Invited by the 2009 Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture, Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, who is also one of the participants of the ‘09 SZHKB , will give a lecture at 3:00pm, 11 Jan (Monday), 2010 at Art de Vivire, Shenzhen.

Sou Fujimoto, born in 1971, is widely considered as one of the most promising architects from Japan. In 2000, he formed Sou Fujimoto Architects. Consisted of over 15 architects, designers, craftsmen and thinkers, the practice has designed houses, temporary installation to medical and cultural facilities that have been recognised as vanguard designs throughout the world. Sou Fujimoto Architects has won numerous awards and competitions: AR Award Grand Prize and 2008 Japan Institute of Architects Grand Prize for Children’s Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center, the first prize award at the World Architectural Festival 2008 in Barcelona, and recently the Wallpaper Award 2009.

Often describing his works as “primitive”, Sou Fujimoto pursues projects as a way of exploring the world and humanity. For ‘09 SZHKB, he designed a few gigantic “walking chairs” that give the Shenzhen citizens a different point of view for the urban environment and mobilize them to take steps and connect with its neighbor city —Hong Kong.

The architect has been invited to give talks and lectures in London Serpentine Gallery, UCLA, MIT and other institutions all around the world. His talk in Shenzhen will be based around the philosophy of Primitive Future, and will feature the commentary and references of the recent works of Sou Fujimoto Architects.

Date: 11 Jan (Monday), 2010
Time: 3:00pm
Venue: Art de Vivre, 1/F, Shenzhen Public Art Center, No. 8, Zhongkang Road, Shangmeilin, Futian Dist, Shenzhen

*Portrait by David Vintiner

Works by Sou Fujimoto Architects

Children’s Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Hokkaido,Japan

HOUSE N, Oita, Japan.
*Photographs by Iwan Baan

Tokyo Apartment, Tokyo, Japan