بررسي چگونگي بكارگيري مفاهيم و آداب سنتي- آييني در خلق فضاها و آثار معماران معاصر ژاپن

The quality of traditional and ethical design ideas crystallizing in the works of contemporary Japanese architects

Japan territories have always illustrated the traces of different religions and ethics. Its early religions formed and broadcasted during 6000B. C and 700 could be considered as follows: Ancient ethics, Shinto, Buddhism, Confucius and Taoism. Like its old history, Japan has a rich traditional and ethical Architecture. Based on these tenets and ethics, different concepts and spaces are formed through the time, as now Japanʹs ethical and traditional design ideas has its standard principles . Linking the present and the past has always been a momentous criterion in the countries with an old rich Architecture. This fact is indeed important in Japan due to the blend of ethics and religions with peoplesʹ life . Through this idea, three Japanese Architects, Kenzo Tange, Fumihiko Maki and Tadao Ando-who are the only Japanese pritzker prize winners-have well, noticed the need for linking the countryʹs traditional and ethical Architecture criteria with the contemporary Architecture. So, analyzing such projects of these architects prepares a good basis to find out the quality of how traditional and ethical design ideas crystallize in the works of contemporary Japanese architects . The research method for this article is a comparative analysis between the architectsʹ particular projects and Japanʹs ethical and traditional design ideas, formed through the history of architecture in this country . The results show that the contemporary architects have had good bases for presenting the traditional design concepts as standard principles are all formed in the architecture of Japan today. Meanwhile, it seems that Maki and Ando are more likely to have a conceptual look at Japanʹs traditions while Tange has a more formal viewpoint. Chronological analysis of the architects" projects shows that despite, all the three architects were impressed by the works of le Corbusier, they were successful to keep contacts with Japanʹs traditional design concepts .