Yoshiharu Tsukamoto covered Atelier Bow-Wow’s professional history and the evolution of their creative processes. He began with examples of the team’s early research and publications, including books like Made in Tokyo and Pet Architecture, which respectively chart local Tokyo architectural hybrids and vernacular micro-buildings that pop up in even the tiniest slither of free urban space. Tsukamoto explained that through their research, Bow-Wow started landing a series of commissions for small-scale installations, which allowed them to try their concepts and findings through actual design processes. Their observations on the peculiar urban conditions of Tokyo have also influenced the majority of their built projects, from the small houses in Japan to various larger-scale projects abroad.

Introduction: Dominique Boudet
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