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Japanese Architect Sou Fujimoto has partnered with Daito Trust Construction to “redefine the rental house” for the House Vision 2016 exhibition held in Tokyo.
Continue readingIn this Current Work lecture, titled “Between Nature and Architecture,” Fujimoto presents three conceptual early works and six recent projects. The early unbuilt projects, conceived of following his graduation from the University of Tokyo in 1994, illustrate the formation of principles that have carried through to today, including abandonment of solid walls and the design of spaces without fixed function.
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Japanese Architect Sou Fujimoto has partnered with COS for the Milan Design Week 2016 to make an Inmaterial Architecture Installation. The darkened space is illuminated by cones of light that are designed to respond to visitors’ movements.
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Japanese Architect Sou Fujimoto has received the Second Prize in the International Competition to design a multipurpose Gallery Facility for the city of Takamatsu. Takashi Suo has been chosen ahead of compatriots Sou Fujimoto and Junya Ishigami.
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Sou Fujimoto Architects and Manal Rachdi, OXO Architects won the competition Reinventing Paris with Milles Arbres entry for the site of Pershing.
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With the title of A Japanese Constellation: Toyo Ito, SANAA, and Beyond the MoMa exhibition will focus on the network of architects and designers that has developed around Pritzker Prize winner Toyo Ito. MoMa exhibition information Gallery: MoMA, New York Dates: March 13th – June 4th 2016 Architects works: Toyo Ito, Kazuyo Sejima, Ryue Nishizawa, Sou Fujimoto, Akihisa Hirata, and…
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This Musashino Art University Museum & Library project in Tokyo by Japanese architects Sou Fujimoto proposes a new relation between the user, books and nature. Musashino Art University Museum & Library technical information Architects: Sou Fujimoto Location: Tokyo, Japan Client: Musashino Art University Function: Library & Museum Area: 2883.18 sqm Project Year: 2010 Design Team: Sou Fujimoto, Koji Aoki, Naganobu Matsumura, Shintaro…
Continue readingFrench architect and filmmaker Vincent Hecht recently revisited Sou Fujimoto‘s House N, seven years after its completion, as part of his ongoing Japanese Collection series. Nestled within a traditional Oita neighborhood, the renowned family home resembles “living among the clouds,” as Fujimoto once described. A rich layering of space carefully eliminates the notion of distinct boundaries, allowing a subtle shift in program to place a heightened awareness on…
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This Tokyo house NA by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has hardly any walls and looks like scaffolding (photos by Iwan Baan). Sou Fujimoto House Na technical information Architects: Sou Fujimoto Architects Location: Tokyo, Japan Typology : Residential / House Material: Glass, Steel Area: 592.0 sqm Project Year: 2010 Photographs: Iwan Baan The white steel-frame structure itself shares no resemblance to a tree. Yet the life…
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