Hokuto, Yamanashi Pref. ¨C Architect Atsushi Kitagawara has always wanted to be a poet of architecture.
¡°(Figures in) literature, art and philosophy, such as Stephane Mallarme and Marcel Duchamp, who defined the nature of modern art, are crucial elements that inspire my designs,¡± says Kitagawara. ¡°I create architecture with the dream of one day becoming a poet like Mallarme.¡±
Kitagawara, 73, is professor emeritus at the Tokyo University of the Arts, where he taught until 2019 encouraging students to pursue experimental approaches to architecture under the banner of ¡°theatrical urban planning.¡± This perspective has distinguished Kitagawara from his peers, particularly through an architectural language that incorporates influences from various disciplines across the art spectrum.
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