Sou Fujimoto
dal 2/6/2012 al 1/9/2012
Segnalato da
2/6/2012
Sou Fujimoto
Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld
Futurospective Architecture. Models, objects, and materials that inspire Fujimoto's ideas and a 1:1 replica of his Final Wooden House, the original of which has stood in the south of Japan near the city of Kumamoto since 2008.
The Kunsthalle Bielefeld is presenting the first monographic exhibition in Europe
by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto (*1971). He is known for both his remarkable
buildings in Japan and his theoretical writings alike (Primitive Future, 2008), and
has achieved fame as an architect who has completely redefined space as a place to
linger and experience. Above all, the exhibition features models and plans whose
radical new character is obvious. Fujimoto has drawn attention to himself in world-
wide competitions with his spectacular designs in which architecture and nature
fuse to form a symbiosis. The show is the Kunsthalle Bielefeld’s contribution to the
documenta cultural summer of 2012.
In six theme-based rooms, models, objects, and materials that inspire Fujimoto’s ideas
are shown. Usually, architectural exhibitions comprise only models and floor plans,
but the Kunsthalle Bielefeld has succeeded in building a 1:1 replica of Fujimoto’s Final
Wooden House, the original of which has stood in the south of Japan near the city of
Kumamoto since 2008. Fujimoto received the 2009 Wallpaper Design Award in the
category of “best single-family home” for this sensational cottage. Now he has agreed
to allow a second version to be temporarily erected in the Sculpture Park at the Kunst-
halle. The project has been made possible with assistance from the Landesbetriebe
Wald und Holz NRW and the Handwerkerbildungszentrum Bielefeld-Brackwede.
Accompanying the exhibition is a catalogue containing essays by Friedrich Meschede
and Jörg Gleiter. It is being sponsored by the Ministry for Family, Children, Youth,
Culture, and Sport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, and the Kulturstiftung
pro Bielefeld.
Image: Erecting the Final Wooden House, Sculpture Park, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, April 2012. Photo: Roman Mensing 2012.
For more information, please contact:
Christiane Heuwinkel, Press and Publicity
heuwinkel@kunsthalle-bielefeld.de, t +49 (0)521 3299950-17
Opening: Sunday, June 3, 2012, 11:30 a.m.
Kunsthalle Bielefeld
Artur-Ladebeck-Straße 5, 33602 Bielefeld
Opening hours: Tue - Sun 11 - 18, Weds 11–21, Sat 10-18
Closed Mondays
Adults: 7 €
Discounted tickets: 2 to 5 €
Family ticket: 14 €
Annual pass: 35 €
Discounted annual pass: 25 €
Family annual pass: 70 €