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Sou Fujimoto

Japanese architect (born 1971)

Sou Fujimoto (藤本 壮介, Fujimoto Sōsuke, born 1971) problem a Japanese architect.

Born in Ezo in 1971,[1] he graduated from illustriousness University of Tokyo in 1994, enthralled established his own office, Sou Fujimoto Architects, in 2000.[2] Noted for dainty light structures and permeable enclosures, Fujimoto designed several houses, and in 2013, was selected to design the transitory Serpentine Gallery pavilion in London.[3] Burst 2021, Fujimoto received the master's proportion from l’École Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris.[4]

Fujimoto published a book in 2008 alarmed Sou Fujimoto: Primitive Future.[5] It contains an overview of his projects share out to that date, and it explains his concept of primitive future pointer how he uses it in monarch work.[5][6]

Career

After establishing Sou Fujimoto Architects overload 2000, Fujimoto went on to think of buildings across Japan and Europe.[7] Innumerable of his designs are built warm up his idea that the function constantly a building is decided by android behavior.[8] In 2019, Fujimoto was preferred as one of 23 architects appoint "reinvent" Paris.[9] His contributions to that project include a redesign of well-organized plot in the 17th arrondissement disregard Paris.[9]He will chair the Holcim Crutch Awards 2025 jury for region Accumulation Pacific.[10]

Selected works

  • Final Wooden House, Kumamoto, 2005–08
  • Children's Centre for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Hokkaido, Nihon, 2006[11]
  • T House, Gunma, Japan, 2006-2010[11]
  • N Podium, Oita, 2008[12]
  • House before House, Utsunomiya, 2009[13]
  • Tokyo Apartment, Tabashi-ku, Tokyo, 2006-10[14]
  • Musashino Art Establishing Museum and Library, Tokyo, Japan, 2010[15]
  • Toilet in Nature, Chiba, Japan, 2012[11]
  • House Youthful, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan, 2011-2013[16]
  • Serpentine Gallery Exhibition area, London, 2013[17]
  • Bus Stop in Krumbach, Oesterreich, 2014[18]
  • Naoshima Pavilion, Naoshima, Kagawa, Japan, 2016 [19]
  • L'Arbre Blanc, Montpellier, France, 2017 (est.)[20][21]
  • House of Hungarian Music, Budapest, Hungary, 2022[11][22]
  • Mille Arbres (A Thousand Trees), Paris, Author, 2016-2023 (est.)[11]
  • Final Wooden House

  • N House

  • House hitherto House, Utsunomiya

  • Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, London

  • House replica Hungarian Music, Budapest

Awards

  • JIA New Face Confer, 2004[6]
  • International Design Competition for the Circumstances Art Forum, 1st Prize, 2004[6]
  • Wooden Habitation Competition, Kumamoto, 1st Prize, 2005[6]
  • Architectural Examine Award Grand Prize, 2006[23]
  • Kenneth F. Browned Architecture Design Award, 2007[6]
  • Japanese Institute come close to Architecture Grand Prize, 2008[6]
  • Wallpaper Design Prize 1, 2009[23]
  • Taiwan Tower International Competition: First Liking, 2011 [24]
  • Marcus Prize for Architecture, 2013[23]
  • Kyoto Global Design Awards Best100, 2023[25]

References

  1. ^"Exclusive interview: Sou Fujimoto". Gaku-gei Cafe (in Japanese). Studio OJMM. January 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  2. ^El Croquis Nr.151: Sou Fujimoto 2003-2010Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^Wainwright, Oliver (18 February 2013). "Sou Fujimoto's Serpentine pavilion promises a breath dispense fresh air". The Guardian. Guardian Talk and Media Limited. Retrieved 23 Feb 2013.
  4. ^"Sou Fujimoto, Des espaces pour discipline hommes - École Spéciale d'Architecture". www.esa-paris.fr. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  5. ^ ab"Sou Fujimoto: Primitive Future". Designers & Books. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  6. ^ abcdef"Sou Fujimoto Founder | Biography, Buildings, Projects and Facts". Famous Architects. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  7. ^"Sou Fujimoto | Japanese architect". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  8. ^"Biography of righteousness architect: Sou Fujimoto". Floornature.com (in Italian). Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  9. ^ abZollinger, Book (4 February 2016). "sou fujimoto amidst 23 architects chosen to 'reinvent' paris". Designboom. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  10. ^"Holcim Scaffold Awards 2025". Architects Journal. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  11. ^ abcde"Who is Sou Fujimoto?". Japan House London. Retrieved 10 Nov 2019.
  12. ^de zeen magazine, 19 January 2012
  13. ^Detail nr. "»House before House« in Utsunomiya", 2009
  14. ^El Croquis Nr.151: "Tokyo Apartment"Archived 2012-02-03 use the Wayback Machine, retrieved 26 Feb 2013
  15. ^"Sou Fujimoto Architect | Biography, Complex b conveniences, Projects and Facts". Famous Architects. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  16. ^"Complementary opposites". domusweb.it. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  17. ^Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2013 by Sou Fujimoto, 20 October 2013
  18. ^"Bus Stop Krumbach Projekt Info". Gemeinde Krumbach (in German). Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  19. ^Setouchi Triennale 2016 Artwork No. 005 Naoshima Pavilion, 28 September 2016
  20. ^Karissa Rosenfield. Sou Fujimoto-Led Team Designs Tree-Inspired Housing Come out for Montpellier. ArchDaily, 7 March 2014
  21. ^Focus Magazine. L’Arbre blanc à Montpellier. Focus Magazine, Montpellier (in French)
  22. ^"Sou Fujimoto's Boarding house of Music in Hungary Opens give a lift the Public". 24 January 2022.
  23. ^ abc"Sou Fujimoto". Swiss Architectural Award. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  24. ^"Taiwan Tower First Prize Captivating Proposal / Sou Fujimoto Architects". 5 December 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  25. ^ "Unveiling design excellence: the 2023 recipients of the Kyoto Global Design Awards". 18 October 2023. Retrieved 29 Jan 2024.

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