Sou Fujimoto

第一本完整研究日本最具創作力、實驗性與前瞻性的建築師藤本壯介的專書。藤本壯介是少數視野獨特的新興建築師，憑著直覺與敏銳的觀察力，而不依循傳統。他模糊了建築空間的界線，反覆思考基本的建築單元，創造的居住空間，讓人覺得熟悉自在的同時，又帶著新奇的謎樣感。充滿動態感的作品，不僅抓住了我們的注意力，且不斷地縈繞在我們的腦海裡。藤本壯介出生成長於北海道，從東京大學建築學科畢業後，即成立自己的工作室，開始探索建築的各種可能性。從傳統的建築概念與實作中解放，藤本的作品展現他思想的明晰以及少見的可以確實執行的高度。2012年威尼斯雙年展，他作為日本團隊的一員，獲得了國際競賽金獅獎，展覽的作品是為遭海嘯摧毀的居民所設計的另類居住計畫。2013年藤本在倫敦蛇行藝廊的計畫使他獲得了國際的注目，並成為此項委託計畫的最年輕建築師。本書的每一個建築案例，皆附有一篇文字、圖表與設計稿，本書的排版、字體與圖片都展現了藤本建築的精神以及日本的人文極簡風格。The first comprehensive monograph on Japan's most creative, experimental and visionary architect, Sou FujimotoOccasionally an architect emerges whose vision is so fresh that it causes us to reconsider the very nature of architecture. Sou Fujimoto is one of those architects. Guided by instinct and keen observation, he casts convention aside. Instead he blurs boundaries and routinely rethinks basic building blocks. Both comfortably familiar and curiously enigmatic, Fujimoto's dynamic work grabs our attention then lingers on in our minds.Born and bred in Hokkaido, Fujimoto received his undergraduate degree in architecture from Tokyo University before embarking on an uncharted, solo exploration that probed the possibilities of architecture. Unfettered by the ideas and practices of others, Fujimoto's work has clarity of thought and purity of execution seldom seen.Fujimoto garnered significant international attention for his popular 2013 Serpentine Pavilion in London (Fujimoto was the youngest architect to receive the highly-regarded commission). In 2012 he was part of the Japanese team that won a Golden Lion award for Best National Participation at the Venice Architecture Biennale for their design of alternative housing concepts for the homes that were destroyed by the tsunami.