Revisiting Shoei Yoh: Tokyo Exhibition
POST Architecture Books, Tokyo, Japan, 3 – 8 September 2024
The Revisiting Shoei Yoh: Tokyo exhibition explores the innovative work of Shoei Yoh through a focus on timber construction and computational design. The exhibition, drawing on materials from the Kyushu University's Shoei Yoh Archive, showcases models, drawings, and photographs, including key projects such as the Oguni Dome (1988), which pioneered large-scale timber structures, and later experiments with computational design. The exhibition highlights Yoh’s seamless integration of these two approaches, emphasizing his forward-thinking methodology. A symposium complements the exhibition, providing further insights into Yoh's architectural journey.
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Light Matter(s): Interiors by Shoei Yoh
SASA Gallery, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia, July 31 – 2 August 2024
The "Light Matter(s)" exhibition showcases Shoei Yoh's early interior architecture projects, highlighting his innovative exploration of light. Drawing from the Shoei Yoh Archive at Kyushu University in Japan, this exhibition marks the first time these works are displayed in Australia. Visitors can explore Yoh's groundbreaking approach to interior spaces, where light is treated as both a material and a design element, revealing the depth of his architectural vision.
Revisiting Shoei Yoh: Fukuoka Exhibition
Cultural Gallery, Fukuoka, Japan, 7 – 12 March 2024
Revisiting Shoei Yoh – Fukuoka Art Museum Exhibition looks back at the masterpieces of architect Shoei Yoh, a pioneer of modern timber structures and computational design, from three perspectives: Light, Timber and Experiment.
Revisiting Shoei Yoh
Australian Design Centre, Sydney, Australia, 30 November 2021 – 25 January 2022
The Revisiting Shoei Yoh exhibition celebrates the launch of the online Shoei Yoh Archive and draws from it to trace a trajectory of experimental design practice across five buildings completed between 1979 to 1994. This begins with the Kinoshita Clinic in Fukuoka, Japan (1979) that reflects Yoh’s early interest in material technology. The Music Atelier (1986), Oguni Bus Terminal (1986), and Oguni Dome (1988) tell the story of Yoh’s significant contribution to the modernisation of timber architecture in Japan during the 1980s. The Naiju Community Centre (1994) represents Yoh’s most radical architectural endeavour, bringing together locally grown bamboo, hand weaving construction techniques, and advanced computer analysis to realise a complex geometric form in bamboo and concrete.
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Shoei Yoh - Naiju Community Centre Exhibition
Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan 2021
Ohashi Campus, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, 19 July 2021 A VR exhibition of the Naiju Community Center, designed by Shoei Yoh, held as part of the open campus of the Faculty of Design, Kyushu University. The models, drawings, and construction photos exhibited at the Ohashi Campus were reproduced in the VR space.
Shoei Yoh Archive: Opening Symposium and Exhibition
Ohashi Campus, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, 24 January 2020
A symposium and one-day exhibition held to celebrate the official launch of the Shoei Yoh Archive, Kyushu University. The event was co-organized by the researchers of Kyushu University and UNSW Sydney. The exhibition featured drawings and models of representative works entrusted to the Shoei Yoh Archive by the architect.
