Junya Ishigami — KIAT
Junya Ishigami is a Japanese modern architect born in Kanagawa in 1974. Ishigami is an innovative architect who likes to experiment with his ideas. Whilst a lot of the modern architects looks for projects where they can design and build grand architectures, Ishigami looks for ways to build and designs architecture which are invisible.
According to ‘The Guardian’, Oliver Wainwright (3rd APR 2018) has stated that Ishigami see the world in the children’s eyes, meaning that he tries to create and sees things with the children’s mind and at their level, meaning that he tries to see the world around him in an innocent and pure child’s point of view. Ishigami states in ‘The Guardian’ (3rd Apr 2018), “Imagine how the world would seem if you were a really tiny person, like an elf. Animals would look like landscapes.”
Ishigami has designed many different types of architectures that were quite famous because of it’s invisible form. However, even though he was one of the youngest award winners and one of the youngest most successful architects around the world.
One of his most innovative and famous architecture which were built was Kanagawa Institute of Technology campus in the suburb of Tokyo.
This place was built to give students a sense of flexibility and being able to use the place for multiple activities. The building was built ambiguously and originally built for students use the space in a way they would want to use the space. On the plan, the Kanagawa institute, Ishigami gets his inspiration from the forest where he uses dots in his plan according to the trees in the forest and where they are placed. To represent the tree, he uses dots to show where the trees are and irregular shapes and sized pillars to show the different sized trees in the forest and uses approximately 305 pillars which are dotted throughout the design. He also uses glass for the façade, to give the students to be able to relax and study as they can see outside trees and see the organics and the nature of the area as well.
In my iteration, I have tried to apply this concept of the slender columns and concept of ambiguity, and the uneven group formed with columns to represent the trees in the forest. I have tried to used the roof’s open roof where the light shines through and along with the artificial lights.
In my iteration, I have tried to apply this concept of the slender columns and concept of ambiguity, and the uneven group formed with columns to represent the trees in the forest. I have tried to used the roof’s open roof where the light shines through and along with the artificial lights.
From Image III and IV, it is clearly shown that it doesn’t have the fine, thinner column like Ishigami’s columns. However, in Image VI and VII the column started to go thinner, and the roof is shown through the cuttings for the ceiling openings. Also the facades, and the walls are left blank for multiple usage of the study space.
In the reflection, I feel the usage of the glue and other materials could have been a lot more detailed and finer. I had quite a difficult time with this assignment trying to choose the right architect for myself and to be able to make the models. Much as I have enjoyed the model making so much, I was quite new and quite terrible at making the model and feel I have lost control in using the glue. I would like to study further into model making and next time, for my next model making assignment would like to be at the top in making the model with a lot of practice.