Intercultural Architecture

Symbiosis, as argued by Kisho Kurokawa, one of Japan's leading architects, is a new way of interpreting today's culture. A philosophy which takes its name from ecological and biological concepts, it puts forward ideas developed from traditional Japanese philosophy and culture, whilst continually acknowledging the presence of our multivalent, contemporary world. A philosophy of "both-and" rather than "either-or." A practice of mix and match rather than creation from scratch.