Sou Fujimoto, "Primitive Future"

Sou Fujimoto was born in Hokkaido on 1971. After graduating from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering at Tokyo University, he established Sou Fujimoto Architects in 2000. In 2005, he received the Architectural Review Award, a much coveted international award among young architects, 3 years consecutively (including the Grand Prize in 2006). In 2008, he was invited to be on the panel of judges for the same award. In the same year, he won the JIA (Japan Institute of Architects) award and the highest award at the World Architectural Festival for the Private House division, and was selected as "Design Vanguard" in the Architecture Record magazine. In 2009, he won the Design Awards for wallpaper magazine. In 2010, he was awarded the Spotlight: The Rice Design Alliance Prize. His book Primitive Future published in 2008 became the best-selling architectural book of the year. EL croquis SOU FUJIMOTO was also published in 2010.
His architectural designs pursue new shapes and spaces that exist between nature and artificiality and will undoubtedly continue to evolve in the future.
2/18/11

[@caroladelpizzo2287]

Listening to this in 2020, for a Philosophy paper about the relationship between man and space!! Thank you so much Sou Fujimoto, this is amazing!!

[@caroladelpizzo2287]

@N Wardi oh this is cool then!! Working on the connections between Fujimoto and Heidegger right now :D

[@frey8966]

i love the way he could explained every logic behind the design of spaces in his projects! because other architects just show a beautiful renderings or images then next next next...without explaining anything!

[@canweng5546]

inspiring.

[@sebastiangiachetti557]

Wonderfuls spaces. 🤗

[@FUNKINETIK]

Mystical connection- I went through a long phase of drawing the very same straight edged spiral ( @59:00 ) in the early 90’s. I even remember drawing it in Autocad, zooming in and in for over half an hour and then at the furthest point wrote ‘what the f**k are you doing here’, and then zooming back out. P E A C E

[@stephenhammell7204]

A lesson in interconnected inside outsìde spaces

[@valtito9297]

when we are able to live like superman no need for function that i would like a space like this. but until then i think a box will work for me. space may be great for relaxing at the beach or park - flat areas with grass i can see it as a place to relax and for viewing a scenery. like a park with many layers.

[@nunobartolo2908]

leaving space undefined and usable for all functions only results in sub optimal space utilization for any function

[@azurbleu4335]

The Library reminds me , somehow Terragni's Danteum

[@bogdanbO]

my liver's gonna explode if I try that.

[@gondrongkancong]

the women beside fujimoto dance for 1.5 hours

[@harveyschwartzman9825]

the dinamic duo

[@CptFrito]

0:21:15 minecraft house!

[@rubensgilli8242]

Many many

[@canweng5546]

how to say... how to say... how to say...

[@jun0_]

8:08 / next or cave?

[@jun0_]

18:24 // three elements vs gradient fields

[@mpaaaaaaaa6278]

ARCHITECTURE out of the Box... But by using BOX.....

[@Voroman]

His PR team needs to tell him to avoid saying "I designed...", "I won...", "I was commissioned...." etc and give more credit to the people at the office; after all they are Sou Fujimoto Architects, not 'Sou Fujimoto Architect. An odd "we" now and again would make his presentation sound less self centered. Then again, what do I know? Interesting talk otherwise.

[@saraaa12]

Agreed, but perhaps he felt it would be a way for him to make it more personal. Almost as if he were talking with someone 1 on 1.

[@lorenzinoarq]

Voroman!! I agree totally what he says has no any interest !! His book is fascinaring but i cannit understand how he arrive to convince clients with this wivk language!!! He has no any discours at least deeply one. So re agree that at least he can recognize what the peiple of the office work for his ego!!! For sure he have rich parents to build his first capricious buildings with no sense!!!

[@kayem3824]

Voroman It is HIS office. It is HIS work. Everyone else is dispensable. What you are thinking of is a commercial type of office, where the products have no clear identity. Thats the kind of place you should try to find a job in, and stay there.

[@kayem3824]

Pablo Lorenzino His English is excellent. Yours is sht.

[@causewayeffects7425]

savant

[@AlexanderHL1919]

Ouu rearry? :)

[@mauriciomigliorelli725]

That woman is distracting me

[@thejoseyscottrocks]

Well thank goodness you can hear🗣👂

[@mareradovic8980]

riri riri ?!?! True architecture should strive to attain the harmony of mathematical precision within the ephemerality of functions, diligently explored and documented...else it recedes into mere indeterminism. I can not relate to such voyeuristic mindset, however I appreciate the differences of each persons nature/culture.

[@keaizhiyang572]

Quite agree with you~

[@thejoseyscottrocks]

Well said~