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Introduction to Art Archive XXIIIー Fumihiko Maki and Keio University II Designing the Between: SFC as Group Form
Keio University Art Center
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Fumihiko Maki
The previous exhibition at The Keio University Art Center focused on Maki’s architectural creations at Mita (February 2021) and sought to give insight into the nature of the environments he was endeavoring to create on campus. This work was oriented by the concept of “oku” (inwardness), a theory on the usage of space that he had long espoused. This, the second Art Center exhibition to focus on Maki, will feature the Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC), the design for which he is almost entirely responsible.
Unlike the Mita Campus, where the buildings he designed took their place surrounded by a host of existing historical structures, the starting point for the SFC Campus project was a blank slate, with the first step being land development. Accordingly, Maki, who above all else esteems the creation of environments in his structural design, had the opportunity to refine and realize on a grander scale the “Group Form” he had advocated since his Metabolism and Harvard days and which he had previously attempted to bring to life at Rissho University.
Group Form is a concept in which multiple buildings with common factors are linked together to form a frame that creates an entire environment. It emphasizes the individual buildings and the relationships that connect them. This exhibition will turn its attention to this point, shining a light on Maki’s particular aims in using Group Form to design a campus destined to house a university community.
Unlike the Mita Campus, where the buildings he designed took their place surrounded by a host of existing historical structures, the starting point for the SFC Campus project was a blank slate, with the first step being land development. Accordingly, Maki, who above all else esteems the creation of environments in his structural design, had the opportunity to refine and realize on a grander scale the “Group Form” he had advocated since his Metabolism and Harvard days and which he had previously attempted to bring to life at Rissho University.
Group Form is a concept in which multiple buildings with common factors are linked together to form a frame that creates an entire environment. It emphasizes the individual buildings and the relationships that connect them. This exhibition will turn its attention to this point, shining a light on Maki’s particular aims in using Group Form to design a campus destined to house a university community.
Schedule | Oct 3 (Mon) 2022-Dec 16 (Fri) 2022 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | http://www.art-c.keio.ac.jp/en/news-events/event-archive/artarchive23/ | ||||
| Venue | Keio University Art Center http://www.art-c.keio.ac.jp/en/ | ||||
| Location | Keio University Mita Campus South School Building, 2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8345 | ||||
| Access | 7 minute walk from exit A3 at Mita Station on the Toei Mita and Asakusa lines, 8 minute walk from the Mita exit (West exit) of Tamachi Station on the JR Yamanote and Keihin Tohoku lines. | ||||
| Phone | 03-5427-1621 | ||||
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