,
Tokyo,
Japan.
Descriptionssite area: 15 098 m2
gross floor space: 3 650 m2
shell height: 39.42 m
tower height: 61.68 m The
Cathedral of St Mary, Tokyo (1964) is powerful meeting of historic and contemporary form and structure, both confirms and denies this article of architectural faith. Tange visited several medieval cathedrals before producing his design. “After experiencing their heaven-aspiring grandeur and ineffably mystical spaces,” he said later, “I began to imagine new spaces, and wanted to create them by means of modern technology.”
Kenzo Tange - born September 4 1913, died March 22 2005.