Sou Fujimoto's architecture relies upon a manipulation of
basic building blocks to produce a geometric primitivism. His buildings are
very sensitive to the topographical form of their context and include a series
of houses as well as a children's home in Hokkaidō.
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Two former employees of Toyō Itō, Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue
Nishizawa formed a collaborative partnership in 1995 called SANAA.
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They are known for creating lightweight, transparent spaces
that expose the fluidity and movement of their occupants.
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Their Dior store in Shibuya, Tōkyō, in 2001 was reminiscent
of Itō's Mediatheque, with cool white acrylic sheets on the external facade
that filter the light and partially reveal the store's contents.
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Their dynamic of fluidity is demonstrated by the Rolex
Learning Centre at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, completed in 2010.
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This building has an undulating floor plane set under a
continuous concrete shell roof that was poured in one go over two days. The
plan is like a biological cell punctuated with tables and courtyards alike.
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