Japan - Architecture. Possible Here? Home-for-All
Winner of the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale "Golden Lion" award for Best National Pavilion, the exhibition presents the architectural processes involved in designing and formulating a house for the community devastated by the 2011 tsunami.
Commissioned by Toyo Ito, the exhibition presents the collaboration and development of ideas between the three young Japanese architects: kumiko inui, sou fujimoto and akihisa hirata.
Architectural thoughts and processes are investigated and presented through a series of models, presented chronologically with key design observations and issues labeled on the timber model plinths. Moving through the exhibition space, viewers also follow the design process through the beak-down of the space to communicate key milestones in the design and design influences, such as site, construction, and culture which all informed the design process.
The exhibition culminates in a proposed house typology resulting from the design process, and is accompanied by a full set of documentation and structural drawings. The house was constructed in August 2012.
An interesting aspect of the Japanese exhibition, was the presentation and communication of architectural practice. In particular, the thoughts and the challenges faced with on unique architectural project, and the collaboration with other architects, which in turn, establishes a "common ground" in architecture and with the community within it works.
Commissioned by Toyo Ito, the exhibition presents the collaboration and development of ideas between the three young Japanese architects: kumiko inui, sou fujimoto and akihisa hirata.
Architectural thoughts and processes are investigated and presented through a series of models, presented chronologically with key design observations and issues labeled on the timber model plinths. Moving through the exhibition space, viewers also follow the design process through the beak-down of the space to communicate key milestones in the design and design influences, such as site, construction, and culture which all informed the design process.
The exhibition culminates in a proposed house typology resulting from the design process, and is accompanied by a full set of documentation and structural drawings. The house was constructed in August 2012.
An interesting aspect of the Japanese exhibition, was the presentation and communication of architectural practice. In particular, the thoughts and the challenges faced with on unique architectural project, and the collaboration with other architects, which in turn, establishes a "common ground" in architecture and with the community within it works.
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| Interior of exhibition Exhibition visitors move through a chronological squence of architectural development models and key design milestones and text. Click to enlarge image |
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| Japan Pavilion in the Giardini Designed by takamasa yoshizaka (completed in 1956) click to enlarge image |
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