New images from HOUSE VISION Tokyo 2016 have been released as the event opened to the public this past weekend. This year’s theme, “Co-Dividual: Split and Connect / Separate and Come Together,” explores how architecture can create new connections between individuals, and the ways Japanese housing can adapt to cultural shifts through the implementation of technology.
This year’s exhibition features house designs by top Japanese architects including Sou Fujimoto, Kengo Kuma, Shigeru Ban and Atelier Bow-Wow, each paired with a leading company to envision and implement new strategies in housing design.
Continue after the break to see images from the event and the pavilions.
Venue Entrance / Kengo Kuma
The House with Refrigerator Access from Outside / Yamato Holdings × Fumie Shibata
Yoshino-sugi Cedar House / Airbnb × Go Hasegawa
Hiragana-no Spiral House / Panasonic × Yuko Nagayama
Tanada Terrace Office / Muji × Atelier Bow-Wow
Nomad House / Mitsukoshi Isetan × Tanijiri Makoto + Ai Yoshida
Rental Space Tower / Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd. × Sou Fujimoto
Life Core / LIXIL × Shigeru Ban
Checkered Waterside / Sumitomo Forestry × Nishihata Seijun × Kengo Kuma (venue configuration)
Woodgrain House / Toppan Printing × Hara Design Institute
Between Inside and Outside / Between Furniture and a Room / TOTO · YKK AP × Atsushi Igarashi Taiji Fujimori
Grand Third Living Room / TOYOTA × Kengo Kuma
Wireless Roof House / Culture Convenience Club × Hara Design Institute (exhibition design) × Shinya Nakajima (video production)
Iced Coffee Shop / AGF × Go Hasegawa
Project descriptions and more information on each of the pavilions can be found at HOUSE VISION Tokyo’s website, here.
