HEATHERWICK STUDIO: BUILDING SOULFULNESS

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(OPENING) HEATHERWICK STUDIO:BUILDING SOULFULNESSMARCH 17 [FRI] - JUNE 4 [SUN], 2023

TOKYO CITY VIEW [52F, ROPPONGI HILLS MORI TOWER]

THE FIRST TIME EVER IN JAPAN: EXHIBITION FEATURING 28 KEY PROJECTS BY
HEATHERWICK STUDIO, ONE OF THE MOST CLOSELY-WATCHED DESIGN TEAMS IN THE WORLD!
The Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, is proud to present Heatherwick Studio: Building Soulfulness from Friday,
March 17 to Sunday, June 4, 2023, at Tokyo City View (indoor observation deck).
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 mostclosely-watched design teams in the world. Founder Thomas Heatherwick (born 1970 in UK) recounts
how he would often find himself moved during his childhood by the “ soulfulness ” of small things thatwere made by craftspeople and artisans. Can the sprawling buildings and urban spaces that make our cities
and towns also be imbued with this soulfulness? This is a question that often forms the starting points
for a project at Heatherwick Studio. Every design is rooted in a belief that even projects as large as acity 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 wide
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 we re-evaluate our relationship with both the built
and the natural environments, 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;”“B r i n g i n g M e m o r i e s t o t h e
Future; ” and “ Playing and Using,”
the exhibition will explore what
type of architecture brings withit the sort of kindness, beauty,
intellectual stimulation andempathy that move the humanheart.

Little Island
2021
New York
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General Information
Exhibition Title: Heatherwick Studio: Building Soulfulness
Organizer: Mori Art Museum
Corporate Sponsors: OBAYASHI CORPORATION, SHIMIZU CORPORATION,SUMITOMO MITSUI CONSTRUCTION CO.,LTD., Arup, NIHON SEKKEI, INC.,
NIKKEN SEKKEI LTD, YAMASHITA SEKKEI INC., ASAMI Electric Corporation,
FUJITEC CO., LTD., KANDENKO CO., LTD., KINDEN CORPORATION,KYUDENKO CORPORATION, SAIKYU KOGYO CO., LTD.,SANKEN SETSUBI KOGYO CO., LTD., SANKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.,
Takasago Thermal Engineering Co., Ltd.,
Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems Corporation, YUDENSHA CO., LTD.
Production Support: KEF
Curated by: Kataoka Mami (Director, Mori Art Museum)
Exhibition Period: March 17 [Fri] - June 4 [Sun], 2023
Venue: Tokyo City View [52F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo]
Hours: 10:00-22:00 (Last Admission: 21:00) * Open every day.

［Weekdays］

Admission:

On-SiteOnlineAdults¥ 2,000

Students (University/High School)［Sat., Sun. & Holidays］
On-SiteOnline¥ 1,800¥ 2,200¥ 2,000¥ 1,400¥ 1,300¥ 1,500¥ 1,400

Children (Age 4 through Junior High School)

¥ 800

¥ 700

¥ 900

¥ 800

Seniors (Ages 65 and over)¥ 1,700¥ 1,500¥ 1,900¥ 1,700* It is encouraged to make advance booking for a designated date/time slot and purchase the admission ticket on thebooking website.
* Admissions without advance bookings will be allowed so far as the time slots have not ﬁlled up on the day of your visit.
* You will be admitted to the Roppongi Crossing 2022: Coming & Going exhibition (currently on view until March 26,
2023 at Mori Art Museum, 53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower) by adding to the Heatherwick Studio exhibition admission¥500 across the board.
* Those who with an admission ticket to the Roppongi Crossing 2022 exhibition (Mori Art Museum) will be admitted to
the Heatherwick Studio exhibition (Tokyo City View) by adding ¥700 across the board.
* Additionally, just for a limited period from Friday, March 17 to Sunday, March 26, Heatherwick Studio + Roppongi
Crossing 2022 combo tickets, however Weekdays/Online ONLY, will be on sale. Adults: ¥2,200 / Students (University/
High School): ¥1,700 / Children (Age 4 up to Junior High School): ¥1,100 / Seniors (Ages 65 and over): ¥1,900* All prices include tax.
* Admissions to Mori Arts Center Gallery, and Sky Deck (rooftop observation deck) are separate.
General Inquiries: 050-5541-8600 (Hello Dial, within Japan) / +81-(0)47-316-2772 (Hello Dial, from overseas)www.mori.art.museum/en

