ABSTRACT
The importance of sensing space through motion in traditional Japanese architecture can also be traced back to a similar phenomenon. According to Kawazoe, the sequential unfolding of space through movement has been a traditional technique of spatial composition in Japan, and it is indeed a potential hint for contemporary city design that has to consider the speed of movement. Tange had the essentially same recognition. In 1960 article, he claimed that since this era is characterized by dynamic changes, it would be reasonable to see the relation of the human being to his environment as a dynamic process: "Man and Environment [urban space] can coexist only in a dynamic movement process". Tange's suggestion was also founded on the traditional Japanese conception of space: "[in] Japanese architecture (…) there is a constant movement of space, a gentle shifting from place to place; but no matter how far one pursues the movement one never arrives at a conception of a plastic whole."
