Title: Atelier Bow-Wow : a primer /
Authors: Stalder, Laurent.; Atorie Wan.; Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
Publisher: König,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Atorie Wan Exhibitions.; Architecture Japan Exhibitions.
Abstract: The Tokyo-based architecture firm Atelier Bow-Wow, founded in 1992 by Yoshiharu Tsukamoto and Momoyo Kaijima, is among the most admired architecture practices of today. Part of a whole generation of Japanese firms that seized the recession of the early 1990s as an opportunity to develop a new design practice in response to changed planning and social conditions, Atelier Bow-Wow is well known for its domestic and cultural architecture, as well as its research exploring micro-architecture. The firm's first studies focused on anonymous Tokyo buildings and highlighted the ways in which they met the requirements of residents and visitors. Additionally, founders Tsukamoto and Kaijima devised a particular type of residential building for Tokyo--a small-scale house that offers an ideal solution to the restrictions of the densely populated megacity. This publication unifies Atelier Bow-Wow's architectural and theoretical work.
Contents: 1994 : (Without) oku ; House without oku -- 1995 : Dame ; Eco-system apartment ; Environmental unit -- 1997 : Flatness ; Smallness ; Window place ; Zoom out ; Ani House -- 1998 : Affordance ; Mini house ; Kawanishi camping cottage -- 2000 : Conventional element ; House Asama ; Pet ; Sportive -- 2001 : Made in Tokyo ; Pet architecture -- 2002 : D.a.S. House ; Flux management ; Furnicycle ; Jig ; Manga pod ; Occupancy ; Orientation ; Shallow House -- 2003 : Gae House ; Jig ; Micro public space ; White limousine Yatai -- 2005 : Dog chair ; House and Atelier Bow-Wow ; Juicy house ; Jumbo origami arch ; Loco house -- 2006 : House tower ; Monkey Way ; Nora House -- 2007 : Behaviorology ; Iki-iki ; Kanazawa machiya metabolism ; Machiya ; Mask ; Metabolism ; Mingei ; Puppet Theater House ; Rhythm -- 2008 : Freeloaders ; Ikushima Library ; Machiya guesthouse ; Pony garden ; Tread machiya -- 2010 : Split machiya ; Tanekura -- 2011 : BMW Guggenheim Lab ; Miyashita Park ; Learn from 1000 years ; Relay ; Sōtei gai -- 2012 : Kitamoto KAO ; Oshika ; Core house.