Afternoon of Meditation on Contemporary Architecture

For this meetup, we will spend an afternoon to check out following two architecture exhibitions.

1. Imaging and Influencing Society— National Policy Propaganda in Posters
2. The Architecture of Sou Fujimoto: Primordial Future Forest

Meeting Time: 1:30PM (13:30)
Meeting Spot: Around the entrance of Gallery Ma
(https://jp.toto.com/gallerma/about/map_e.htm)

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First Exhibition
Emerging Architecture, Own Ways

Venue
Gallery Ma
(https://jp.toto.com/gallerma/about/map_e.htm)

Admission Fee
Free

Information about the Exhibition
"The exhibition is a documentary that traces the struggles of the twenty teams who posed questions and realized their ideas while confronting complex situations, through drawings, models, and other materials displayed throughout the venue. Furthermore, it is also an attempt to highlight the key players in new architecture through their practices." [from the Museum Website]

Official Website (Japanese)
https://jp.toto.com/gallerma/ex250724/index_e.htm

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Second Exhibition
The Architecture of Sou Fujimoto: Primordial Future Forest

Venue
Mori Art Museum
(https://art-view.roppongihills.com/en/info/)

Admission Fee
¥2,300

Information about the exhibition
"With offices in Tokyo, Paris, and Shenzhen, Sou Fujimoto (born 1971 in Hokkaido, Japan) is engaged in projects all over the world, ranging from private homes to universities, retail premises, hotels, and multi-purpose complexes. Since his high-profile debut with The Aomori Museum of Art Design Competition Proposal in 2000, he has completed a series of celebrated projects, including the Musashino Art University Museum & Library (2010, Tokyo) and the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2013 (London), and recently the housing complex L’Arbre Blanc (The White Tree, 2019, Montpellier, France) and the music-focused cultural complex House of Music, Hungary (2021, Budapest). One of Japan’s leading architects at the center of public attention, he was appointed as the Site Design Producer for Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan.
This exhibition is the first major survey of Fujimoto’s work. It provides a comprehensive overview in eight sections, covering everything from work in his early years to projects currently underway, and following his architectural journey over the past around thirty years, the features of his architecture, and the philosophy behind it. It takes advantage of the venue’s expertise as a contemporary art museum, allowing anyone, not just people working involved in architecture, to physically experience the essence of Fujimoto’s oeuvre by including exhibits such as installations and large-scale models that provide a spatial experience, as well as a mock-up. These complement conventional exhibits like scale models, plans, and photos of completed projects. The exhibition also reviews the role and potential of architecture through Fujimoto’s vision of the future city." [from the Exhibition Website]

Official Website
https://jp.toto.com/gallerma/ex250724/index_e.htm

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Chat session
We will take a coffee break between the first and second show to have a chat session.