Artificial Topography in Kobe city, Japan by Ryumei Fujiki

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Big Furniture Like a Cave. My idea is to hollow out the volume inside a container in order to build amorphous space like a cave. This “Artificial Topography” is made of only plastic material as same as my famous work “Aqua-scape”. About 1000 sheets of the soft plastic material of 10-mm thickness were cut down in contour line form, and were laminated like a stratum. This is not only art work but also one big furniture. Because all the portions are soft like a sofa, and person who enter into this space can relax by finding the place suitable for the form of its own body.

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• Architects: Ryumei Fujiki
• Project: Artificial Topography
• Location: Kobe city, Japan
• Client: Kobe Biennial Committee
• Design team: Fujiki Studio, KOU::ARC, Kensuke Kawamura, Yoshiki Tachi, Shun Simoya, Kohaku Furihata, Yuki Sakurada, Toshihiko Hatori, Yoshito Fukaya, Yuji Uemura, Yuki Ishigami
• Collaborators: Yukiko Sato (F.A.D.S)
• Material: Polyolefin firing resin board
• Completion Date: 29th Sep. 2011
• Photographer: Masahiro Hoshida, Ryumei Fujiki
• Software used: RHINOCEROS which was the 3D modeling software. The project is based on Digital Fabrication.

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As The Nature-oriented Architecture

I am a great interest in nature especially the system of nature. Two years ago, the exhibition “Aqua-scape: The Nature-oriented Architecture of Ryumei Fujiki” held in England. In the exhibition, a lot of experimental architectural projects that had worked up in the Fujiki Studio of Kogakuin University and the execution works which I had cooperated with Yukiko Sato as F.A.D.S in each category that I obtained the inspiration from nature such as “Solar”, “Air”, ”Water”, ”Ground”, “Crystal”, “Biological”, “Flower”, and “Aurora” were exhibited. Because these aimed to approach “Nature” more closely, it was named “Nature-oriented Architecture”.

And therefore, this “Artificial Topography” is the recent project of the Nature-oriented Architecture as “Ground” category.

Image Courtesy Masahiro Hoshida

Image Courtesy Masahiro Hoshida

Image Courtesy Masahiro Hoshida

Image Courtesy Masahiro Hoshida

Image Courtesy Masahiro Hoshida

Image Courtesy Ryumei Fujiki

Image Courtesy Ryumei Fujiki

Tags: Japan, Kobe city

Categories: Artifical Furniture, Rhino

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