Architectural Drawing
27 March 2016
| Artist/Maker |
Kengo Kuma (b.1954) is a leading Japanese architect of works mainly in Japan and China. At the moment, he is completing the building of V&A Dundee. The stadium for the 2020 Olympic Games undoubtedly will become Kuma’s most well-known work. He made this drawing especially for the V&A upon a request for a drawing in his own hand. It is a fine quick sketch showing the elevation of the stadium, the horizontal rings executed in thick black crayon and the vertical zig-zag forms of the uprights in pencil. The support is a cream textured Japanese paper. The architect has titled, signed and dated the drawing ‘OLYMPIC STADIUM 2020 / KENGO KUMA – mar 27. 2016’.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil and black crayon on cream textured Japanese paper |
| Brief description | Kengo Kuma: design for 2020 Olympic Stadium, Toyko, Japan: sketch elevation |
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| Marks and inscriptions | OLYMPIC STADIUM 2020 / KENGO KUMA – mar 27. 2016 |
| Credit line | Given by Kengo Kuma |
| Summary | Kengo Kuma (b.1954) is a leading Japanese architect of works mainly in Japan and China. At the moment, he is completing the building of V&A Dundee. The stadium for the 2020 Olympic Games undoubtedly will become Kuma’s most well-known work. He made this drawing especially for the V&A upon a request for a drawing in his own hand. It is a fine quick sketch showing the elevation of the stadium, the horizontal rings executed in thick black crayon and the vertical zig-zag forms of the uprights in pencil. The support is a cream textured Japanese paper. The architect has titled, signed and dated the drawing ‘OLYMPIC STADIUM 2020 / KENGO KUMA – mar 27. 2016’. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CD.44-2016 |
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| Record created | May 17, 2016 |
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