On show at the House of Art in the Czech Republic's city of Budweis is a new exhibition featuring the work of Japanese architect Takeshi Hosaka, entitled 'Kuusou' (Japanese for 'imaginations').
Sponsored by Japanese construction products manufacturer Sika, the delicately designed exhibition focuses on Hosaka's design process, displaying a wealth of sketches and conceptual hand drawings that reveal a previously unseen side of the Japanese architect's work.
The show will be on site until early May and visitors will be able to enjoy a candid look into a selection of Hosaka's most successful projects such as his House in Byobugaura in Kanagawa and his Room Room House in Tokyo. The guest is invited to wander through the clouds of sketches hanging from the ceiling and to rest on Hosaka's Moon chair, in order to immerse themselves into the architect's imaginings.
'I always sketch when creating architectural design, and 99% of those sketches end up as unsuccessful attempts,' says Hosaka. 'Yet, I discover wonderful things in the remaining 1%. 99% of my "Kuusou" are failed attempts, but even so, I decided to make those sketches float and have everyone walk though them.'
'Kuusou', which means 'imaginations' in Japanese, presents a selection of the architect's concept drawings and hand-drawn sketches
The guest is invited to wander through the clouds of sketches hanging from the ceiling and to rest on Hosaka's Moon chair, in order to immerse themselves into the architect's imaginings
Sketches in the exhibition represent a selection of Hosaka's projects and offers an interesting new viewpoint to the architect's work
Hosaka's House in Byobugaura in Kanagawa is one the practice's latest projects
The interior of Hosaka's House in Byobugaura features a distinctive curved timber floor
Another of Hosaka's projects, the Daylight House in Yokohama, Kanagawa, was designed in 2011
A series of skylights filter plenty of natural light into Daylight House's main living areas
Restaurant Hoto Fudo was designed by Hosaka on the foot of Mt Fuji in Japan
The restaurant only uses natural ventilation - and it is often open-air - and features soft geometries and simple, open-plan interiors
Outside In House was designed by Hosaka for a family of five in Yamanashi
Completed in 2011, the architect's aim for Outside In House was to bring the garden into the house
This two-storey house in Tokyo was designed by Hosaka for a deaf couple and their children
The house's many openings allow the couple to communicate visually with their children even when they are playing outside
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Dům Umění České Budějovice / House of Art
Namesti Premysla Otakara 38
Ceske Budejovice / Budweis
Czech Republic
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