“I wanted to make a space with very ambiguous borderlines, which has a fluctuation between local spaces and the overall space, rather than a universal space like that of Mies,”
- Junya Ishigami
In recent years Japanese architects started to focus more on the 'formless' architecture. many buildings with very thin columns supporting the structure were favoured. They eliminate the building into the environment in such manner and create a slim and elegant sense of feeling. One representational building of this kind is the Kanagawa Institute of Technology Workshop by Junya Ishigami and Associates.
The studio is about the closest you can get to the feeling of working outside while being indoors. The floor-to-ceiling glass makes the building appear weightless and elegant, and the open plan preserves the building’s sense of transparency as the viewer’s eye can shoot directly across the uninterrupted space. 305 columns of various sizes support the stripped roof of skylights, yet their white color keeps the focus on the space and the view, not the structure. The columns, although seemingly random, as specifically placed to create the sensation of zoned spaces, but their nonrestrictive quality provides a flexible layout to suit the changing needs of students.
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