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Artificial Topography La Topographie Artificielle by Ryumei Fujiki and Yukiko Sato

Artificial Topography La Topographie Artificielle by Ryumei Fujiki and Yukiko Sato is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2012 A' Design Award de Platine in Beaux-Arts Competition Category.


PlatineBeaux-Arts· 2012

Artificial Topography La Topographie Artificielle

by Ryumei Fujiki and Yukiko Sato

A' Design Award de Platine Winner in Beaux-Arts Category

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The Design

About Artificial Topography La Topographie Artificielle

Big Furniture Like a Cave C'est le projet primé qui a remporté le Grand Prix d'Art en Conteneur International. Mon idée est de creuser le volume à l'intérieur d'un conteneur afin de construire un espace amorphe comme une grotte. Il est composé uniquement de matière plastique. Environ 1000 feuilles de matière plastique souple de 10 mm d'épaisseur ont été coupées sous forme de lignes de contour et stratifiées comme une strate. Ce n'est pas seulement de l'art mais aussi de grands meubles. Parce que toutes les portions sont douces comme un canapé, et la personne qui entre dans cet espace peut se détendre en trouvant l'endroit adapté à la forme de son propre corps.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Platine

Artificial Topography La Topographie Artificielle est lauréat de l'A' Design Award de Platine, une reconnaissance extrêmement prestigieuse décernée à des designs véritablement exceptionnels, élégants et magnifiques. Les lauréats Platine sont des merveilles de création, des témoignages des limites de la créativité intellectuelle, et démontrent le professionnalisme inégalé et le génie de leurs concepteurs. Ces designs sont censés être les œuvres les plus renommées, qui définissent l'esthétique d'une époque, contribuent au bien-être de la société et repoussent les limites de l'art, de la science, du design et de la technologie. Artificial Topography La Topographie Artificielle affiche un niveau d'excellence transcendant et rend sans équivoque le monde meilleur grâce à ses caractéristiques avantageuses et précieuses. Artificial Topography La Topographie Artificielle est une œuvre lauréate de l'A' Design Award de Platine qui éveille les désirs, inspire, enthousiasme, ravit et fait naître une grande joie.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
Big Furniture Like a Cave
This is the award-winning project won the Grand Prize of Art in Container International Competition. My idea is to hollow out the volume inside a container in order to build amorphous space like a cave. It is made of only plastic material. About 1000 sheets of the soft plastic material of 10-mm thickness were cut down in contour line form and were laminated like stratum. This is not only art but also 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.
Dimensions & Packaging
It was spaced out across the shipping container's 40-foot length to create.
Width 2400mm x Depth 6000mm x Height 2400mm
Tags
Artificial Topography
Production Technology
Digital 3D Modeling and Soft Plastic Materials (10-mm thickness Polyolefin firing resin boards)
Research
I am a great interest in nature especially the system of nature. Two years ago, my exhibition held in England. In the exhibition, a lot of experimental architectural projects and the execution works 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.
Inspiration
Nature
Project Duration
This was exhibited during from October 1st to November 23rd in Kobe Biennial 2011 in Japan
Operation Flow
Person who enter into this space can relax by finding the place suitable for the form of its own body.
Team Members
Architect: Ryumei Fujiki,

Design Firm: Fujiki Studio (KOU::ARC), Team Members: Kensuke Kawamura, Yoshiki Tachi, Shun Simoya, Kohaku Furihata, Yuki Sakurada, Toshihiko Hatori, Yoshito Fukaya, Yuji Uemura, Yuki Ishigami,

Collaborator: Yukiko Sato (F.A.D.S),

Photographer: Masahiro Hoshida

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