Sou Fujimoto

Sōsuke "Sou" Fujimoto (藤本 壮介 Fujimoto Sōsuke?; born August 4, 1971 in Hokkaido) is a Japanese architect. After graduating from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo in 1994, he opened his own studio, "Sou Fujimoto Architects" in 2000. He is recognized as one of the leading and best-known contemporary architectural designers in the world.

After studying architecture at the University of Tokyo's faculty of engineering, he decided early in his career to focus on small projects that immediately characterized his style. In 2000 he founded the agency "Sou Fujimoto Architects".
He subsequently worked as a lecturer at Tokyo University of Science, Showa Women's University, Kyoto University, Keio University, and the University of Tokyo itself.
His work began to be recognized in 2005, when he won the "Architectural Review Awards" in the "Young International Architects" category, an award that he would be given for three consecutive years. In 2006, he also won the "Top Prize" category. In 2008, he was a member of the jury for the same "Architectural Review Awards" and, also in 2008, he won the "AIJ Award" (organized by the Architectural Institute of Japan) and the highest award at the "World Architecture Festival" in the "Private Houses" category.

In 2009, Wallpaper magazine honored him with the "Design Award." In 2011, he won first prize in the competition organized by the Beton Hala Waterfront Center, while in 2012 he was part of the team that won the Golden Lion at the Venice Architecture Exhibition. He was also the youngest architect to participate in the project related to the Serpentine Gallery in London, designing the pavilion for the 2013 edition.

Fujimoto is recognized as one of the world's leading and most well-known contemporary architectural designers. His projects draw inspiration from his passion, cultivated at a young age, for the inhomogeneity and deformation of environments, and are characterized by a fresh and innovative approach to the relationship between architectural space and the human body. His creations are largely inspired by nature and natural elements themselves, such as forests, caves or nests, play a key role in his works.
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