日本人建築家でありデザイナー、隈研吾の作品集。作者が手がけた「2025年日本国際博覧会(大阪・関西万博 / Expo 2025)」におけるポルトガル館を紹介する一冊であり、特徴的かつ象徴的なこの建築作品の魅力、そして他ではみられない資料が美しく収録されている。
本書は、読者が概要を十分に理解した上でプロジェクトを考察できるよう、可能な限り情報を掲載し、最大限の努力と献身、そして厳格さをもって制作された一冊である。この建築プロジェクトについて抱かれるであろう多くの問いを、できる限り用意することを目指し、作者はそのすべての問いに対し寛大かつ忍耐強く答えている。
プロジェクト・ディレクターや建築事務所のパートナーへのインタビューを行う時も、技術的な図面やコンテンツを選ぶ際も、同じようにこの原則に従って取り組まれている。ここでのみ見られる内容や、PDFではなくCADフォーマットを採用したプロジェクトの紹介、100年以上前の写真資料も含まれ、印刷もテスト段階から非常にこだわり尽くされている。
本書には3つのインタビューが掲載されており、このプロジェクトの創案者である作者は、本書のために著した文章とインタビューの中で、非常に強い言葉を通してポルトガルへの尊敬の念を表している。ポルトガルに捧げた賛辞、ポルトガルへの敬意、ポルトガルと日本の友好の架け橋になることへの明確な意思を改めて読み取ることができる。
このプロジェクトに携わった人物として、隈研吾建築都市設計事務所のパートナーとして活躍するポルトガル人建築家リタ・トパ(Rita Topa)が挙げられる。トパはポルトガルと日本だけでなく、世界中で深いプロジェクト経験を持つ。プロジェクト・ディレクターであり、本書では写真を担当した建築家アンドレア・トッコリーニ(Andrea Toccolini)も同様である。両者とも、本書に惜しみなく素晴らしいコンテンツとインタビューをもたらしている。
Kengo Kuma – Portugal Pavilion is an impressively high-quality, beautifully crafted book about an iconic, emblematic work, featuring exclusive content.
This book was created with the utmost effort, dedication, and profound rigour, providing as much information as possible so that every reader can evaluate the project with full knowledge of the facts. On our part, we aimed to raise all the questions that readers might wish to ask about the architectural project, and Kengo Kuma generously and patiently answered them all.
The same applies to the interviews with the Project Director and the Partner of the studio. We followed the same principle in selecting the technical drawings and other content. Browsing through the book, one can clearly appreciate its impressive quality. Among many other features, it contains almost 100% exclusive content, the project in CAD format (not PDF), and photographs over a century old – all with full rights cleared. Even the print tests were done using offset printing, which is extraordinarily rare in the publishing world.
The publication contains three remarkable interviews. The architect Kengo Kuma, the author of the project, in the text he wrote for the book and in his interview, reveals his respect for Portugal through unusually strong words. The interview is not an easy one but once again emphasises and reveals the tribute he paid to that country, the respect he holds for it, and his clear intention to build bridges of friendship between Portugal and Japan.
The Partner involved with the project is Portuguese architect Rita Topa. She has deep project experience not only in Portugal and Japan but also worldwide. The same applies to the Project Director, architect Andrea Toccolini. Both generously gifted the publisher with excellent interviews.
The photographs of this Portugal Pavilion are absolutely stunning, impressively beautiful, taken by the Project Director.
We are deeply grateful for the opportunity to produce this book, as well as for the exclusivity granted to us for almost 100% of its content.
As is customary in all House Details publications and unique in the publishing market, this book was produced based on the complete CAD project (with subsequent content selection). For this, we express our recognition and profound gratitude. The publication was the result of the usual effort, deep rigour, and great dedication by the architects in our editorial team, each with over 25 years of project experience.
Our commitment is always pushed to the limit, especially regarding technical matters. Even in other aspects, we strongly desire to deliver the best.
We really hope you enjoy it.
We thank everyone involved, both in Portugal and Japan, for the kindness and generosity with which we were always treated and received.
A hug to everyone involved and to you too, the reader.
Nuno Teixeira (editor)
KENGO KUMA - PORTUGAL PAVILION by Kengo Kuma
by Kengo Kuma
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