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FOBA / Buildings
Essays / Katsu Umebayashi Thomas Daniell Michael Webb Peter Allison Kazuhiro Kojima
Princeton Architectural Press / New York
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Editing: Linda Lee Design: Jan Haux
Special thanks to: Nettie Aljian, Dorothy Ball, Nicola Bednarek, Janet Behning, Megan Carey, Penny (Yuen Pik) Chu, Russell Fernandez, Clare Jacobson, John King, Mark Lamster, Nancy Eklund Later, Katharine Myers, Lauren Nelson, Molly Rouzie, Jane Sheinman, Scott Tennent, Jennifer Thompson, Paul Wagner, Joseph Weston, and Deb Wood of Princeton Architectural Press —Kevin C. Lippert, publisher
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
FOBA (Firm)FOBA : buildings / essays by Katsu Umebayashi ... [et al.]. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-56898-527-4 (pbk : alk. paper) 1. FOBA (Firm) 2. Umebayashi, Katsu, 19633. Architecture—Japan—20th century. I. Umebayashi, Katsu, 1963–II. FOBA (Firm) III. Title.
NA1559.F63A4 2005 720'.92'2—dc22 2004029097
Table of Contents / Acknowledgments / 6 Nesting: Beyond Objects to the Bodily Experience of Space / 9 Katsu Umebayashi
FOBA: It’s Not What It Looks Like / 13 Thomas Daniell
Clarity and Complexity / 17 Michael Webb
Aura / 27 Pleats / 41 Porous / 59 Strata / 73 Skip / 87 Stack / 105 Organ / 119 Myougei / 135 Asphodel / 145 Orient / 159 FOB Homes: Brand Recognition / 169 Thomas Daniell
FOB Homes Typologies / 172 Prototypes in Suburbia / 177 Peter Allison
FOB Homes Examples / F-House / 186 H-House / 192 T-House / 196 K-House / 200 I-House / 204 F-Blanc / 208 S-Blanc / 212 Afterword / 219 Kazuhiro Kojima
Selected Bibliography / 222 Author Biographies and Credits / 224
Acknowledgments / Working on this book in parallel to our daily architectural tasks was a heavy burden at times, but there were also enjoyable moments when the mists would clear, and the ideas would flow. These ten projects cover a period of ten years, and each was a response to the demands of a particular client. Although there is no reason why they should have a single, unifying concept, after reviewing and refining the material, I feel that the essence of this architecture lies somewhere in the interval between action and object. This may have always been my subconscious conceptual structure, which leads me to think that my work is somehow inherently Japanese. I am deeply thankful to Akihiko Endo and the rest of the team in the office for their tireless efforts during my incessant demands to produce more material, and to
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