House K by Sou Fujimoto

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Architects
Sou Fujimoto Architects. Principal in charge.- Sou Fujimoto.
Project team
Yoshihiro Nakazono, Naganobu Matsumura, Ryota Okada, Naoki Tamura.
Collaborators
Jun Sato Structural Engineers Co., Ltd.Jun Sato, Kenichi Inoue (Structural Engineering), Sirius Lighting Office: Hiroto Totsune, Shuhei Kobayashi, Yuya Tanaka (Lighting), Furukawateijuen: Furukawa (Landscape).
Contractor
General contractor.- Tokuoka Koumuten Co., Ltd.
Area
Site surface.- 310.24 m².          
Building surface.- 118.23 m².    
Total floor surface.- 18.23 m².
Dates
Project Dates.- July 2010/ June 2011. Construction Dates.- July 2011/ July 2012.
Location
Nishinomiya, Japan.
Photography
Iwan Baan.

SOU FUJIMOTO

Sou Fujimoto was born in Hokkaido, Japan on August 4, 1971. In 1994 he graduated in architecture at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo. He established his own architecture studio, the agency Sou Fujimoto Architects, in Tokyo in 2000, and since 2007 a ​​professor at Kyoto University.

He was first noticed in 2005 when he won the prestigious AR – international Architectural Review Awards in the Young architect’s category, a prize that he garnered for three consecutive years, and the Top Prize in 2006.

In 2008, he was invited to jury these very AR Awards. The same year he won the JIA (Japan Institute of Architects) prize and the highest recognition from the World Architecture Festival, in the Private House section. In 2009, the magazine Wallpaper* accorded him their Design Award.
 Sou Fujimoto published “Primitive Future” in 2008, the year’s best-selling architectural text. His architectural design, consistently searching for new forms and spaces between nature and artifice.

Sou Fujimoto became the youngest architect to design the annual summer pavilion for London’s Serpentine Gallery in 2013, and has won several awards, notably a Golden Lion for the Japan Pavilion at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale and The Wall Street Journal Architecture Innovator Award in 2014.

Photographer: David Vintiner

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