Shuhei Endo Architect Institute
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Citation
Hinge, v.70, 2000, pp. 74-76
Abstract
When it comes to post, beam, roof and wall, Shuhei Endo has a very eccentric interpretation. Since the inception of Shuhei Endo Architect Institute in 1998 in Osaka. Endo has embarked on a journey searching for possible ways to revolutionise modernism in architecture. From Endo's perspective, the conventional configuration of horizontal and vertical elements in Modernism is a set of self-imposed limitations, which hinders the breakthrough of architecture and is not desirable. It was not until 1993, when Endo won the Andrea Palladio International Architecture Prize, that the Halftecture and Rooftecture instigated by Endo became pioneering concepts in para-modern architecture.
Halftecture - also known as Semi-architecture - completely defies the traditional notion of architecture as a spatial enclosure; instead the limit between interior and exterior is virtually non-existent. Rooftecture, on the other hand, provides the means to accomplish Halftecture. In Rooftecture, architectural spaces are created by a continuous plate encompassing both roof and wall. This leans away from the conventional structural system of post, roof and wall. Corrugated steel sheet has been Endo's favoured choice of materials in realising Rooftecture, and still is. Its folding unfolds infinite architectural possibilities that drive Endo into his realm of fascination.
(1) Springtecture H
(a) Client: Hyogo Prefecture
(b) Location: Harima, Hyogo
(c) Completion: March, 1998
(2) Transtation O
(a) Client: Keifuku Railway Co Ltd
(b) Location: Oozeki, Fukui
(c) Completion: December 1996
(3) Rooftecture Y
(a) Location: Yamasaki-cho, Hyogo
(b) Completion: December 1999
(4) Rooftecture K
(a) Location: Nishinomiya, Hyogo
(b) Completion: April 2000
Description
Architect: Shuhei Eudo Architect Institute
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Article
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Date
2000
Language
en