Surface Design & Technology Today” has been published by Shokoku-sha.
We cooperated with the publication in the capacity of an editorial collaborator.
(From the book)
As Dr. Shoya Uchida points out in his book, “Architecture in Detail” (Shokoku-sha, 2018), in his article “60 Years from Pot Windows to Intercolumnar Devices,” “It can be said that European architecture is dominated by the design of the exterior, in other words, the design of the form. It seems that only in recent years has the issue of understanding the overall architectural form, or appearance, come to be considered. To put it bluntly, a new concept of architectural surface design and technology has emerged. In this special issue, Asahi Building Wall (hereafter, AGB), which has been supporting the dawn of surface design and technology, which are not well known in Japan, presents examples of recent works that AGB has been working on together with architects, not only in terms of their expressions but also in terms of DfMA (Design for Manufacturing and Assembly), a term used in the construction industry, and deciphering them. I would like to decipher them from the viewpoint of DfMA (Design for Manufacturing and Assembly), a construction industry term, as well as their expressions.
▼Book Details
Title: “Surface Design & Technology Today
Author: Kunihide Oshinomi
Release date: August 31, 2021
Publication: Shokoku-sha Inc.
Specifications: 188 pages
Price: 3,740 yen (3,400 yen + 10% tax)Editorial Structure
Editorial: Kunihide Oshinomi (k/o design studio)
Born in Tokyo in 1941, Oshinomi graduated from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University in 1965. After working as an assistant at Yokohama National University, he joined Kajima Corporation in 1966, and was formerly a visiting professor at Shibaura Institute of Technology. He is currently president of k/o design studio. Representative works include “Yaesu Book Center” (1978), “Osaka Tokio Marine & Nichido Building” (1990), “Shiseido Shonan Training Center” (1997), and “Silver Mountain e-Cube, Senzoku Gakuen Music College” (2013).
▼ Photography : Jun Nakamichi (Nacasa & Partners)
Born in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture in 1957, Nakamichi graduated from the Junior College of Tokyo Polytechnic University in 1979. He studied under Takeshi Nakasa in the same year and has been with Nacasa & Partners ever since. Currently working mainly in the fields of architecture and interior design. His film “Purple Shadows,” which introduced Shiro Kuramata’s work, won the Grand Prize in the industrial category at the Montreux Electric Cinema Festival (1993).
▼ Design : Yoshiaki Shioya (SHIOYA Tokyo)
Art Director/Graphic Designer, born in Tokyo in 1987. Graduated from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University. Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Design. Art director of the architectural magazine “Detail” since 2017 (from issue #212).
▼ Publication : Shokoku-sha
Founded in 1932 by Genshichi Shimode, Shokoku-sha has been publishing mainly architecture-related books ever since. Before World War II, the company published books on national treasures and other cultural property buildings. After the war, the company expanded its projects into the field of modern architecture in line with the needs of the times, publishing three magazines (“Kenchiku Bunka”, “Detail”, and “Kenchiku no Gijutsu Jikken”), a series of books such as “Kenchiku Gaku Taikei”, “Sekai no Gendai Kenchiku”, and “Doboku Kogaku Taikei”, and many important monographs such as the “Kenchiku Daijiten” and other encyclopedias. The company has published more than 3,000 publications in a wide variety of fields, has nurtured many architects and researchers, and has made a significant contribution to the advancement and development of the field of architecture in Japan and abroad.
AGB’s management philosophy is “to contribute to the urban landscape and environment by creating beautiful facades that will be handed down to future generations,” and we provide facade engineering services that study the realization of architectural exteriors envisioned by designers as a complete set. Starting with this publication, we will continue to be involved in architectural exteriors in Japan and abroad, and will strive to contribute to the creation of beautiful cityscapes.
