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Architects: Takehiko Nez Architects
- Area: 44 m²
- Year: 2011
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Urban Hut / Takehiko Nez Architects
Kangaroo Hotel / APOLLO Architects & Associates
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Architects: APOLLO Architects & Associates
- Area: 260 m²
- Year: 2009
Vista / Satoshi Kurosaki/APOLLO Architects & Associates
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Architects: Satoshi Kurosaki/APOLLO Architects & Associates
- Area: 111 m²
- Year: 2011
House H / Sou Fujimoto Architects
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Architects: Sou Fujimoto Architects
- Area: 125 m²
- Year: 2008
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Manufacturers: Dornbracht
Exhibit in Tokyo: Architectural Environments for Tomorrow: New Spatial Practices in Architecture and Art
The computerization and urbanization of the 21st century is creating new lifestyles and forms of public space. Architectural Environments for Tomorrow presents the spatial experiments of 23 architects and artists from around the world responding to the transformation of their surroundings. “The metaphors of the world-views suggested by the artists resonate with the practical proposals of the architects, presenting images of future humanity from a variety of different angles.” Architects featured include Toyo Ito, Frank O. Gehry, Sou Fujimoto and many more.
Continue reading for a complete list of the participants and more information on the exhibit.
Video: House NA / Sou Fujimoto Architects
Shinkenchiku brings you an exclusive inside tour of the contemporary House NA, designed by Sou Fujimoto Architects. Thin, steel poles delicately support the transparent “pile of boxes” at varying heights. In an interview conducted by F.W. Monocle, Sou Fujimoto explains, “In one way the house is like a single space, but each room is also a tiny space of its own. The clients said they wanted to live like nomads within the house – they didn’t have specific plans for each room. The house looks radical but for the clients it seemed quite natural.”
House with Futokoro / Mizuishi Architects Atelier
House Contrast / KEY OPERATION INC. / ARCHITECTS
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Architects: KEY OPERATION INC. / ARCHITECTS
- Area: 74 m²
- Year: 2009
Sky Garden House / Keiji Ashizawa Design
- Year: 2010
Mishima House / Keiji Ashizawa Design
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Architects: Keiji Ashizawa Design
- Year: 2010
HA Tower / Frontoffice + François Blanciak Architect
The HA tower, designed by Frontoffice + François Blanciak Architect, proposes a hybrid model for urban life that embraces the city, pulling it in the heart of the units, while still offering large open spaces that otherwise are only available on the urban fringe. Located in Higashi-Azabu, within walking distance of a cluster of rail lines, Shiba Park, and the iconic Tokyo Tower, the corner site is small, covering only 130 square meters and is constrained by a floor area ratio that limits construction to 8 floors. More images and architects’ description after the break.
2 Courts House / Keiji Ashizawa Design
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Architects: Keiji Ashizawa Design
- Year: 2008
Long Slow Distance / Upsetter Architects
AD Classics: Makuhari Messe / Fumihiko Maki
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Architects: Fumihiko Maki
Library Of The Present: Communal Information In Physical Space
The Internet is now the library of the past. Where the public library has historically served as the primary source of information gathering and dissemination, we now look to this new virtual, infinitely large library that can be accessed anywhere at any time as the Library of the present.
As a result, the primary roles of today’s physical libraries have shifted. Libraries of the past focused primarily on individualized information consumption. Communal aspects of interaction and information dissemination now represent the core mission of the library when information is more easily accessible. The silent grand beaux-arts reading rooms of New York or Boston have of the past been transformed into flexible communal “living rooms” in Seattle.
M3 / KG / Mount Fuji Architects Studio
Triplex House in Nakano / LEVEL Architects
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Architects: LEVEL Architects
- Area: 338 m²
- Year: 2010