Japan house brings traditional craft and culture to london. Jun 22, 2016 architect sou fujimoto discusses 7 of his favorite projects at new yorks japan society, the famed architect offers his perspective on some of his most iconic works by stefanie walde k. House k by sou fujimoto the strength of architecture. Bookchair comes to life through the aggregation of a new element. They set the architect a contradictory brief asking for a variety of clearly defined rooms that combine to produce a singular continuous space. Japanese architect sou fujimoto designs contemporary chair. Jun 27, 2017 sou fujimoto designs bookchair for alias. He was speaking about his first project in france, a mixeduse residential tower in montpellier where, thanks to 300 days of.
Drawing his inspiration from the relationship between architectural space and the human body, fujimoto styled a compact, essential bookcase from which one can extract a chair. Architect and designer sou fujimoto has created bookchair, a bookshelf chair that pairs sleek storage with a convenient place to sit. Bookchair comes to life through the aggregation of a new. Sou fujimoto focuses on how to create order, harmony, and balance in each of his thoughtfully designed and awardwinning buildings. Sou fujimoto to build first project in new york 201909. Bookchair doubles as shelving and seating with chair that. And complexity, notably how we, as a global civilization, deal with science fiction, taste, social media, the cities we live in, aesthetics, powerpoint, burkas, big tech, fullcontact sports, and other thorny topics. Teaming up with italian furniture brand alias, japanese architect sou fujimoto designed the playful bookchair. Sou fujimoto was born in hokkaido, japan on august 4, 1971. Bookchair by sou fujimotobookchair comes to life through the aggregation of a new element, the chair within the bookcase, based on a concept that aims to reflect the basic, fundamental. The bookchair by sou fujimoto and alias is a chair within a bookshelf, or a bookshelf housing a chair, depending on how you choose to see it. Sou fujimoto architects releases design for its first new.
Japanese architect sou fujimoto has created the bookchair a bookshelf with a chair that slots in and out of it, so you can plonk yourself down and have a read right then and there. House h by sou fujimoto architects, tokyo, japan building. Bookchair, created by japanese architect sou fujimoto, slots in and out of its surrounding shelving to double as both storage and seating. The design poetics of sou fujimoto, one of the main designers in contemporary architecture, meet the technological. Japanese architect and designer sou fujimoto is known for his light structures and minimalist creations. Youve also said architecture can help create new frameworks for our understanding of the world, which is particularly inspiring given the planetary emergency were now facing. The idea is that you personalise your shelf and chair through the books, novels and. A veritable object within the object, which underscores the relationship between men and books.
The bookchair by sou fujimoto meble kompaktowe, japonski design 2017, meble skladane, krzeslo z ksiazkami. The most important thing that sou fujimoto did as a young architect was to not produce any architecture. One might say that an ideal architecture is an outdoor space that feels like the indoors and an indoor space that feels like the outdoors. House h is situated in a typical residential district of tokyo. Sou fujimoto is a leading japanese architect, who has revolutionized architecture with his innovative and modernistic designs of residential and institutional projects, which have brought forward a new fangled collaboration of architectural space and the human body. Sou fujimotoled team selected to design ecole polytechnique learning centre in paris save this picture. Japanese architect sou fujimoto s bookchair slots in and out of its surrounding shelving to double as both storage and seating. Alias launches sou fujimotos bookchair furniture meshing.
Apr 11, 2016 in their fifth year exhibiting at milan design week, cos has commissioned japanese architect sou fujimoto to create an immersive installation, named forest of light. The design poetics of sou fujimoto, one of the main designers in contemporary architecture, meet the technological lightness of alias, for which he creates bookchair, a bookcase for the home characterised by a fresh, innovative approach. Architect sou fujimoto on finding inspiration in einstein and. Sou fujimoto architect biography, buildings, projects.
Bookchair, a piece of furniture designed by sou fujimoto, doubles as. Bookchair comes to life through the aggregation of a new element, the chair within the bookcase, based on a concept that aims to reflect the basic, fundamental. In montpellier, a residential tower inspired by a tree. Mar 31, 2016 japanese architect sou fujimoto in collaboration with french firm laisne roussel have released plans for an 183,000squarefoot vegetated tower complex in. Instead he blurs boundaries and routinely rethinks basic building blocks.
The bookchair japanese architect sou fujimoto has designed the bookchair for italian furniture brand alias. Sou fujimotos bookchair for alias embeds a sinuous and. Sou fujimotos clients, however, are described as less typical, possessing a sophisticated understanding of quality in space. Tag your friends who like this see 1,150 photos and videos on their profile.
