Office: Sou Fujimoto Architects | ArchDaily

House of Music, Budapest / Sou Fujimoto Architects

Hana Abdel — Sun, 28 May 2023 17:00:00 +0000

The House of Hungarian Music, in the heart of the City Park of Budapest, is not only a museum but a larger vision encompassing past and future, people and culture, nature, and the sciences of music. It is not about displaying but inviting in, going away from simple contemplation to suggest participation and interactions. The essence of sound and music, hearing, can be brought in much deeper ways. Away from the conventional exhibition spaces, classrooms, or event halls, we chose to let architecture cradle the visitors along their way. With no clear path, pedestrians meander around the museum, as they would do around the park, invading the space like a continuous flow whose intensity varies along with the days, just as sound permeates space, bouncing around surfaces, running along the walls.

Sky Mountain Haikou Bay No.6 High Standard Seaside Station / Sou Fujimoto Architects

Hana Abdel — Thu, 25 May 2023 07:00:00 +0000

We believe the Haikou Seaside Stop pavilion is a focal point providing an opportunity for its travelers to meander between the city and nature with places for social happenings.

Flowing Cloud Pavilion / Sou Fujimoto Architects

July Shao — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 07:00:00 +0000

“I was very impressed by the village. It was quite beautiful. The weather was mostly cloudy when I visited there, with a bit misty and foggy air surrounding the entire village.”

SHIROIYA Hotel / Sou Fujimoto Architects

Hana Abdel — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 01:00:00 +0000

Creative minds from Japan and abroad gathered in Maebashi, Gunma to revitalize the city once prospered in the silk industry. Shiroiya Hotel is a living room for the locals ad travelers to relax and enjoy art, food, and green. It served also as a cultural axis of Maebashi where various projects are in progress for the city to grow.

L’Arbre Blanc Residential Tower / Sou Fujimoto Architects + Nicolas Laisné + OXO Architectes + Dimitri Roussel

Paula Pintos — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

In 2013, Montpellier city council launched the “Folie Richter” competition. It sought to identify a blueprint for a beacon tower to enrich the city’s architectural heritage. The RFP stressed the desire for a bold project that had to fit into its environment and includes shops and homes. Manal Rachdi, Nicolas Laisné and Dimitri Roussel decided to call on the Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto. All three of them seek inspiration in nature even if they express it in very different ways. On the Arbre Blanc, these four visions would be mutually enriching.

Potato Head Hong Kong / Sou Fujimoto Architects

Fernanda Castro — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 20:00:00 +0000

Potato Head Hong Kong represents Tokyo-based architect Sou Fujimoto’s first project in the city. The 8,000 square foot space is a collaboration between Fujimoto and PTT Family’s in-house creative team, blending Fujimoto’s signature style with the group’s drive to champion Indonesian craftsmanship in a modern context.

Sou Fujimoto and Laisné Roussel Propose Wooden Mixed-Use Tower for Bordeaux

Eric Oh — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 06:00:00 +0000

Following an invitation by the city of Bordeaux in December 2015, Sou Fujimoto Architects and laisné roussel have revealed their proposal “Canopia”: a mixed-use development, featuring a 50-meter-tall residential building made of wood and offering 199 homes, 3,770m² of office space and 500m² of retail outlets in Bordeaux, France. The tower would be one of the tallest wooden buildings in the world. Read more about this project after the break.

Ecole Polytechnique Learning Centre / Sou Fujimoto Architects + Nicolas Laisné Associés + OXO Architectes

Karissa Rosenfield — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 14:00:37 +0000

With an idea based on "flexibility, mingling and openness," Sou Fujimoto Architects, Manal Rachdi OXO Architects and Nicolas Laisné Associates have been announced as winners of a restricted competition to design a new Ecole Polytechnique learning center at Paris-Saclay University. The winning scheme, chosen over four finalists, will consolidate six institutions under one roof: Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Mines-Telecom, AgroParisTech, ENSTA ParisTech, ENSAE ParisTech and Institut d'Optique (IOGS).

Sou Fujimoto Proposes "Mirage-Like" Landmark for Middle East

Karissa Rosenfield — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 01:00:00 +0000

Sou Fujimoto Architects has released details on a conceptual master plan for a commercial complex in a prominent, yet anonymous Middle Eastern city. Situated between an education and financial center, the modular complex reinterprets the “vibrant atmosphere and lively qualities of the traditional market” as well as the “inherent beauty of vernacular Islamic architecture” to create a “timeless” landmark for a currently underused portion of the city.

House NA / Sou Fujimoto Architects

Karissa Rosenfield — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000

You may remember Sou Fujimoto Architects radical House NA from this video we shared with you last November. Designed for a young couple in a quiet Tokyo neighborhood, the 914 square-foot transparent house contrasts the typical concrete block walls seen in most of Japan’s dense residential areas. Associated with the concept of living within a tree, the spacious interior is comprised of 21 individual floor plates, all situated at various heights, that satisfy the clients desire to live as nomads within their own home.

House H / Sou Fujimoto Architects

Victoria King — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

A dwelling for a family of three located in a residential district in Tokyo. To live in a multi-storey dwelling in a dense metropolis like Tokyo is somehow similar to living in a large tree. Within a large tree, there exists few large branches, of which endows numerous qualities; -pleasant places to sit, sleep, and present places for discourse.

House N / Sou Fujimoto Architects

Nico Saieh — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

A home for two plus a dog. The house itself is comprised of three shells of progressive size nested inside one another. The outermost shell covers the entire premises, creating a covered, semi-indoor garden. Second shell encloses a limited space inside the covered outdoor space. Third shell creates a smaller interior space. Residents build their life inside this gradation of domain.

Musashino Art University Museum & Library / Sou Fujimoto Architects

David Basulto — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

One of the most interesting projects I've seen in a while, the Musashino Art University Museum & Library proposes a new relation between the user and the books, surrounded and sheltered by them.

Group Home in Noboribetsu / Sou Fujimoto Architects

Nico Saieh — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The group home for the elderly people with dementia built in the residential section in Noboribetsu City, Hokkaido, JAPAN. The building is divided into two units across the entrance. Each unit has 9 bedrooms, so 18 elderly in total live with the staff.

T house / Sou Fujimoto Architects

Nico Saieh — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Site is within a calm residential suburb in Maebashi, Gunma, JAPAN. Being a housing for a family of four, this is also a place to display contemporary artworks, clients collection.

Children’s Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation / Sou Fujimoto Architects

Nico Saieh — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

This is the treatment center for mentally disturbed children where they live together to get regaining their mental health. It may be thought that it is a very special building when I write so, but it is truly rich life space that requested in origin like a large house and also like a small city, the intimacy of a house and also the variety of the city. This is a proposal of a loose method.

Final Wooden House / Sou Fujimoto Architects

Nico Saieh — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

I thought of making an ultimate wooden architecture. It was conceived by just mindlessly stacking 350mm square.