Sou Fujimoto

is a Japanese architect.

Early life and education Born in Hokkaido in 1971, he graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1994, and established his own office, Sou Fujimoto Architects, in 2000. thumb

Career After establishing Sou Fujimoto Architects in 2000, Fujimoto went on to design buildings across Japan and Europe. Many of his designs are built around his idea that the function of a building is decided by human behavior. In 2019, Fujimoto was selected as one of 23 architects to "reinvent" Paris. His contributions to this project include a redesign of a plot in the 17th arrondissement of Paris.

Noted for delicate light structures and permeable enclosures, Fujimoto designed several houses, and in 2013, was selected to design the temporary Serpentine Gallery pavilion in London. In 2021, Fujimoto received the master's degree from l'École Spéciale d'Architecture in Paris.

Fujimoto published a book in 2008 called Sou Fujimoto: Primitive Future. It contains an overview of his projects up to that date, and it explains his concept of primitive future and how he uses it in his work.

Selected works Final Wooden House, Kumamoto, 2005–08 Children's Centre for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Hokkaido, Japan, 2006 T House, Gunma, Japan, 2006–2010 House before House, Utsunomiya, 2009 Tokyo Apartment, Tabashi-ku, Tokyo, 2006–10 Musashino Art University Museum and Library, Tokyo, Japan, 2010 Toilet in Nature, Chiba, Japan, 2012 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, London, 2013 Bus Stop in Krumbach, Austria, 2014 Cloud Pavilion, outside National Art Gallery, Tiranë, Albania, 2016 Naoshima Pavilion, Naoshima, Kagawa, Japan, 2016 L'Arbre Blanc, Montpellier, France, 2017 (est.) House of Hungarian Music, Budapest, Hungary, 2022 Mille Arbres (A Thousand Trees), Paris, France, 2016–2023 (est.)

Awards JIA New Face Award, 2004

Kenneth F. Brown Architecture Design Award, 2007 Marcus Prize for Architecture, 2013