Junya Ishigami: “Innovation Comes From Each One of Us”

Junya Ishigami is one of the most outstanding young Japanese architects of present time and he has obtained recognition due to his experimental approach of the project development. Sensitive to the specific local features, Ishigami puts, at the heart of the debate, key architectural issues that sometimes might be abandoned in the daily practice. Time, tension and freedom are concepts that are always present in his production somehow, becoming more visible in most of his recent works.

Invited by the Japan House São Paulo, Ishigami came to Brazil to discuss the role of the cultural institutions nowadays with Martim Corullon from Metro Arquitetos, an event that has occurred on last September 2nd. With the mediation of Japan House itself, we talked to the architect about the role of architecture today, his experimental practice and the singularity of designing in Japan and Brazil.

ArchDaily: On yesterday’s lecture, you have talked a little bit about the modernism and the contemporaneity. Our cities are no longer the modern cities, they have changed a lot and, with them, the challenges as well. How do you see the architect’s role in the contemporary world?

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Cite: Baratto, Romullo. "Junya Ishigami: “Innovation Comes From Each One of Us”" ["A inovação parte de cada um de nós": entrevista com Junya Ishigami ] 30 Sep 2019. ArchDaily. (Trans. Peixoto Almeida, Amanda) Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/925604/junya-ishigami-innovation-comes-from-each-one-of-us> ISSN 0719-8884

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