The proposal for the New High Court of Lille, designed by Sou Fujimoto Architects with Coldefy, welcomes citizens beneath a tent-like, transparent canopy that fills the interior spaces with natural light... [+]
A home for two plus a dog. The house itself is comprised of three shells of progressive size nested inside one another. The outermost shell covers the entire premises, creating a covered, semi-indoor garden. The second shell encloses a limited area i
A group of dwellings with the prototypical ‘house’ shape pile up in this apartment building in the residential section of the center of Tokyo. It consists of four dwelling units, each made up of two or three independent rooms connected by outdoor sta
The privacy of a house and the variety of a city coexist in this mental health center for children in Hokkaido. Chance is introduced as part of the design process, but is not less precise for this reason: precision planning that generates an accident
Tokyo’s exclusive shopping district of Omotesando has become an architectural showcase with boutique buildings like that of Dior by SANAA, Prada by Herzog & de Meuron, and Tod’s by Toyo Ito. This collection of unique buildings mixes with the green of
The different cultural spaces of the Ishinomaki center – auditoriums, exhibition areas, and classrooms – are lined up along a narrow corridor of 170 meters that is fragmented to adapt to the human scale... [+]
Nature fills the new learning center designed by Sou Fujimoto with Manal Rachdi and Nicolas Laisné, which opens up to the park through a large clear facade and an atrium for social interaction... [+]
The small house goes up a few kilometers northeast of the Portuguese capital, on a hill in the town of Alenquer. The only elements that remained from an existing construction were the external walls, which have been retained and repaired. Setting asi
This enclave in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, has two main defining features. One is its combination of low density and extensive occupation of land, which gives rise to an expansive fabric built close to the ground. The other is the presence of hedges th
This new school complex is located in a low-density neighborhood on the outskirts of a small town by the Tagus River. The shape of the volume is determined by two essential factors: the functional requirements of the program and the anonymous urban c
Known for the famous medieval castle after which it is named, the municipality of Leiria spreads by the banks of the Lis River. This compact single-family house goes up on a hill on the outskirts of the city, on a site in a high position overlooking
Después de haber ganado el Premio Ascer por su auditorio en Algueña (ver Arquitectura Viva 140) los alicantinos COR & Asociados acaban de terminar la sede de la Confederación de Empresarios de Albacete (FEDA), en la que han continuado con sus investi
Red and White
Situada en uno de los barrios más densos de Tokio, la Casa H de Sou Fujimoto juega con las exigentes ordenanzas locales para proponer un escueto paralelepípedo blanco que oculta, tras su sencillez minimalista, un singular y rico espacio interior. La
Un muro perforado acoge el conjunto de viviendas para personas mayores en Alcácer do Sal, Portugal, diseñado por los lisboetas Aires Mateus. Posado sobre un encinar cuya pendiente entierra parcialmente el programa, el edificio se pliega en torno a un
Una vivienda bien diseñada es un espacio privado que no pierde el contacto con el exterior». Esta ha sido la máxima que los madrileños Néstor Montenegro, Ignacio Borrego y Lina Toro han seguido en la Casa Syntes, construida en Pinto (Madrid). La rest
Una pareja de recién casados a punto de jubilarse desea construirse una casa en un pequeño pueblo de la provincia de Zaragoza y pide a los arquitectos dos cosas disímiles: por un lado, que la nueva vivienda siga cumpliendo las funciones de su antiguo
Concebido en continuidad con la Sede Central de Caja Granada del 2001, también obra del estudio madrileño de Alberto Campo Baeza, el Museo de la Memoria de Andalucía o MA se alza como un gran volumen prismático de hormigón, rematado por un edificio
El jurado de los Premios FAD ha entregado el premio en la categoría de Arquitectura a la Estación Biológica de Garducho en Mourão (Portugal), del joven João Maria Ventura Trindade. Levantado un metro por encima de la cota más elevada del terreno y or
«En Japón hay una caja, en la caja hay una casa, en la casa hay un rincón...». Como el ‘Nocturno’ del poeta Rafael Alberti podría explicarse el proyecto de Sou Fujimoto en la ciudad de Oita, en la isla de Kyushu, al sur del país. El arquitecto japoné
