Contemporary Arts

FUJIMURA Ryuji)

Born 1976 in Tokyo, based in Tokyo.

Studied at Tokyo Institute of Technology, then established Ryuji Fujimura Architects in 2005. He caught the public attention with "BUILDING K" (2008), a project based on an original design method: "Super Linear Design Process Theory." Fujimura is an active user of a wide range of media, publishing a free paper and web magazine, and using twitter and other social media to convey his news and ideas. He is also a keen curator, responsible for exhibitions such as "Hyper Archipelago—Light of Silence" at Aomori Museum of Art (2012). Post-earthquake, he has contributed to the critical review magazine Shisouchizu Beta, presenting an urban planning concept for a Little Fukushima that envisaged the residents of Futaba-machi in Fukushima prefecture relocating together as a community, and also Archipelago Improvement Theory 2.0, which suggests creating a second national axis to hedge risks as part of a strategy to improve Japan's infrastructural weaknesses, and which proposes reorganizing cities around a station city. As an ambitious young architect, Fujimura is also been involved in philosopher and author Hiroki Azuma's "Fukuichi Kanko Project," aiming to design a new Japan on a nationwide scale.

  Aichi Project 2013
photo: Yoshihiro Kikuyama
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