Book Exhibition Salon| Two Talks on Kazuo Shinohara
Speakers
Hideki Hirahara Principal Architect, H2R Architects
Po-Yu Chao Principal, Studio Tngtetshiu
Introduction
Jr-Gang Chi Assistant Professor of the Department of Architecture, Shih Chien University Curator of “Winsing Art Place Book Selections 2019-2020”
Location
Winsing Art Place (No. 6, Lane 10, Lane 180, Section 6, Section 6, Minquan East Road, Neihu District, Taipei City)
Fee
$300 (The event fee can be used as a $150 discount on book purchases at the bookstore on the day, upon presentation of the receipt.)
Event Content
On Saturday afternoon, February 20th, the bookstore will host the Winsing Art Place Book Selections 2019-2020 series event—“Architecture Salon. (III): Two Talks on Kazuo Shinohara.” The curatorial team has specially invited Japanese architect Hideki Hirahara, Principal Architect of H2R architects, and Professor Po-Yu Chao from Studio Tngtetshiu to discuss the creative trajectory of Japanese architect Kazuo Shinohara and his profound architectural philosophy.
Kazuo Shinohara (1925–2006) originally studied mathematics before switching to architecture. After graduating from the Department of Architecture at Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1953, he returned to teach at his alma mater. Shinohara’s work influenced Japanese architects such as Kazunari Sakamoto, Itsuko Hasegawa, Toyo Ito, Kazuyo Sejima, Yoshiharu Tsukamoto, and Go Hasegawa, and his impact extended globally. Swiss architect Valerio Olgiati, featured in this Architectural Salon Series (Part 2), has referenced images of Shinohara’s work to illustrate his spatial concepts. Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design (GSD) also dedicated the 2019 exhibition Shinohara Kazuo: ModernNext to his legacy.
In this salon, Hirahara will explore Shinohara’s architectural philosophy, tracing its origins in residential spaces through his seminal work Jutaku-Ron (Essays on Residential Housings). Chao will examine the evolution of Shinohara’s practice across four distinct stylistic phases, contextualizing his oeuvre while sharing spatial observations from field visits to his buildings.
The ongoing exhibition Winsing Art Place Book Selections 2019-2020 features rare Japanese architectural magazines from the 1960s and 1970s that document Shinohara’s work, alongside Kazuo Shinohara: View from This Side—the architect’s 2019 photography album, edited by the young Swiss architectural duo Dehli Grolimund, which sold out shortly after its release. The enduring popularity of Shinohara’s architectural publications spanning over five decades clearly demonstrates his cross-generational influence.
