Sou Fujimoto elucidates his idea of architecture with the help of more than 120 models of realized structures, conceptional tests or designs currently in progress. He has furnished each of the models, photographed himself, with a "statement" which poetically and succinctly substantiate his musings on the future of architecture. Fujimoto sees "architecture as a forest" as the architecture of the future. The models range from very small buildings to huge constructions several hundred metres high or even whole city blocks.
Sou Fujimoto elucidates his idea of architecture with the help of more than 120 models of realized structures, conceptional tests or designs currently in progress. He has furnished each of the models, photographed himself, with a "statement" which poetically and succinctly substantiate his musings on the future of architecture. Fujimoto sees "architecture as a forest" as the architecture of the future. The models range from very small buildings to huge constructions several hundred metres high or even whole city blocks. In the email correspondence in the appendix, conducted with the architect, the residents of his detached houses House Na and House N discuss how they feel living in his buildings and the functionality of the architecture.The book, designed by Thomas Mayfried, is not an exhibition catalogue, but rather an extremely interesting manifesto of a young architect, whose visions have already received much international attention.
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An mehr als 120 Modellen von realisierten Bauten, konzeptionellen Versuchen oder derzeit laufenden Planungen erläutert Sou Fujimoto seine Vorstellung von Architektur. Jedes von ihm selbst fotografierte Modell versieht er mit einem "Statement", in dem er seine Überlegungen zur Zukunft der Architektur poetisch und prägnant konkretisiert. Für Fujimoto ist "Architektur als Wald" die Architektur der Zukunft. Bei den Modellen handelt sich um sehr kleine Gebäude bis hin zu riesigen Bauwerken von mehreren hundert Metern Höhe oder um ganze Stadtanlagen. In der im Anhang geführten E-Mail-Korrespondenz mit dem Architekten erläutern die Bewohner seiner Einfamilienhäuser House Na und House N ihr Wohlbefinden und die Zweckmäßigkeit der Architektur. Das von Thomas Mayfried sachlich gestaltete Buch ist kein Ausstellungskatalog, sondern ein äußerst interessantes Manifest eines jungen Architekten, dessen Visionen bereits viel internationale Aufmerksamkeit erhalten.