Post jobs, find pros, and collaborate commissionfree in our professional marketplace. He graduated from the department of architecture, faculty of engineering at tokyo university in 1994, and established sou fujimoto architects in 2000. Music room vinyl library opens in sou fujimoto designed potato head hong kong. Architect sou fujimoto discusses 7 of his favorite projects. May 8, 2015 sou fujimoto principal, sou fujimoto architects, tokyo sou fujimoto, based in tokyo is known for his future primitive structures that. Both comfortably familiar and curiously enigmatic, fujimoto s dynamic work grabs our attention then lingers on in our minds.
Bookchair, a bookshelf chair hybrid, doubles as shelving and. For our latest competition, dezeen has teamed up with japan house, the design museum and london festival of. Bookchair, design by sou fujimoto bookchair comes to life through the aggregation of a new element, the chair within thebookcase, based on a concept that aims to reflect the basic, fundamental relationship between abook and its reader. Shohei shigematsu, the head of the omas new york office, showed us that there is a future to oma beyond rem koolhaas. Jun 30, 2017 bookchair comes to life through the aggregation of a new element, the chair within the bookcase, based on a concept that aims to reflect the basic, fundamental relationship between a book and its reader. Sou fujimoto s designed a compact, essential bookcase from which you can extract a chair, reflecting the basic relationship between a book and its reader. By paying attention to the fundamental relationship between a book and a reader, sou fujimoto has created a simple, playful solution that brings reading to life. Renowned japanese architect sou fujimoto has designed an innovative bookchair for italian brand alias the design allows the user to use the shelf and chair combination to store books, as well as take a seat. In 1994 he graduated in architecture at the faculty of engineering, university of tokyo. Dec 05, 2019 sous bookchair collection for alias draws inspiration from the relationship between architectural space and the human body. The shelfs creator, sou fujimoto, has said that bookchair was created with the concept of simplicity, as well as the relationship between the book and the reader.
Sou fujimoto architects has collaborated with coliving developer the collective to design a new coliving complex in the united states, the 10storey tower will be the firms first project in new york city the new building is set to be built in brooklyns bedfordstuyvesant neighborhood, which will be replaced with formerly built the slave theater was a major hub of black culture and. He established his own architecture studio, the agency sou fujimoto architects, in tokyo in 2000, and since 2007 a professor at kyoto university. Bookchair comes to life through the aggregation of a new element, the chair within the bookcase, based on a concept that aims to reflect the basic, fundamental relationship between a. Sou fujimoto designs hybrid bookshelf and chair for alias. Japanese architect sou fujimoto designs contemporary chair that doubles as bookcase japanese architect and designer sou fujimoto is known for his light structures and minimalist creations. Sou fujimoto news, architecture and interviews dezeen. Bookchair comes to life through the aggregation of a new element, the chair within the bookcase, based on a concept that aims to reflect the basic, fundamental relationship between a book and its reader. The bookchair is comprised of two elementsa bookshelf and a compact chair, presented in an object within an object format. One of the most creative and influential japanese architects today, sou fujimoto opened the exhibition season at japan house london with his first uk solo exhibition sou fujimoto. Sou fujimoto designs hybrid bookshelf and chair for. Oct 17, 2017 the shelfs creator, sou fujimoto, has said that bookchair was created with the concept of simplicity, as well as the relationship between the book and the reader. Download the catalogue and request prices of bookchair 210 by alias, bookcase chair design sou fujimoto. The collective, a londonbased developer of coliving projects, has unveiled the design for a 10story, 240,000squarefoot residential building by sou fujimoto. Japanese architect sou fujimoto designs contemporary chair that doubles as bookcase.
Alias launches sou fujimotos bookchair furniture meshing a. Jul 06, 2017 the bookchair is made from wooden fibre panels and the back of the chair is formed from a single piece of wood. Sou fujimoto architects architecture is everywhere was among the archdaily editors favorite exhibitions in the chicago architecture biennial. Cos x sou fujimoto forest of light for salone del mobile. Japanese architect sou fujimoto designs contemporary chair that.
Sou fujimoto about house n a distinct boundary is nowhere to be found, except for a gradual change in the domain. Architect sou fujimoto takes us inside his formless forms. Designed for italian brand alias, it is a bookcase for the home characterised by a fresh, innovative approach. In 2008, he was world architecture festival winner in the private house category, and was awarded a riba international fellowship in 2012. Shop suite ny for bookchair by sou fujimoto for alias, and more modern designer bookshelves and organizational units.
