Waro Kishi
Finally a Japanese architect with a detailed English website! It’s interesting to read the small texts next to each project on Waro Kishi’s website. They offer fascinating personal insights on his projects and how they were developed, such as his inspiration for the Hu-tong House (see photo below): “When I visited ‘hakka house’, which is a typical courtyard house in southern China, I was surprised that the residents called the courtyard ’street’ or ‘lane.’ The ‘private’ space of the housing complex was called as though it were a public space. Finally I realized that the residents considered it to be common, a kind of public space.”
Above: Waro Kishi’s Hu-tong House
