photo: KIOKU Keizo
Hut for Wind, Water and Sun
| Artist | SAMBUICHI Hiroshi |
|---|---|
| Year | 2017 |
| Material/ Technique | DVD: CAD data, Drawing: ink and pencil on paper |
| Size/ Duration | Drawing (set of 5): H12.5 × W17cm, H10 × W21cm, H8 × W22cm, H11.5 × W18.5cm, H8 × W22cm |
| Copyright Notice | © Sambuichi Architects |
| Year of acquisition/ donation | 2018 |
| Description | Born in Yamaguchi, Japan in 1968. Having grown up in Hiroshima, Sambuichi graduated from the Tokyo University of Science, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Department of Architecture, and worked with Shinichi Ogawa & Associates before establishing Sambuichi Architects in Hiroshima. He works mainly in the Seto Inland Sea area where he was born and raised, and believes that architecture should be a part of the earth. This belief that architecture is made of moving materials such as air, water and the sun is demonstrated in his approach. For Sambuichi, thinking about architecture means to consider the details of the earth. "Hut for Wind, Water and Sun" is an installation constructed in the courtyard at the center of the building housing 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa incorporating a wooden structure resembling a Shinto shrine and its surroundings. The accompanying hand-drawn sketches show the thought process Sambuichi went through as he explored the coexistence of his work and the museum building designed by Kazuyo SEJIMA + Ryue NISHIZAWA / SANAA, while the design data is a blueprint for a site-specific work that displays the site’s characteristics. For the actual display, a water garden was created by filling the courtyard with a shallow layer of water whose surface trembled when the wind blew, introducing movement to the scene reflected within. The covered corridor surrounding the courtyard was installed in such a way that visitors could take their time experiencing the journey to the shrine that served as their destination. The shrine with its distinctive funnel-shaped roof enabled visitors not only to get a visceral sense of the way the air moves due to the movement of the sun but also to see it in the movement of the twisted-paper strings above their heads. This was a site-specific work that connected the natural environment to the museum space, the aim of which was to demonstrate how a shrine becomes a natural scene with the passage of time. |
NOTES
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Artists are listed alphabetically by artist’s surname.
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