The first comprehensive monograph on Japan's most creative, experimental and visionary architect, Sou Fujimoto Occasionally an architect emerges whose vision is so fresh that it causes us to reconsider the very nature of architecture. Sou Fujimoto is one of those architects. Guided by instinct and keen observation, he casts convention aside. Instead he blurs boundaries and routinely rethinks basic building blocks. Both comfortably familiar and curiously enigmatic, Fujimoto's dynamic work grabs our attention then lingers on in our minds. Born and bred in Hokkaido, Fujimoto received his undergraduate degree in architecture from Tokyo University before embarking on an uncharted, solo exploration that probed the possibilities of architecture. Unfettered by the ideas and practices of others, Fujimoto's work has clarity of thought and purity of execution seldom seen. Fujimoto garnered significant international attention for his popular 2013 Serpentine Pavilion in London (Fujimoto was the youngest architect to receive the highly-regarded commission). In 2012 he was part of the Japanese team that won a Golden Lion award for Best National Participation at the Venice Architecture Biennale for their design of alternative housing concepts for the homes that were destroyed by the tsunami.
**本完整研究日本最具创作力、实验性与前瞻性的建筑师藤本壮介的专书。
藤本壮介是少数视野独特的新兴建筑师，凭着直觉与敏锐的观察力，而不依循传统。他模糊了建筑空间的界线，反复思考基本的建筑单元，创造的居住空间，让人觉得熟悉自在的同时，又带着新奇的谜样感。充满动态感的作品，不仅抓住了我们的注意力，且不断地萦绕在我们的脑海里。
藤本壮介出生成长于北海道，从东京大学建筑学科毕业后，即成立自己的工作室，开始探索建筑的各种可能性。从传统的建筑概念与实作中解放，藤本的作品展现他思想的明晰以及少见的可以确实执行的高度。
2012年威尼斯双年展，他作为日本团队的一员，获得了国际竞赛金狮奖，展览的作品是为遭海啸摧毁的居民所设计的另类居住计划。2013年藤本在伦敦蛇行艺廊的计划使他获得了国际的注目，并成为此项委托计划的最年轻建筑师。
本书的每一个建筑案例，皆附有一篇文字、图表与设计稿，本书的排版、字体与图片都展现了藤本建筑的精神以及日本的人文极简风格。
Naomi Pollock is an American architect who lives in Tokyo. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including A+U, Dwell, Jutakutokushu, Wallpaper* and Architectural Record for whom she is the Special International Correspondent. She is the author of Jutaku, Modern Japanese House and Hitoshi Abe, all published by Phaidon Press.
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