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Zaishui Art Museum / junya ishigami + associates

Hana Abdel — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Gently gigantic - When contemplating architecture in China, that country's vast, boundless landscapes can pose a daunting challenge.

House & Restaurant / junya ishigami + associates

Hana Abdel — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 07:00:00 +0000

The project is a residence/restaurant for a French restaurant owner. He is an old friend of mine, and he was the one who commissioned the Tables for a Restaurant. I was asked to design a building as “heavy” as possible. “I want an architecture whose heaviness would increase with time,” he said. “It cannot be artificially smooth but rather something with the roughness of nature. Authentic cuisines require such a place.” He also told me that “it has to look as if it has been there and will continue to be there for the longest time.” His idea was to create a brand-new long-established restaurant. He was longing for something that is both a house and a restaurant, something he could pass on to his children and grandchildren. Now, he invites guests to the restaurant as he would invite friends to his house, and with someone special, he would let them into the living room or even stay overnight. When the restaurant is closed, the hall serves as a place for the family to spend time or for the children to study. The plan is arranged with the restaurant on the north and the residence on the south. To go back and forth between the spaces, they can walk through any one of the three courtyards that separate them.

Kokage-gumo Pavilion / junya ishigami + associates

Hana Abdel — Fri, 13 Aug 2021 07:00:00 +0000

There is an old house in Kudanshita, built-in 1927 by the industrialist Mankichi Yamaguchi. Among those involved in its creation, there is Tacchu Naito who designed the structural plans for Tokyo Tower. In the beautiful old garden of this house, a sunshade was planned to softly block the sunlight exclusively during the summer of 2021.

Plaza of Kanagawa Institute of Technology / junya ishigami + associates

Hana Abdel — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 07:00:00 +0000

The text was written by the project curator with reference to the architect's notes. While working on the outdoor plaza to the KAIT workshop of Kanagawa Institute of Technology (completed in winter of 2008) Junya Ishigami + Associates considered two main characteristics: Versatility and the Semi-outdoor, and what these two would really represent within the project development.

JINS SWFC Shop / junya ishigami + associates

舒岳康 — Wed, 26 Dec 2018 19:00:00 +0000

To create a huge emptiness within the crowded shopping mall and tried to present the interior space more like an architectural work, a simple solution for the store came up:

House of Peace / Svendborg Architects + junya ishigami + associates

Connor Walker — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Svendborg Architects and junya.ishigami+associates have won first place in the HOPE foundation's House of Peace Competition. The competition brief calls for a monumental architectural installation to be built in the city harbor of Copenhagen, one that will endure as a lasting symbolic form devoted to world peace. The firms’ winning entry is a floating, cloud-like structure that seems almost to hover over the harbor’s horizon.