THE
ARCHITECTURAL
DESIGN OF OHTANI SOUHEI

大谷草平意匠設計室は、古から受け継がれたこの時代における人間と空間の在り方について探求しています。日々の営みから生まれる知恵により変化を遂げた様式。人間がこの世界に守り伝えてきたもの、そして途絶えたもの。善悪ではなくそこから見えてくる純粋な人間の本質と、そこに寄り添う空間を見つめることは、未来を想像しえる唯一の鍵だと思っています。

The Architectural Design Lab of Ōtani Sōhei is on a pursuit for the true and ideal state of the relationship between humans and space as it exists in these current times after traversing generations. Style has achieved change thanks to the acquiring of knowledge born from the workings of everyday life. It is what we humans have handed down and protected in this world and what has ceased to exit that we must focus on, not such notions as right and wrong. Taking a hard look at the genuine human essence that unveils itself there, as well as the space that is often found close by, is the one and only key for imagining the future.