"Evolving Ideas", by Sou Fujimoto. Lecture

Following yesterday's opening of the Serpentine Pavillion, we bring up this video of Sou Fujimoto. The Japanese architect talks about the meaning of Architecture and about the relationship between architecture and nature, the two themes that he explores with his work.

Sou Fujimoto at Círculo de Bellas Artes. Courtesy of IE School of Architecture and Design.

The lecture took place last April at Circulo de Bellas Artes, in Madrid. It was organized together with IE School of Architecture, after the launching of the new Master in Architectural Design.

Sou Fujimoto's lecture, "Evolving Ideas: Primitive Future", served as a forum for students to participate in open discussions between scholars, critics, independent professionals, entrepreneurs, curators and cultural activists.

What is the meaning of Architecture? and how does it relate to nature? are the two questions that Sou Fujimoto continues to ponder on. Below Sou Fujimoto with Jorge García de la Cámara.

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Sou Fujimoto

Sou Fujimoto was born in Hokkaido, Japan, on August 4, 1971. He graduated in architecture from the University of Tokyo's Faculty of Engineering in 1994. He established his own architectural practice, Sou Fujimoto Architects, in Tokyo in 2000, and has been a professor at Kyoto University since 2007.

He came to international attention in 2005 when he won the renowned AR – International Architectural Review Awards in the Young Architect category, an award he received three consecutive years, the first in 2006.

In 2008, he won the JIA (Japan Institute of Architects) Award and the World Architecture Festival Award in the Private Houses section. In 2009, Wallpaper magazine awarded him its design award. Sou Fujimoto published "The Primitive Future" in 2008, one of the best-selling architectural books of that year. His architectural projects always seek new forms and spaces between nature and artifice.

Published on: June 5, 2013

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