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The city is, an assemblage of a multitude of elements. And if we think architecture as that kind of collection, not as single building, there seems to be a potential towards a shift in the relationship between architecture and the city. Then if architects design building with such attitude, architecture would contribute much to create better urban environment.
We feature such a trend in architecture within the framework of “collective forms” and present the endeavors of 14 Japanese architects with a focus on the process of design. We also included two interviews with Fumihiko Maki & Hiroshi Hara

Works by:
Fumihiko Maki, Hiroshi Hara, Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA,
Jun Aoki, Ryue Nishizawa, Kazuyo Sejima, Osamu Nishida + Erika Nakagawa / ON DESIGN, Ryuji Nakamura, Akihisa Hirata, Junya Ishigami,
Sou Fujimoto, Go Hasegawa, Hirokazu Suemitsu + Yoko Suemitsu / SUEP., Kazuhiro Kojima + Kazuko Akamatsu / CAt

Feature:
Interview with Fumihiko Maki
50 Years Since Group Form

Fumihiko Maki
Republic Polytechnic Campus, Singapore

Interview with Hiroshi Hara
Mathematics, Discreteness, Architecture

Hiroshi Hara
Habor Regeneration Project

Images of Collectivity (photo essay by the architects)

Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA
Louvre-Lens

Jun Aoki
Omiyamae Sports Facility, Suginami

Ryue Nishizawa
Towada Art Center

Kazuyo Sejima
Inujima Art House Project

Osamu Nishida + Erika Nakagawa / ON DESIGN
Village and drawing style of the map

Ryuji Nakamura
Colorful / Cornfield

Akihisa Hirata
prism liquid

Junya Ishigami
Little Gardens / Kanagawa Intsitute of Technology KAIT workshop

Sou Fujimoto
Tokyo Apartment

Go Hasegawa
Town House in Asakusa

Hirokazu Suemitsu + Yoko Suemitsu / SUEP.
House of Cave

Kazuhiro Kojima + Kazuko Akamatsu / CAt
Uto Elementary School