{"id":10966,"date":"2025-11-25T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T11:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rutha.org\/?p=10966"},"modified":"2025-11-28T12:35:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T12:35:31","slug":"junya-ishigami-places-cloud-like-kiosk-on-the-verge-of-falling-over-in-fukuyama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rutha.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/25\/junya-ishigami-places-cloud-like-kiosk-on-the-verge-of-falling-over-in-fukuyama\/","title":{"rendered":"Junya Ishigami places cloud-like kiosk “on the verge of falling over” in Fukuyama"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Junya Ishigami<\/a> is one of three Japanese architects to have designed sculptural, mobile kiosks<\/a> for the Hiroshima Architecture Exhibition 2025, currently taking place in Fukuyama, Japan<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Architects Yasushi Horibe<\/a> and Hideyuki Nakayama<\/a> have also each created a kiosk for the architecture and art event, which is being held in Hiroshima Prefecture until 30 November.<\/p>\n

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Junya Ishigami has created a kiosk for Hiroshima Architecture Exhibition 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ishigami<\/a>‘s contribution, named Clouds Descend, is positioned in front of the south exit of Fukuyama Station.<\/p>\n

The sculpture, which functions as a visitor information centre for Hiroshima Architecture Exhibition 2025<\/a>, was designed to emulate a cloud skimming the ground. It is complete with tables and stools that match this cloud-like form.<\/p>\n

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The steel structure was designed to emulate a cloud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Clouds Descend was constructed from bent steel, chosen by Ishigami after a visit to the factory of shipbuilder Tsuneishi Shipbuilding<\/a>. The company is the sponsor of the kiosk, alongside Japanese waste company Tsuneishi Kamtecs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The architect said he was “overwhelmed by the sheer power” of the shipbuilder’s manufacturing process, which involves bending large steel plates to form ships.<\/p>\n

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It appears to be “on the verge of falling over”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“This small kiosk is also constructed by bending steel plates into three-dimensional shapes and welding them together\u0336similar to building a ship,” said Ishigami.<\/p>\n

“It is installed like a ship leaning to one side, balanced by the principle of a self-righting toy, achieved by making the base heavy,” he continued.<\/p>\n

“The sight of it installed on the ground, teetering precariously on the verge of falling over, is evocative of clouds gently touching the land.”<\/p>\n

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The tables and stools match the cloud-like form of the pavilion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Horibe\u2019s kiosk, named Tsuboya, is a compact wooden hut set in the Garden of Ignorance at the Shinshoji Zen Museum \u2013 one of the venues for the Hiroshima Architecture Exhibition 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Its scale was based on the traditional Japanese measuring system called Tsubo and was crafted with the sponsor and woodworker Wood One Co<\/a> from solid Yoshino cypress timber and traditional Japanese carpentry techniques.<\/p>\n