The latest exhibition press images are available on our website for downloads:
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Thomas Heatherwick
Founder, Heatherwick Studio
Thomas Heatherwick is one of the UK’s most proliﬁc designers, whose varied work over two decades
is characterized by its originality, inventiveness and humanity. Defying conventional classifications,Thomas founded his studio in 1994 to bring together architecture, urban planning, productdesign and interiors into a single creative workspace. Working across multiple scales, locations
and typologies, Heatherwick Studio has developed into a team of 200 makers and inventors withno signature style. Led by human experience rather than any fixed dogma, the Studio creates
emotionally compelling places and objects with the smallest possible climate shadow.
From their base in London, the Studio team is currently working on over thirty projects in ten
countries, including Azabudai Hills / Lower Levels , a six-hectare mixed-use development in the centerof Tokyo, the new headquarters for Google in London (in collaboration with Bjarke Ingels Group)and Airo , an electric car that cleans the air as it drives.
The Studio has also recently completed Google Bay View , Google ’s first ground-up campus;
Little Island , a park and performance space on the Hudson River in New York; The Zeitz Museumof Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MoCAA ) in Cape Town; and Coal Drops Yard , a major new retail
district in King’s Cross, London. Thomas ’ forthcoming book, Humanise , will be published by Penguin
in 2023.

Thomas Heatherwick
Photo: Raquel Diniz

HIGHLIGHTS
Japan’s First! Heatherwick Studio’s 28 Major Projects Showcased All at Once
Referential Items Such as Models and Material Samples from Various
Projects Completed through Trial and Error to Be on View
A Full-Scale Model (Partial; over 4 Meters in Height) to Be Exhibited of London’s
Double-Decker Bus Heatherwick Studio Redesigned after 50 Years, Utilizing theLarge Space of the 11-Meter-High Open Ceiling for the Observatory!
Unique Exhibition Space Inspired by Japanese Store Curtains and Banners
Space to Enjoy Tokyo Cityscape from the Observation Deck While Sitting on a
Playful Chair Spun Designed by Heatherwick Studio that Rotates 360 Degrees
New Routemaster
2012
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SECTIONS
Section 1: Coming Together“ A whole ” is made up of various “ parts. ” Many of Heatherwick Studio’s projects can be likened to aholistic big picture with a compelling power, achieved through an aggregation of details that have been
meticulously conceived. This approach offers us a glimpse into how the Studio assembles the “ souls ” that
inhabit each small part in an attempt to create a single, huge space capable of stirring human emotions.

London Olympic Cauldron 2012
© Pawel Kopczynski/Reuters

Shanghai Expo UK Pavilion 2010
Photo: Iwan Baan

Section 2: Connecting with Everyone
Heatherwick Studio has created many open spaces where people can come together naturally andstart a conversation or dialogue. By opening up spaces that tend to become closed and cloistered, andestablishing connections with adjoining spaces, the Studio takes a creative approach to the design process,crafting opportunities for togetherness, and a connection with natural light and air.

Heatherwick Studio and Bjarke Ingels Group
Google Bay View
2022
Mountain View, CA
Photo: Iwan Baan

Airo
2021

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Section 3: Experiencing Sculptural SpaceOne of the most distinctive characteristics of Heatherwick Studio’s designs is the attention given to
three-dimensional, sculptural form. These buildings can resemble sculptures that have been conceived ata human scale, but in reality are designed to work as spatial experiences on a city scale. There is no loss ofhandcrafted detail or warmth in the choice of materials and texture that would be expected from an artist
or artisan craftsperson.

Hainan Performing Arts Center 2020 (contracted)
China
Courtesy: Devisual
Vessel 2019
Hudson Yards, New York
Photo: Tim Schenck

Section 4: Feeling Nature in Urban SpaceThe natural world is ﬁlled with ecologies of metabolism. The energies that emerge out of them enrich andenliven the hearts and minds of people who live in urbanized environments. Heatherwick Studio approaches
every project with the ambition of creating a lasting and positive impact by designing places that people
will love and enjoy, providing enriching and fulﬁlling experiences. By exploring the function of nature within
urban environments, so that trees and plants that are not merely ornamental, but incorporate the energy
and spiritual well-being of the natural world into urban settings.
Azabudai Hills / Lower Levels
2023 (expected) TokyoⒸ DBox for Mori Building Co., Ltd.
1000 Trees
2021
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Section 5: Bringing Memories to the Future
History is an accumulation of human stories. Buildings arealso repositories of memories belonging to the people whohave spent time in them. Heatherwick Studio feels that it is
its mission to bring to the future the memories of buildingsthat have outlived their original function. Although the Studio
carries out bold conversions that leverage the designs of theoriginal buildings, one can also see a commitment throughout
to repair and restore elements to their former state.

