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designboom interview: sou fujimoto


house N, oita, japan, 2008
image © iwan baan
image courtesy sou fujimoto architects

designboom met japanese architect sou fujimoto in tokyo on october 31st, 2008.
in 2000 he established his own architectural practice. his most recent projects include
'the final wooden house' and 'house N'. our interview with him is now online - you can read it in full here.

db: describe your style, like a good friend of yours would
describe it.
I call it 'primitive future'.
a sort of primitive situation that relates to the human 'cave'
habitation but at the same time I like to create something
new for the future.
I recently gave a lecture 'cave or nest', the two embryonic
states of architecture.
a 'nest' is a place for people that is very well prepared,
everything is assembled and very functional, meanwhile
the 'cave' is just a raw space, which people need to explore
and find their own comfort within. this is a situation where
people can use space creatively.
I prefer something like the cave-like-unintentional space.
something that is in between nature and artifact - formless
form.

http://www.sou-fujimoto.com

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designboom interview with sou fujimoto
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