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Tangling is an architectural concept developed by Japanese architect Akihisa Hirata to describe spatial conditions in which multiple elements, programs, and environmental layers are interwoven in complex, non-hierarchical ways — creating environments that resist simple categorization as inside or outside, structured or unstructured, natural or built, and instead invite a form of inhabitation that unfolds through discovery rather than legible order. Drawing on analogies with biological growth, ecological systems, and the organizational complexity of urban fabric that has evolved without a master plan, tangling proposes architecture as a generative field of spatial and material entanglement rather than a resolved formal composition. The concept connects to broader discussions of biophilic design and the work of architects within Japanese architecture who look to natural systems as a model for spatial richness and environmental responsiveness.
Japanese practice Akihisa Hirata Architecture office looked to the neighborhood’s larger scale to design the concept for a Collective Housing in Tokyo. The project titled ’kotoriku’ is defined by the…
Continue readingInterested in creating simple and elegant geometric solutions that emulate and abstract nature’s millions of years of experience, Akihisa Hirata sees architecture and ecology as a complex, interwoven tangle (Tangling…
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The Pleated Sky Museum in Japan by Architect Akihisa Hirata is inspired in the way trees spread out to capture the sun.
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