The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MoCAA)
2017 Cape Town
Photo: Iwan Baan

Bombay Sapphire Distillery
2014 Hampshire, UK
Photo: Iwan Baan

Section 6: Playing and Using
The designs of Heatherwick Studio have a playful streak to them. Friction Table , the shape of which canbe freely changed from a circle to an ellipse and back again, was the result of the bold idea to imbue
furniture with a versatility that could respond to individual needs. Spun , a chair that could be considered
as a sculptural work, rotates 360 degrees while tracing an arc when someone sits on it. This accumulationof versatile, unbridled ideas has been applied throughout the Studio ’ s buildings on the considerably larger
scale of architecture.

Spun 2007Courtesy: Magis

Spun 2007Courtesy: Magis
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LIST OF KEY PROJECTS FEATURED IN THIS EXHIBITION (28 TO TOTAL)SECTION AND #PROJECT TITLE

LOCATION

YEAR OF COMPLETION

INTRO
(
)

Extrusions
Shanghai Expo UK Pavilion
London Olympic Cauldron
New Routemaster
Tree of Trees
Google Bay View
Learning Hub, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Maggieʼs Yorkshire
Airo
VesselBund Finance Center
East Beach Cafe
Paternoster Vents
TempleHainan Performing Arts Center
UCB Windlesham
Azabudai Hills / Lower Levels
Little Island
1000 Trees
Coal Drops Yard
The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MoCAA)
Bombay Sapphire Distillery
Pacific Place
Parnham House
Broad Marsh
Spun
Expanding Furniture [Series]

N/A
ShanghaiLondonLondonLondonMountain View, CA
Singapore
Leeds, UK
N/A
New York
Shanghai
Littlehampton, UK
LondonKagoshima, Japan
China
Windlesham, UK
Tokyo
New York
ShanghaiLondonCape Town
Hampshire, UK
Hong Kong
Dorset, UK
Nottingham, UK
N/A
N/A
N/A

2006- (production)
2010
2012
2012
2022
2022
2015
2020
2021
2019
2017
2007
2002
Unbuilt
2020 (contracted)
2021 (contracted)
2023 (expected)
2021
2021
2018
2017
2014
2015 ( aesthetictransformation )2020 (contracted)
2020 (contracted)
2007- (production)
2014- (production)
1994-2010

ENTRANCE -01

SECTION 1-02
1-03
1-04
1-05
SECTION 2-06
2-07
2-08
2-09
SECTION 3-10
3-11
3-12
3-13
3-14
3-15
3-16
SECTION 4-17
4-18
4-19
SECTION 5-20
5-21
5-22
5-23
5-24
5-25
SECTION 6-26
6-27
6-28

Christmas Cards

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Exhibition-Related LEARNING Programs

Talk “ What Is the Philosophy of Heatherwick Studio? Getting to the
Root of It ” * Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation available
Heatherwick Studio is one of the most closely-watched design teams in the world. We invite Founder Thomas
Heatherwick to trace the innovative projects they have undertaken around the world to date, and aim to explore theorigins of their designs together.
Date & Time: 18:00-19:30, Friday, March 17, 2023 (Doors open: 17:30)
Featuring: Thomas Heatherwick (Founder, Heatherwick Studio)
Discussant: Kataoka Mami (Director, Mori Art Museum / Curator of Heatherwick Studio: Building Soulfulness )Venue: Academyhills (49F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
Capacity: 150 (booking required, ﬁrst-come basis)
Fee: ￥1,000* Students attending this Talk, by presenting their student ID at the entrance, will be given a QR code (valid until April 30, 2023)
that grants one-time admission to Heatherwick Studio: Building Soulfulness exhibition just for ￥500.

