Building Soulfulness: The opening of Heatherwick Studio’s First Solo Exhibition in Japan

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Heatherwick Studio的首次个展“共感的建筑”（Building Soulfulness）已于3月17日在东京森美术馆正式开幕，本次展览将持续至2023年6月4日。

Heatherwick Studio’s first solo exhibition in Japan ‘Building Soulfulness’ organised and curated by the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, has opened on 17 March and will run until Sunday 4 June 2023 at Tokyo City View.

▼“共感的建筑”展览现场，‘Building Soulfulness’ exhibition venue © Raquel Diniz

展览将呈现Heatherwick Studio最具代表性的28项设计，其中包括可在行驶中净化空气的Airo汽车的等比例模型、为伦敦重新设计的双层巴士，以及纽约的“漂浮”公园Little Island等。“共感的建筑”由片冈真实担任策展，她曾出任伦敦海沃德画廊国际策展人。

The exhibition features 28 of the studio’s most iconic designs including, a full-scale model of Airo, the car that cleans the air as it drives, London’s re-designed double decker bus and Little Island, a ‘floating’ public park in New York City. The show was curated by the celebrated Mami Kataoka, formerly International Curator of the Hayward Gallery in London.

▼Thomas Heatherwick在展览现场，Thomas Heatherwick at the exhibition © Raquel Diniz

“在过去的三十年间，我和我的团队不断地将热情投入到创造具有影响力的、能够与人产生关联的项目，从而让我们的生活变得更加快乐和有意义。日本对于设计构思和工艺都本着极为尊重的态度，因此能够在日本展示我们工作室体量庞大的作品集，使我感到非常激动。我希望观众在离开展览时能够发现，他们的情感不仅是得到充分尊重的，同时也是我们作品所展现的思维与魅力的重要组成部分。”
— Heatherwick Studio创始人Thomas Heatherwick

Thomas Heatherwick said: “Over the last three decades my team and I have been passionately trying to create impactful, relatable projects that make our lives more meaningful and joyful. It’s now thrilling to be able to showcase such a vast collection of our work in Japan, where respect for design thinking and craftsmanship is unrivalled. I hope visitors will leave the show feeling like their emotions have not just been respected, but were an essential part of our thinking and fascination!”

▼展览将呈现Heatherwick Studio最具代表性的28项设计，The exhibition features 28 of the studio’s most iconic designs © Raquel Diniz

▼Thomas Heatherwick在展览现场，Thomas Heatherwick at the exhibition © Tayama Tatsuyuki courtesy of Mori Art Museum, Tokyo

本次展览探讨了如何将通常与小型事物相关的深层感受进行扩展和放大，以及手工艺在Heatherwick Studio的设计方法中的核心作用。展览被分为6个主要部分，深入剖析了工作室应用在不同项目中的创新方法和过程，并试图强调这样一种理念：不论尺度或预算如何，任何设计都可以拥有人性化的尺度，可以充分拥抱自然，与周围的环境相互联系。

在沉浸式的体验中，观众可以通过展出模型、趣味装置、视频以及悬挂的巨幅图像来探索工作室的项目，并通过多样的远景和视角感受这些作品的三维性。

The exhibition explores the idea scaling up the soulfulness frequently associated with small objects and the central role of craftsmanship in the studio’s design approach. Divided into six main sections, the show delves into the creative approach and process that the studio applies to each project emphasising the belief that no matter what the scale or budget, each design can have a human scale, embrace the natural world and connect with the environment around it.

The exhibition is an immersive experience, visitors can explore the projects through models on display, playful objects, video content and large-scale images hanging from the ceiling, offering a variety of vistas and viewpoints that evoke the three-dimensionality of the studio’s work.

▼观众可以通过多样的远景和视角感受事务所作品的三维性，Visitors can engage with the three-dimensionality of the studio’s work © Raquel Diniz

“在美术馆中体验建筑的真实尺度并非易事，对于’共感的建筑’，我一直在寻找能够从六个不同视角来展示Heatherwick Studio设计的基本理念以及精神的方法。我们将工作室的一系列项目与东京宏伟的城市景观结合在一起，这将极大地增强游客的观展体验。我真诚地希望此次展览能够与每个人的心灵建立对话。”
——展览策展人、森美术馆馆长片冈真实

Mami Kataoka, the Director of the Mori Art Museum and the curator of the exhibition said: “Experiencing the true scale of architecture in an art gallery is not easy. For ‘Building Soulfulness’ I’ve looked for ways to showcase the essential philosophy and spirit of Heatherwick Studio’s design by providing six distinct perspectives. The sets designed by the Studio, combined with the grand Tokyo cityscape seen from the Tokyo City View observation deck, will immensely enhance the viewers’ exhibition experience. It is my sincere hope that the show would speak to everyone’s soul.”

▼东京森美术馆城市展望台，Tokyo City View © Raquel Diniz

展览将从2023年3月17日-6月4日在东京森美术馆城市展望台呈现。
获取更多展览和购票信息，请访问：https://www.mori.art.museum/en/exhibitions/heatherwick/

The exhibition runs from 17 March until 4 June 2023 at the Tokyo City View.
For tickets and more information, visit: https://www.mori.art.museum/en/exhibitions/heatherwick/

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