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Architect Kuma Kengo Shares His Thinking Behind Japan’s New National Stadium Design

  • Kuma Kengo’s winning design for the new National Stadium, the main stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. (Image by Taisei Corporation/Azusa Sekkei/Kengo Kuma and Associates joint venture. Courtesy of Japan Sport Council.)

    Kuma Kengo’s winning design for the new National Stadium, the main stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. (Image by Taisei Corporation/Azusa Sekkei/Kengo Kuma and Associates joint venture. Courtesy of Japan Sport Council.)

  • Architect Kuma Kengo Shares His Thinking Behind Japan’s New National Stadium Design
  • Design for the new National Stadium: The multiple wooden eaves produce gentle shadows. (Image by Taisei Corporation/Azusa Sekkei/Kengo Kuma and Associates joint venture. Courtesy of Japan Sport Council.)

    Design for the new National Stadium: The multiple wooden eaves produce gentle shadows. (Image by Taisei Corporation/Azusa Sekkei/Kengo Kuma and Associates joint venture. Courtesy of Japan Sport Council.)

  • Renovation project for the Portland Japanese Garden in Oregon: Kuma’s design for this project features use of local wood and stone materials. (Image by Kengo Kuma and Associates.)

    Renovation project for the Portland Japanese Garden in Oregon: Kuma’s design for this project features use of local wood and stone materials. (Image by Kengo Kuma and Associates.)

  • Exterior of the Portland Japanese Garden. (Image by Kengo Kuma and Associates.)

    Exterior of the Portland Japanese Garden. (Image by Kengo Kuma and Associates.)

  • Kuma’s design for the new National Stadium has seats on three levels, so the stairways between levels have considerably fewer steps than in the original two-level design. (Image by Taisei Corporation/Azusa Sekkei/Kengo Kuma and Associates joint venture. Courtesy of Japan Sport Council.)

    Kuma’s design for the new National Stadium has seats on three levels, so the stairways between levels have considerably fewer steps than in the original two-level design. (Image by Taisei Corporation/Azusa Sekkei/Kengo Kuma and Associates joint venture. Courtesy of Japan Sport Council.)

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