Organizer: Mori Art Museum
Booking: Mori Art Museum website www.mori.art.museum/en

Workshop “ Design through Making ” * Japanese-English consecutive interpretation available
How can a scale model help you understand “soulfulness”? Join us at this workshop to ﬁnd out! This two-hour Making
Workshop for those aged 13+ will focus on the key idea behind a number of Heatherwick Studio ’s projects - the ideaof multiplicity, or the repetition of one simple element in many different ways, which can result in very different andexciting outcomes. You will get to work with Hannah Parker, Associate and Maker; and Adam Brown, Designer Maker
from Heatherwick Studio who will explain this idea, demonstrate how it appears in Heatherwick Studio projects, andhelp you make your own creation in a small group, perhaps even incorporating some of the studio ’s design thinking inyour work.
Date & Time: 10:15-12:15, Saturday, March 18, 2023 (Doors open: 10:00)
Featuring: Hannah Parker (Associate and Maker, Heatherwick Studio), Adam Brown (Designer Maker, Heatherwick Studio)
Venue: Mori Art Museum Auditorium (53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
For: Ages 13 and over; youth particularly encouraged to participate
Capacity: 15 (booking required, attendees chosen by lottery)
Fee: Free (exhibition ticket valid on the day of issue required)
Booking: Already closed

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Talk “ Making Soulfulness ” * Japanese-English consecutive interpretation available
The Building Soulfulness exhibition delves into the creative approach and processes that Heatherwick Studio applies toall of their projects, with the aim of exploring the idea of soulfulness in buildings and cities. The Studio’s commitment
to elegant, integrated design solutions and their dedication to materials, research, industrial collaboration, tactility
and texture would not be possible without an extensive team of Makers, who lead the creation and testing of physicalmodels, mock-ups and prototypes.
Learn how Heatherwick Studio ’s Making team creates their models and prototypes, and how this process plays a key
part in the Studio’s approach to each project. Hannah Parker, Associate and Maker; and Adam Brown, Designer Maker
at Heatherwick Studio will talk the audience through a handful of key projects and explain the role that various models
played throughout the life of those projects. This program is aimed at architectural students and anyone interested in
the details of model-making, and a translation will be provided.
Date & Time: 14:00-15:00, Saturday, March 18, 2023 (Doors open: 13:45)
Featuring: Hannah Parker (Associate and Maker, Heatherwick Studio), Adam Brown (Designer Maker, Heatherwick Studio)
Venue: Mori Art Museum Auditorium (53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
For: All; including those studying architecture and/or with an interest in model-making
Capacity: 50 (booking required, ﬁrst-come basis)
Fee: Free (exhibition ticket valid on the day of issue required)
Booking: Mori Art Museum website www.mori.art.museum/en
Inquiries on the Programs: Learning, Mori Art Museum
E-mail: mam-learning@mori.co.jp

RELATED INFORMATION

Magazine a + u (Architecture and Urbanism ) ’ s March 2023 Issue(No. 630) Features Heatherwick StudioThis special issue of a + u ( Architecture and Urbanism ) magazine hones in on
the essence of Heatherwick Studio's activities. Introduced are the Studio's 18
projects to date, including 14 out of 28 projects featured in the Heatherwick
Studio: Building Soulfulness exhibition. The issue also contains two essays, and aconversation between Thomas Heatherwick and the Exhibition Curator Kataoka
Mami, who is also the Director of Mori Art Museum.
Size: A4 variation (29.2 x 21.9 cm) Number of Pages: 160
Languages: Japanese-English bilingual Price: ￥2,852 (incl. tax)
Date of Issue: February 27, 2023 Published by: A+U Publishing Co., Ltd.
Now on Sale at: TOKYO CITY VIEW SHOP (52F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower),
MORI ART MUSEUM SHOP (3F, Roppongi Hills West Walk), andbookstores nationwide
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Exhibition Original Goods & Merchandise
Items that support innovative and free ideas will be sold as exhibition original goods
and merchandise. Postcards of Heatherwick Studio's valuable models and otheritems will also be on sale.
Memo Pads
A5-sized types memo pads (2 color variations: brown or white) used by designers
and architects. Open the cover, and you will see a sketch of Azabudai Hills on theﬁrst page.
Price: ￥1,430 each (incl. tax)
Metal Pencil “ metacil ”
Like a pencil, but it is not exactly a pencil. This new type of a pen can be used towrite for a long time without sharpening and can be erased with an eraser.
Price: ￥1,540 each (incl. tax)
Triangular Scale
Triangular scales with the exhibition title designed on them. Three variations areavailable: non-glossy bronze; white; and glossy black.
Price: ￥946 each (incl. tax)
Postcards
Price: ￥220 each (incl. tax)

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