Akihisa Hirata:Flame frame |
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Published: June 18 2009 |
Akihisa Hirata “Flame frame” 2008 aluminum, dimension variable Courtesy of akihisa hirata architecture office copy right(c) Akihisa HIRATA Akihisa Hirata "Flame frame" conceptual drawing, Taka Ishii Gallery, 2009 Courtesy of akihisa hirata architecture office copy right(c) Akihisa HIRATA Born in Osaka (1971), after completing the postgraduate course at the Graduate School of Engineering at Kyoto University in 1997, Hirata was employed from 1997-2005 at Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects. Under Ito, Hirata worked on projects including the Sendai Mediatheque (execution design), Miyagi; Aluminum House in Sakurajosui, Tokyo; “Forum for Music, Dance and Visual Culture”, Gent and TOD’S Omotesando Building, Tokyo. In 2005, Hiratata established Akihisa Hirata Architecture Office in Tokyo. Hirata has received several awards including the Asakura Award of SD Review 2004 for House H, the SD Review Award finalist for House S, 2007 and the 19th JIA New Face Award 2007 for MASUYA and is nowadays very highly valued architect. In 2007, Hirata launched the Daikanyama Market Street “Sarugaku” project (Daikanyama, Tokyo) and participated in the same year in the 1st Lisbon Architecture Triennale. In 2008, Hirata presented “ienoie” (Information Center of the Yokohama Triennale) and exhibited at the Frieze Art Fair with his chair “csh”. His works have been well received within Japan and abroad. At Milano Salone 2009, he presented his most recent work “animated knot”, a projection screen constructed of three-dimensional shapes. We are pleased to present Hirata’s new work “Flame frame”. The piece will be displayed within the gallery office space until the end of 2009. The principle of Hirata`s work is a closeness to nature and its various functions. “While people are enjoying themselves under a tree, this tree is ruthlessly doing photosynthesis, it is spreading its leaves with highest efficiency to live and is not thinking about human beings. If we would implement this independent principle of existence into architecture, I think it would have marvelous persuasive power on the people.” Hirata, interpreting the mystery of life and the origin of architecture is connecting the points which are resulting from this theory. He is seeking for the possibility of architecture which will be decided by the struggle between inside and outside: when creating spaces his motif is “the principal of nature” - the roof is inspired by the mountains and valleys that are formed by running water, the walls and floors of an inside building by rising smoke and the cellular structure of growing plants. * The text was provided by Taka Ishii Gallery. |
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