Lignes et lignée. Réflexions sur la représentation graphique chez les héritiers d’Itō Toyō

Abstract

Itō Toyō (born in 1941) is in the vanguard of a professional lineage that includes numerous eminent architects from the Heisei era. This paper focuses on that era to draw attention to the continuities observed in the way several generations of architects represent their work, and therefore how they design them. By contemplating their drawings and models, we can identify how they apprehend the definition of the borders of space in ways that are unique to their time. Transmission through the graphic medium provides a singular reading of the legacies at play and at times reveals unexpected elements of permanency in the formal topologies of works.

Keywords

• Representation
• Drawing
• Model
• Itō Toyō
• SANAA
• Ishigami Jun.ya