Our office’s first monograph “Contemporary Architect’s Concept Series 28 Yuusuke Karasawa: Toward Network Type Architecture by Algorithmic Method” was published from LIXIL publishing in Japan.

This book includes works and 14 years design activities of our architectural office since office was established in 2006.The language is Japanese/English bilingual.

That book is the latest issue of “Contemporary Architect’s Concept Series” which started to be published from 2008.

The page of bookstore which sells worldwide is below. (You can get the book from NAi Booksellers from anywhere in the world)

https://bit.ly/3eiQ9m1

The table of contents and introduction by LIXIL publishing is below.

https://livingculture.lixil.com/en/publish/yuusuke-karasawa-toward-network-type-architecture-by-algorithmic-method/

Please take a look if you like.

The model of “s-house” in Saitama was registered and stored in Centre Pompidou’s collection officially.

Centre Pompidou’s collection consists of great number of major art works by modern and contemporary artists such as Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall, Vassily Kandinsky, Alberto Giacometti and all that. They also collect various architectural model as the collection. The various drawings and models by Japanese architects who active worldwide such as Kenzo Tange, Arata Isozaki, Tadao Ando, Kazuyo Sejima etc. are stored as the works of collection.

If you try to search my work on the page of collection on website of Centre Pompidou, you can see detailed information of my work on website.

https://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/ressources/oeuvre/cpnx9Rb

The model of “s-house” is usually stored in storage of collection. But it will be exhibited on exhibition room of Centre Pompidou at diverse times.

The huge exhibition “Japan-ness. Architecture and Urbanism in Japan since 1945“ which overviews Japanese architecture field after Second World War will be held at Centre Pompidou Metz in France. Our office will participate in that exhibition to show “villa kanousan” and “s-house”.

https://bit.ly/2QyMXcb

This exhibition is curated by Centre Pompidou’s deputy director Frederic Migayrou. And this exhibition is one of the biggest exhibition which have been held ever before which overviews Japanese architecture filed by not only viewing housing field and but also viewing all categories of architecture. Also huge exhibition “Japanorama. A new vision on art since 1970” which overviews Japanese Art Scene since 1970 until now will be held Centre Pompidou Metz at the same time. “Japanorama” will be also huge exhibition which exhibit great many works by various Japanese representative artists such as Nobuyoshi Araki, Yoko Ono, Tadanori Yokoo, Yoshitomo Nara, Rei Kawakubo and all that.

There will be very big festival “Japanese Season” which introduces Japanese Culture based on two exhibitions “Japan-ness. Architecture and Urbanism in Japan since 1945” and “Japanorama. A new vison on art since 1970“ as two major axes at the Pompidu Centre Metz. There will be scheduled various performances by Japanese performers and musicians such as Gozo Yoshimasu, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Ryoji Ikeda, Kukan Gendai etc. during the session of “Japanese Season”.

Official press release of “Japanese Season” which shows list of names of artists and architects who participate is below.

https://bit.ly/2SPISNa

Please take a look if you visit Metz in France during the session.

Our office participates in exhibition “Japanese House: Architecture and Life after 1945” to show our office’s work. That exhibition is Tokyo venue of exhibition “Japanese House: Architecture and Life after 1945” which have gone the round Rome, Italy and London, England from last Autumn. We exhibit material about “s-house” ongoingly from the venue of Rome and London. The detailed information is below.

https://bit.ly/36fmGon

Please take a look if you visit near the National Museum of Modern Art,Tokyo.

Our office participates in exhibition “GA JAPAN PLOT” which is held at GA gallery in Sendagaya, Tokyo from 17th December 2016 to 26th February 2017 to show design process of “villa kanousan” by panel and movie.

https://bit.ly/2EngLRD

The design process of “villa kanousan” will be featured on “GA JAPAN 144” which will be published at the same time of exhibition with long interview. (Japanese only)

https://bit.ly/2hyB8zE

Please take a look if you like.

Our office participates in exhibition ”Japanese House: Architecture and Life after 1945” which is held at National Museum of the 21st Century Arts (MAXXI) in Rome, Italy as an exhibitor. This is huge exhibition which focuses Japanese housing architecture after Second World War. 56 architects show their works totally 75 works are exhibited there. This exhibition will go the round Barbican Centre in London from March next year and will travel to The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo from July next year. Our office exhibits “s-house” on this exhibition.

The detailed information of exhibition is below (This is announcement by Barbican Centre).

https://bit.ly/3gcUvtm

The press release at the website of Japan Foundation is below.

https://bit.ly/3hEA4be

This exhibition is co-curated by Kenjiro Hosaka of The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Pippo Ciorra of National Museum of the 21st Century Arts (MAXXI) and Florence Ostende of Barbican Centre. And Yoshiharu Tsukamoto of Atelier Bow-Wow and Hiroyasu Fujioka who is professor emeritus of Tokyo Institute of Technology joined as academic support.

