Kengo Kuma’s “Fu-An” at The Frac Franche-Comté in Besançon, France
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The Frac Franche-Comté in Besançon, France, is showcasing “Fu-An,” a tea pavilion by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma.Fu-An translates to “a tea space floating in the air.” Kengo Kuma has created a bright, light structure which invites one to contempKengo Kuma’s “Fu-An” at The Frac Franche-Comté in Besançon, France
The Frac Franche-Comté in Besançon, France, is showcasing “Fu-An,” a tea pavilion by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma.Fu-An translates to “a tea space floating in the air.” Kengo Kuma has created a bright, light structure which invites one to contemplate and meditate. The “piece of aerial and nomadic mini-architecture” evokes the experience of the tea ceremony at traditional tea houses in Japan.“Fu-An is also one of Kengo Kuma’s most important and most nomadic works. It is an ephemeral structure consisting of a helium-filled plastic balloon covered by an organza veil held to the ground by small pebbles. It houses tatami. The way in which the space is organized does not impose a main entry. When a visitor enters this floating structure that is as evanescent as a jellyfish, he is invited to sit down and contemplate the tactile and visual qualities of the aerial materials. Open to the outside and moving with variations in light, changing in duration, ‘Fu-An’ is a perfect reflection of one of Kengo Kuma’s main architectural principles,” writes Frac Franche-Comté.“Kengo Kuma transcends oppositions by combining the modern functionality of plastic and the traditional nobility of organza; the combination allows visitors to have an experience that is anachronic in space and time. The Japanese architect has developed a structure in which the use of materials and light can create a feeling of protection and intimacy that contrasts with the transparency and lightness of the organza used as a souvenir of the dresses of the celestial angels of Japanese legends,” adds Frac Franche-Comté.Kengo Kuma (born in 1954) founded his practice Kengo Kuma & Associates in Tokyo in 1990, and later Kuma & Associates Europe in Paris in 2008. The Japanese architect has designed more than 50 buildings around the world including The Great (Bamboo) Wall House in Beijing, LVMH in Tokyo and Osaka, the Cité des Arts and the Frac Franche-Comté in Besançon, the Frac Paca in Marseilles, and the future olympic stadium in Tokyo.http://www.blouinartinfo.co Founder: Louise Blouin Read more