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TC 158- Kengo Kuma. Rural & neo-rural
Kengo KumaTC Cuadernos 158 is dedicated to Kengo Kuma and proposes a reading of his work through a central idea: the shift of architecture away from the city towards territory, materiality, and the local. Under the title Architecture 1994–2022: Rural / Neo-rural, the volume traces nearly three decades of work in which the rural condition moves from being a context to becoming a design model.
Rather than approaching the rural as a nostalgic condition, Kuma reinterprets it as a contemporary strategy, grounded in the relationship with place, the use of natural materials, and the dissolution of the architectural object. From this perspective, the concept of “neo-rural” emerges as an evolution capable of operating across diverse contexts while maintaining a light, permeable, and deeply contextual architecture.
Through a selection of projects ranging from small-scale interventions to larger public buildings, the publication reveals a practice that understands architecture as integration rather than imposition, where structure, material, and landscape are interwoven to create precise and sensitive spaces.
With essays, an interview, and extensive graphic documentation, this volume offers a clear insight into an architecture that proposes an alternative to the dominant urban model, particularly relevant in the current context of environmental crisis and shifting ways of inhabiting.
- Collection
- TC Cuadernos
- Number
- 158
- Language
- Spanish/ English
- Size
- 23 x 29,5 cm
- Format
- Soft Cover
- Page number
- 296
- ISBN
- 978-84-17753-49-8
- Authorship / Editorial coordination
- Javier Villar y Guillermo Rubio
From now on
Kengo Kuma
Kengo Kuma
Carlos Ferrater
About Rural and Neorural
Javier Villar Ruiz
RURAL
Kiro-san Observatory. Yoshiumi, Imabari, Ehime Prefecture. Japan
Ginzan Onsen Fujiya Hotel. Obanazawa, Yamagata, Japan
Yusuhara Town Hall. Takaoka, Kochi Prefecture, Japan
Yusuhara Marche. Yusihar-Cho, Takaoka-gun, Kochi, Japan
Towada civic center plaza. Aomori, Japan
Yunoeki Oyu. Kazuno, Akita, Japan
Yusuhara Community Library & Town Welfare Center. Yusuhara-cho, Kochi, Japan
Minamisanriku Sun Sun Shopping Village. Miyagi, Japan
Minamisanriku Hamare Market. Miyagi, Japan
Keio Takaosanguchi Station. Tokyo, Japan
Yugawara Station Square. Ashigarashimo-gun, Kanagawa, Japan
Tomioka City Hall. Gunma, Japan
Taketa History and Culture Museum. Taketa, Oita, Japan
Snowpeak Landstation Hakuba. Nagano, Japan
Kusugibashi Bridge. Yamaguchi , Japan
NEO-RURAL
GC Prostho Museum Research Center. Aichi Prefecture, Japan
China Academy of Arts’ Folk Art Museum. Hangzhou, China
Mont-Blanc Base Camp. Les Houches, France
Comico Art House Yufuin. Oita, Japan
Casa Wabi Coop. Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico
We Hotel Toya. Hokkaido, Japan
Memu – Experimental House. Hokkaido, Japan
Morinos Academy. Gifu, Japan
Sogokagu Design Lab. Iga, Prefectura de Mie, Japan
Komatsu Seiren Fabric Labo. Ishikawa, Japan
The work of Kengo Kuma: the past into the future
Ricardo Merí de la Maza
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