This is uncommon chance to overview 70 years history of Japanese housing architecture after Second World War through various models, drawings, photographs and sketches.

Please take a look if you visit near each venues during the sessions.

We added “s-house” in Saitama for works page on website below.
s-house

“s-house” is featured by the Japanese architectural magazine below.

“GA HOUSES 134” by A.D.A EDITA Tokyo.Co.Ltd

“Jutakutokushu 2014:06” by Shinkenchiku-sha

Please take a look if you like.

Japanese TV program “TATEMONO TANHO by Atsushi Watanabe” by TV ASAHI Corporation featured “s-house” on 25th of April.

The first broadcast is 25th April and it will be broadcasted all over Japan even local areas in Japan in succession.

http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/tatemono/backnumber/#!/2014/16

Please take a look if you are available.

Our office participates in exhibition “GA HOUSES PRJECT 2014” as an exhibitor and exhibits plan of “Quezon Day Center” which we are planning to build as multipurpose house in Philippines at GA gallery in Sendagaya, Tokyo from 21st March 2014 to 25th May 2014.

http://bit.ly/Pvfw6l

“Quezon Day Center” will be featured on “GA HOUSES 136/PROJECT 2014” which will be published at the same time of exhibition.

https://bit.ly/36kAtdw

Please take a look if you like.

Notes: That project “Quezon Day Center” which was presented publicly on “GA HOUSES PROJECT 2014” was changed into “Bantayan Park Center” in 2016 changing the site location and usages although the design is still same and the project is still in progress.

“GA JAPAN 123” which is the latest issue of GA JAPAN magazine which featuring “Computation: Evolutionary process and creation of architecture” features our office’s long interview. (Japanese only)

http://www.ga-ada.co.jp/japanese/ga_japan/gaj123.html

As the interviewee as the architect, this issue features Toyo Ito, Kengo Kuma, Junya Ishigami, and Takeshi Hagiwara except our office.

This issue features dynamic changes in architectural field by wide-spreading computational technology nowadays.

Please take a look if you like.

“Yuusuke Karasawa exhibition/Architectural Practice of the Non-liner Formula” is held at Prismic Gallery in Aoyama, Tokyo.

The session is from 15th February 2013 (Friday) to 27th March 2013 (Wednesday).

The opening hours is 10:00-18:00 | Saturdays, Sundays and holidays: 13:00-18:00. Admission is free.

http://www.prismic.co.jp/gallery/works/?p=376

The report of exhibition is blow (Japanese only).

http://bit.ly/1ov0vQA

Please take a look if you like.

The record of talk symposium with Hiroshi Hara which was organized by Japanese housing company and producer team MISAWA A-Project on 18th June 2011 was gone public on website of MISAWA A-project. (Japanese only)

http://www.a-proj.jp/event_r20110618_01.html

The record of incandescent discussion on that talk symposium which focuses on the theme “How we can create discrete space for information age as architecture instead of homogeneous space in modern architecture” was featured completely on website.

Please take a look if you like.

The online database of “10+1” magazine was gone public.

The database shows many articles and which I contributed such as “10+1 vol.48: Algorithmic Thinking and Architecture” which I edited as responsible editor in 2007 and all that. (Japanese only)

http://bit.ly/1puziLn

Please take a look if you like.

We added “villa kanousan” in Chiba for works page on website below.

http://yuusukekarasawa.com/works/2010/03/villa_kanousan.php

“villa kanousan” is featured by the Japanese architectural magazine below.

“GA HOUSES 114” by A.D.A EDITA Tokyo.Co.Ltd

“Shinkenchiku 2010:03” by Shinkenchiku-sha

“AXIS vol.144” by AXIS Inc.

Please take a look if you like

We participated in research project “ICC Metaverse Project” at NTT Intercommunication Center [ICC] on ICC website. (Japanese only)

http://www.ntticc.or.jp/Exhibition/2009/MetaverseProject/vol4_1_j.html

The participants are Satoshi Hamano, Koichiro Eto, Exonemo & Dominique Chen and Hiroya Tanaka.

I discussed Hiroya Tanaka who is an associate professor of Keio University about the virtual space and architecture on information space.

The complete record of discussion was gone public as 10 volumes.

We edited special issue of architectural magazine “10+1 vol.48” which title is “Algorithmic Thinking and Architecture” as responsible editor.

We interviewed Arata Isozaki, Toyo Ito, Sou Fujimoto, Jacob Van Rijs (MVRDV), Koichiro Eto, Atsushi Kaminari and all that who are pioneers of field of mixedness of architecture and information technology.

That issue overviews the innovation of architectural field by information technology recently.

The table of contents is below (Japanese only)
http://www.livingculture.lixil/publish/101-no48/

Editor’s postscript is shown at website of “10+1” magazine. (Japanese only)
http://10plus1.jp/monthly/2007/09/27131654.php