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Interview: Sou Fujimoto, Part 2

By Amber P — Filed under: Architects , Videos , ,

Second part of the interview with japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, by 0300. Part 1 was featured yesterday.

Interview: Sou Fujimoto

By David Basulto — Filed under: Architects , Videos , ,

Sou Fujimoto is a Japan architect that has been pushing what we traditionally call a house, but way beyond that just formal aspects. New typologies are explored, introducing new ideas on “living”.

For example: the layered living on House N, the empty/void relations in the Final Wooden House (result of Kumamoto Artopolis 2005), the blending of exterior/interior on his ORDOS 100 vila, or the circulations on the House Before House for the Tokyo Gas Project. This is also seen on his book Primitive Architecture.

Our friends from 0300 had the chance to sit down and talk with Sou Fujimoto, resulting on a 2 part video interview reproduced here.

I recommend checking this one out, as Sou has very interesting points of view on architecture.

Group Home in Noboribetsu / Sou Fujimoto

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Housing , Selected , , ,

Architects: Sou Fujimoto Architects
Location: Hokkaido, Japan
Principal Use: Group home for elderly with dementia
Project Year: 2006
Structure material: Wood
Site Area: 1,637 sqm
Constructed Area: 745 sqm
Photographer: Daici Ano

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International firms invited by MAD to design “Huaxi City Centre” in China

By Sebastian J — Filed under: News , Urban Design , , , , , , , , , , , ,

MAD recently organized a collaborative masterplanning project in South West China. Ten young international architects were invited to take part in an urban experiment, to design a new city centre on a scenic natural site close to the city of Guiyang. The participating architects were: Atelier Manferdini (USA), BIG (DENMARK), Dieguez Fridman (ARGENTINA), EMERGENT/Tom Wiscombe (USA), HouLiang Architecture (CHINA), JDS (DENMARK/BELGIUM), MAD (CHINA), Mass Studies (KOREA), Rojkind Arquitectos (MEXICO), Serie (UK/INDIA), Sou Fujimoto Architects (JAPAN).

Seen on designboom.

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ORDOS 100 #9: Sou Fujimoto

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Houses , , , ,

This villa is located in plot #70 of the ORDOS project.

Architects: Sou Fujimoto Architects
Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China
Design year: 2008
Construction year: 2009
Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China
Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China
Constructed Area: 1,000 sqm aprox

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T house / Sou Fujimoto

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Houses , Selected , , ,

Architects: Sou Fujimoto Architects
Location: Gunma, Japan
Principal Use: Residence
Project Year: 2005
Structure material: Wood
Site Area: 144.47 sqm
Constructed Area: 90.82 sqm
Photographer: Daici Ano & Sou Fujimoto

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Children’s Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation / Sou Fujimoto

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Health , Selected , , ,

Architects: Sou Fujimoto Architects
Location: Hokkaido, Japan
Project Team: Hiroshi Kato
Project Year: 2006
Site Area: 14,590 sqm
Constructed Area: 2,536 sqm
Photographer: Daici Ano & Sou Fujimoto

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Final Wooden House / Sou Fujimoto

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Infrastructure , Selected , , ,

Architects: Sou Fujimoto Architects
Location: Kumamoto, Japan
Project Team: Hiroshi Kato
Structural Consultant: Jun Sato Structural Engineers
Lighting: Hirohito Totsune
Contractor: Tanakagumi Construction
Design Year: 2005-2006
Construction Year: 2007-2008
Site Area: 89,3 sqm
Constructed Area: 15,13 sqm
Photographer: Iwan Baan

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House N / Sou Fujimoto

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Houses , Selected , , , , ,

Architects: Sou Fujimoto Architects
Location: Oita, Japan
Project Team: Yumiko Nogiri
Structural Consultant: Jun Sato Structural Engineers
Design Year: 2006-2007
Construction Year: 2007-2008
Site Area: 236,57 sqm
Constructed Area: 150,57 sqm
Photographer: Iwan Baan

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