iani’s blog @ earlab.org

http://www.paramodern.com/
“But it is not simply one of those exercises in avantgarde architecture for which the Japanese are known. Nor is it evocative curvilinear pre-Bilbao steel sculpture. And neither is Endo’s use of currugated steel, a simple industrial material, intended as social commentary. The winding, wrapping, twisting corrugated steel is, in fact, the simplest and most economical way to express this architect’s central preoccupation, the continiuity of space - which Endo has likened to RENMENTAI, a form of Japanese calligraphy drawn in an unbroken line.”