Architect Sou Fujimoto Celebrated in Los Angeles
Photo by Ryan Miller/JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles
The Los Angeles Japan House, inaugurated in the month of August, celebrated the career of Sou Fujimoto with a new exhibition. The installation, entitled Sou Fujimoto: Future of the Futures, presented around 100 models and large-scale photos illustrating the various projects of the 47 year old architect and 2012 Venice Biennale Golden Lion winner.
Among the projects highlighted was his majestic Serpentine Gallery pavilion in London which contributed to his international renowned, as well as Toilet in Nature, an installation which explores the unique relationship between the architect and the public/private space, and the soon-to-be finished Arbre Blanc in Montpellier, a 16-storey building with 193 balconies suspended in space.
All of these works respond to an approach that Fujimoto calls the ‘primitive future’. The paradox in his work is the perpetual drive of humans to return to their origins, the cave, the nest, but to also create new spaces and open up new horizons.
Photo by Ryan Miller/JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles
Photo by Ryan Miller/JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles
Photo by Ryan Miller/JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles
Photo by Ryan Miller/JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles
Photo by Ryan Miller/JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles
JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles
Level 2 Gallery
Hollywood & Highland, 6801 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90028
From 27 October to 12 December 2018
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