Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ)
Online ISSN : 1881-8161
Print ISSN : 1340-4210
ISSN-L : 1340-4210
THE CONCEPT OF ISAMU NOGUCHI'S GARDEN DESIGN
By analysis of sentence about garden's work on A Sculptor's World
Yuriko IMAMURAEiji KUMAZAWA
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2016 Volume 81 Issue 721 Pages 791-800

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 Isamu Noguchi (1904-88) started to design many gardens from the 50s, and might give grate influences to architects as collaborator. The purpose of this study is to make clear the meaning of garden design concept by quantitative analysis of sentences in A Sculptor's World, which is known as autobiography and work theories during a period from the 50s to the 60s.
 The followings are 4 subjects as meaning of garden we revealed:
 1. Garden as a relationship between objects 2. Garden as imaginative dimension of infinite
 3. Garden as experience of human being 4. Garden as a whole
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