Présentation de l'éditeur :
Since
founding his own studio nearly 15 years ago, Shuhei Endo (b. 1960) has
been concerned with creating architectural spaces out of continuous
strips of material – most often rolled or corrugated steel – that
encompass both roof and wall, looping and coiling to enclose interior
spaces while leaving much of the structure exposed. To date his
projects have been small-scale, mostly concentrated in the Kansai
region: a parking structure for bicycles (Cyclestation M), a public
toilet facility in an outdoor park in Hyogo (Springtecture H), a
railroad station (Transtation O), a rural agricultural market
(Rooftecture B). Responding to their standardized, industrial
materials, Endo’s projects carry generic names with repetitive suffixes
and one-letter IDs, but their form is anything but generic — the
projects resemble abstract sculpture more than they do architecture
with regular geometries. Of his Springtecture H lavatory facility,
Jonathan Glancey of The Guardian wrote: “This is a brilliant, unabashed
swirl of galvanised corrugated metal, its loops and spirals derived
from the structural logic of this malleable material.” In addition to
small-scale work, Endo has designed two larger competition entries,
including an addition to an art museum in northeastern Japan
(Springtecture A/Aomori project, 2000), and an addition to the
headquarters of the World Intellectual Properties Organization in
Geneva (Rooftecture W/Wipo Project, 2000).
Endo earned a master’s degree from Kyoto City University of Art and
worked at Osamu Ishii & Biken Associates in Japan before opening
his own office. He was named by Architectural Record as one of nine of
the most talented emerging architects in the magazine’s “Design
Vanguard 2001,” and received an Architectural Review award in 2000.
This book follows the format of Electa’s series on contemporary
architects, showcasing 32 of Endo’s projects with concise project
descriptions, excellent color photographs, plans, and drawings. It
includes a complete illustrated list of projects, a biography, and
bibliography.
table of contents
“The Architecture of Shuhei Endo and the Specificity of Japan” by Hiroyuki Suzuki
“Paramodern Architecture” by Shuhei Endo
32 project spreads
List of projects
Biography
Bibliography
The Architecture of Shuhei Endo and the Essence of Japan, Hiroyuki Suzuki
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