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Heatherwick Studio: Building Soulfulness
Roppongi Hills Tokyo City View
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Heatherwick Studio
Established in 1994 in London, Heatherwick Studio has undertaken innovative projects in many cities including New York, Singapore, Shanghai, and Hong Kong, evolving to become one of the most closely-watched design teams in the world. Founder Thomas Heatherwick (born in 1970 in the UK) recounts how he would often find himself moved during his childhood by the “soulfulness” of small things made by craftspeople and artisans. Can the sprawling buildings and urban spaces that make up cities and towns also be imbued with this soulfulness? This is a question that often forms the starting point for a project at Heatherwick Studio. Every design is rooted in a belief that even projects as large as a city can have a human scale while harnessing the energies of the natural world and memories contained within architecture into new designs. At the core of this approach is the creation of places for gathering, dialogue, recreation, and enjoyment, instead of the design of “hard” elements that so often characterize products and buildings. Even as the Studio studies the history of objects and places, researches a broad spectrum of materials, and pays homage to traditional craftsmanship, their spaces, which deploy the latest developments in engineering, are replete with innovative ideas that seem to have eluded everyone else. As the world emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic and the relationship with both the built and the natural environments is reevaluated, Heatherwick Studio’s designs feel more evocative and relevant than ever.
This exhibition is the first one in Japan to showcase twenty-eight major projects of Heatherwick Studio. By looking at the projects - all of which are the result of a process of trial and error, where familiar structures and functions are reassessed, and new ideas are realized - from six different viewpoints: “Coming Together;” “Connecting with Everyone;” “Experiencing Sculptural Space;” “Feeling Nature in Urban Space;” “Bringing Memories to the Future;” and “Playing and Using,” the exhibition will explore what type of architecture brings with it the sort of kindness, beauty, intellectual stimulation and empathy that move the human heart.
This exhibition is the first one in Japan to showcase twenty-eight major projects of Heatherwick Studio. By looking at the projects - all of which are the result of a process of trial and error, where familiar structures and functions are reassessed, and new ideas are realized - from six different viewpoints: “Coming Together;” “Connecting with Everyone;” “Experiencing Sculptural Space;” “Feeling Nature in Urban Space;” “Bringing Memories to the Future;” and “Playing and Using,” the exhibition will explore what type of architecture brings with it the sort of kindness, beauty, intellectual stimulation and empathy that move the human heart.
Schedule | Mar 17 (Fri) 2023-Jun 4 (Sun) 2023 Reservation RequiredOpening Hours Information
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| Fee | Weekdays: Adults ¥2000, University & High School Students ¥1400, Age 4–Junior High Students ¥800, 65 & Up ¥1700 Weekends and Public Holidays: Adults ¥2200, University & High School Students ¥1500, Age 4–Junior High Students ¥900, 65 & Up ¥1900 | ||
| Website | https://www.mori.art.museum/en/exhibitions/heatherwick/index.html | ||
| Venue | Roppongi Hills Tokyo City View http://www.roppongihills.com/tcv/en/ | ||
| Location | 52F Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-6150 | ||
| Access | Direct walk from exit 1c at Roppongi Station on the Hibiya line, 4 minute walk from exit 3 at Roppongi Station on the Toei Oedo line; From JR Shibuya Station, take the Toei bus and get off at Roppongi Hills. | ||
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