Junya Ishigami - Another Scale Of Architecture

by Junya Ishigami, Junya Ishigami

In 2009, Junya Ishigamis workshop design for the Kanagawa Institute of Technology won Japans top architecture the Architectural Institute of Japan Prize. This book offers more proof of Ishigamis precocious talent. Plans, designs, photographs, models and writings from various projects illustrate Ishigamis stated aim to embody in architecture that which has never been embodied before. An essay by historian Taro Igarashi assesses Ishigamis importance and success, including his Golden Lion award at the 12th International Architecture Biennale.

Genres: Architecture

296 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

Reviews

[churlot · Rating 4 out of 5]

!!!!!!! a good way to start a long fucking weekend

[Jamie Loh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fantastic investigations into the other scale of the natural environment (and its abstractions) that Ishigami has wonderfully translated into architecture built forms. The book has good insights into his thought process -from diagrams, graphs, photographs, models to translated passages (some western influences seen). It is a concise culmination of strategies that can be adopted, definitely belongs on the shelf.

[Wan Theng · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very artistic pocket book; intriguing approaches to scale and natural elements as architecture

[Danielle Zhuo · Rating 5 out of 5]

nice bit on structurally building air
Beautiful