Porous Manifold 日本茶室 by Ryumei Fujiki and Yukiko Sato

Porous Manifold 日本茶室 by Ryumei Fujiki and Yukiko Sato is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2019 A' Design Award 銀獎 in 美術設計 Competition Category.

銀美術· 2019

Porous Manifold 日本茶室

by Ryumei Fujiki and Yukiko Sato

Client: F.A.D.S + Fujiki Studio, KOU::ARC

A' Design Award 銀獎 Winner in 美術 Category

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The Design

About Porous Manifold 日本茶室

這是在 2018 年越後妻有藝術三年展上展出的臨時日本茶室，具有嵌套結構，嵌入十平方英尺的兩榻榻米空間。在這次展覽中，建築師被要求回應如何克服20世紀占主導地位的同質空間概念的主題。骨架是使用稱為 Voronoi Division 的隨機模式來設計的，以扭曲均勻空間。有人提出，建築上有大量的洞，可以根據需要打開和關閉，像生物一樣與外界交流。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銀獎

Porous Manifold 日本茶室是 A' Design Award 銀獎得主，這是授予頂級、華美而令人印象深刻的設計的極為崇高的認可。銀獎得主是極其卓越、極具創造力的作品，展現出其設計師傑出的專業技能、才華與敏銳。預計Porous Manifold 日本茶室將成為一件出色的典範之作，兼具非凡的專業性與深刻的創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銀獎的設計是一項備受矚目、令人欽佩的發明，造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Porous Manifold 日本茶室是一件令人羨慕的創作，它喚起渴望，帶來積極的情感，並激發驚嘆與讚嘆。

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: This is a temporary Japanese tearoom and a nested structure with two-tatami space embedded in ten foot square.
In this exhibition, architects were asked to respond to the theme of how to overcome the concept of homogeneous space which was dominant in the 20th century. It is distorted homogeneous space to create irregularities by the random pattern of the skeleton and proposed an art-tecture with many holes which are open and close as necessary to communicate with the outside like living things.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width, Depth and Height are 2730mm each.
This dimension was called a "Jo" in the old words in Japan.
Tags: Porous Manifold, Breathing Pleats, Voronoi Division, Japanese Tearoom
Production Technology: It is made of a hybrid of spruce CLT panels and plastic materials processed using digital fabrication technology.
Design Challenge: Modern office buildings made in the 20th century are separated from the external environment by a closed curtain wall. Then, using the lighting and air conditioning equipment, it is idea to control so that all places are homogenous and constant environment artificially. However, we need enormous energy, which is a major factor of global environmental problems.
It is important not to block the external environment and the internal space, but to open and close as necessary, that is, to create a building responsive to the external environment. Then it was created a living-like architecture.
Research: Towards the generation of "heterogeneous space", we studied from a point of geometrical viewpoint.
Homogeneous space is geometrically equivalent to 3D Euclidean space. The biggest problem of homogeneous space is that our imagination is captured by it, but in order to overcome this, it is necessary to extend the concept of homogeneous space rather than deny it. Just as Einstein discovered, it is important to introduce a structure that "space is distorted".
It is distorted homogeneous space to create irregularities using random patterns found in various shapes and phenomena in nature (VORONOI DIVISION).
Inspiration: Inspired by Hojoki ("An Account of My Hut"), written in the Middle Ages, to survive in our troubled times, about thirty groups of architects and artists selected through the open call (Jury: Hiroshi Hara, Ryue Nishizawa, Fram Kitagawa) exhibited their "hojo" (ten foot square hut) which represented their worldviews.
In this exhibition, architects were especially asked to respond to the theme of how to overcome the concept of homogeneous space which was dominant in the 20th century.
Project Duration: This work was exhibited in "Hojoki Shiki in 2018: The Universe of Ten Foot Square Huts by Architects and Artists" as a special exhibition during from July 29th to September 17th in Echigo-tsumari Art Triennale 2018, Niigata Pref. in Japan.
In the present day, the global Financial capitalism has an impact on all regions, which have been required to accept the improved efficiency, rationalization and homogenization. This exhibition was an opportunity for the architects and artists to present their own Hojoki Shiki, proposing different "hojo", the minimum model of Japanese architecture.
Operation Flow: As you enter inside, this art-tecture (architecture) feels you and begins to breathe like a living thing.
Specifically to say, many holes called BREATHING PLEATS start opening and closing according to the movement of people.
Patents: F.A.D.S + Fujiki Studio, KOU::ARC
Team Members: ARCHITECT: Ryumei Fujiki
Yukiko Sato
DESIGN FIRM: F.A.D.S + Fujiki Studio, KOU::ARC
TEAM MEMBERS: Yu Ohno
Seiya Ueki
Kento Watanabe
Yuta Kimura
Shun Takimoto
Image Credits: Masahiro Hoshida, Fujiki Studio, KOU::ARC