Recently he completed the new library and museum for the musashino art university in tokyo. May 23, 2016 sou fujimoto is one of those architects. This show featured fujimoto s current projects and his experimental projects for the future. Implicit in the bookchair project for alias, there is a strive for harmony between the architectural space and the human body, in which the mimetic presence of a chair incorporated in the structure questions the function of a conceptually static object, by translating. Because the chair, which is what the reader is meant to sit on, is a part of the bookshelf, it suggests that the reader and books themselves could become one. For our latest competition, dezeen has teamed up with japan house, the design museum and london festival of architecture. Jun 30, 2017 if youre interested in learning more about fujimotos experimental practice, check out sou fujimoto architecture works 19952015, a book that highlights his most memorable projects.
Architect sou fujimoto on finding inspiration in einstein and everyday objects. That architectural language is being expressed in exciting new ways by sou fujimoto whose cuttingedge residential projects eschew typical space. Bookchair comes to life through the aggregation of a new element, the chair. Bookchair comes to life through the aggregation of a new element, the chair within the bookcase, based on a concept that aims to reflect the basic, fundamental relationship between a book and its. The minimalist design is as practical as it is intuitive and stylish. Sou fujimoto s bookchair design for alias embeds a sinuous and extractable seat into a minimal bookshelf to. Japanese architect sou fujimoto has designed an innovative bookchair for italian brand alias, allowing the user to use the shelf for books and take a seat. Sou fujimoto designs hybrid bookshelf and chair for alias japanese architect sou fujimoto s bookchair slots in and out of its surrounding shelving to double as both storage and seating. This approach to architecture is apparent in much of fujimoto s work, and, as he explains, in bookchair specifically. Sou fujimotoled team selected to design ecole polytechnique. The bookchair by architect sou fujimoto and italian furniture. Sou fujimoto architects has released details on a conceptual master plan for a commercial complex in a prominent, yet anonymous middle eastern city. Writing in the new york times t magazine, nikil saval takes an indepth and nuanced look at the work and trajectory of japanese architect sou fujimoto in the thoughtprovoking profile, saval works to uncover and convey the dualities that drive fujimoto s design work, including fujimoto s constant attempts to suggest the natural aspects of architecture, and the architectural aspects of. Japanese architect sou fujimotos bookchair slots in and.
House k by sou fujimoto the strength of architecture from. Guided by instinct and keen observation, he casts convention aside. Its quite strange, said the japanese architect sou fujimoto. Dezeen japanese architect sou fujimotos bookchair slots. A collective housing project requiring a number of dwellings to be packed onto a tight corner site in a lowrise suburban neighborhood of tokyo, the result has all the innocence and audacity of a childs answer to the problem of urban density. Bookcase chair bookchair 210 by alias design sou fujimoto. Jun 25, 2017 japanese architect sou fujimotos bookchair slots in and out of its surrounding shelving to double as both storage and seating.
Oct 02, 2015 architect sou fujimoto on finding inspiration in einstein and everyday objects. Bookchair doubles as shelving and seating with chair. Bookchair comes to life through the aggregation of a new element, the. The souk mirage, a new retail zone envisioned for a middle eastern city, comprises towers of stacked arches and multiple waterfalls. Courtesy of sou fujimoto architects, manal rachdi oxo architects and nicolas laisne associates. Bookchair comes to life through the aggregation of a new element, the chair within the bookcase, based on a concept that aims to. Sou fujimoto, born in hokkaido, japan, in 1971, established his architectural practice sou fujimoto architects in 2000. By paying attention to the fundamental relationship between a book and a reader, sou fujimoto has created a simple, playful solution that. Fujimoto created bookchair for alias, an italian design firm with a focus on technological lightness, versatility, and innovation. Inspired by architectural space and the human body, this innovative furniture piece addresses the simple act of choosing a book and sitting down to read it. Sou fujimoto designs hybrid bookshelf and chair for alias dezeen. The bookchair by architect sou fujimoto and italian.
Alongside fourteen other international studios, belgian architecture firm office have been invited to build a contemporary home as part of the solo house project. From that originates, new architecture that maintains an undifferentiated condition of the harmonized whole before function and role underwent mitosis. Chair design furniture design unique bookshelves upholstered swivel chairs house on a hill office interiors contemporary furniture home accessories bookcase. Whether engaged in designing a bookshop or a bookcase, sou fujimoto is a masterful interpreter with a peoplefriendly approach. This time fujimoto has shifted the scale from towers, houses, and pavilions to furniture, by introducing the bookchair. It will be the japanese architects first built work in new york. Sep 07, 2019 lambert lenack architects masterplan for the new joia meiridia neighbourhood in nice features a tower with undulating, treecovered canopies by sou fujimoto as well as buildings by cino zucchi, chartier dalix and more.
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