「Architectural Creation – Peter Märkli and Jun Aoki」at The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Gallery 4

The exhibition focuses on the creation process of the Swiss architect, Peter Märkli and Jun Aoki. Many drawings and study models show what is happening when the architecture is being created.
Period: June 3rd Tuesday through August 3rd Sunday 2008
Opening Time:10:00-17:00 (10:00-20:00 on Fridays) * admission until 30 minutes before closing time.
Closed: Mondays (except 21 July) and 22 July
Venue: The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Gallery 4

http://www.momat.go.jp/Honkan/Maerkli_Aoki/index.html

(JA) 「原っぱと遊園地２」が王国社より刊行されました。

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「Transparent Speed :BMWArt Car Collection」atMori Arts Center Gallery

Jun Aoki does spatial composition attempting to visualize the speed as ‘Transparent Speed’ that is the greatest characteristic of cars.
At the gallery located on the 52nd floor, the light is casted and move through the 10,000 transparent, short and long pipes that express the clouds.
The diffused reflection of the light represent the sense of speed of the art cars barreling through the clouds.

Period: April 11th Friday through June 8th Sunday 2008
Opening Time:10:00-20:00 (Fri, Sat, Day before holidays 10:00-21:00)
Venue: Mori Arts Center Gallery (Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 52F)

http://www.roppongihills.com/jp/macg/
http://www.bmw.co.jp/jp/ja/

「tea for two」is available atninshu.inc.

Aoki’s cup & saucer exhibited at 「12 Contemporary Architects designed 12 Cups & Saucer」is available at ninshu.inc.

http://www.ninshu.com/pages/12cups_page/12cups_top.html#

「12 Contemporary Architects designed 12 Cups & Saucer」

Aoki designed cup & saucer for this exhibition at Living Center OZONE.
Period: July 12th Thursday through July 17th Tuesday
Opening Hours: 10:30-19:00

http://www.ozone.co.jp/event_seminar/event/detail/339.html

JAA received honorable mention in the international competition forGiant’s Causeway Visitor Centrein Northern Ireland 2005.

http://www.aokijun.com/ja/works/050/

(JA) 「アルマジロ人間」について、青木淳がコメントを書きました。

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(JA) 11月4日よりTARO NASU-OSAKAにて『taro nasu bambi』展が開催されます。

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(JA) 「TITLe」11月号（文芸春秋社）＜ニッポン縦断！建もの探訪＞の巻頭特集で、青森県立美術館が紹介されました。

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The 2nd monograph “JUN AOKI COMPLETE WORKS 2”: published by INAX Shuppan.

Text: Noi Sawaragi / Jun Aoki / Hideyuki Nakayama | Photo: Risaku Suzuki | Design Shin Akiyama *bilingual
The complete book of the Aomori Museum of Art was published in this July (designed by Jun Aoki, opened on mid-July 2006) that fully concentrate its character and features.
A wonder trip to the Aomori Museum of Art through 119 new photos by Risaku Suzuki lead one far beyond an existing frame of architectural photo books, providing as if one were wondering in that space. Architectural data, detail drawings, soil report included.
For further information is updated in theINAX Publishing’s website(in Japanese only).

http://www.inax.co.jp/Culture/2006p/aoki2.html