Sou Fujimoto’s Naoshima Pavilion is one new addition to the celebrated “Art Island” in Japan. The project is just a stone’s throw away from the boat terminal of Naoshima—which SANAA designed. The pavilion is a meshy transparent structure that is light in weight, although it is made of steel. It was created for the Japanese contemporary art festival Setouchi Triennial in 2016. In spite of its relatively small scale, the pavilion grabbed the attention of Romanian photographer Laurian Ghinitoiu who captured its animated outline against the coastline of the Japanese island, Naoshima.
photography by © Laurian Ghinitoiu
Emily Reyes is a Brooklyn-based architecture writer and Article Curator at Arch2O, known for her sharp eye for experimental design and critical theory. A graduate of the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), Emily’s early work explored speculative urbanism and the boundaries between digital form and physical space. After a few years in Los Angeles working with boutique studios on concept-driven installations, she pivoted toward editorial work, drawn by the need to contextualize and critique the fast-evolving architectural discourse. At Arch2O, she curates articles that dissect emerging technologies, post-anthropocentric design, and contemporary spatial politics. Emily also lectures occasionally and contributes essays to independent design journals across North America.