일본 현대 건축의 대표적인 건축작가인 Kengo Kuma 건축연구소에서
일본의 회화작품
옷감 나염
등을 통해 전수되어온 우리가 일상에서 흔히 잡해볼 수 없는 귀한 패턴들이 
-현대 건축의 외관 디자인에 어떻게 응용되어 왔는지 
그리고  
-오늘날의 새로운 건축세대들이 이들을  어떻게 건축설계에 접목 시킬 수 있는 지를 연구한 책 

풍부한 도해와 자세한 설명이 실린 매우 값진 책입니다.---mghbooks 



-책 내용의 구체적인 설명

In Japanese art and textile printing, the use of patterns has a long tradition. In Japanese architecture, layering is an established technique that has already inspired the likes of Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies van der Rohe. Now, the laboratory of renowned architect Kengo Kuma has developed a technically sophisticated methodology that unites patterns and layering in a single structural concept for the first time.
 
The book Patterns and Layering presents innovative structures that are created by stacking fragile, patterned layers. Although each individual layer can contain a variety of patterns, it will nevertheless still completely fulfill its structural responsibilities. The results are strikingly delicate, yet remarkably stable.
 
The book’s detailed texts explain how layering and patterns function as spatial tools with which one can create extraordinary structures that are able to coexist in harmony with nature, people, and culture. Patterns and Layering not only explores historical contexts and developments, but also shows cutting-edge experiments that were realized with valuable input from Kengo Kuma and his colleague Yusuke Obuchi. According to Kuma, the book “has the potential to begin a new architectural and design revolution.”
 
Editors Salvator-John A. Liotta and Matteo Belfiore, as well as other contributors, worked closely with Kengo Kuma at his research laboratory at the University of Tokyo. Thanks to Kuma’s enthusiasm for the book as well as the inclusion of design details such as silkscreen prints and calligraphy, Patterns and Layering embodies the Japanese understanding of space, nature, and architecture—page for page, layer for layer.