Architect Behind Art Week Tokyo's Pop-up Bar
The designer of this year’s AWT Bar is Ichio Matsuzawa, a 44-year-old Tokyo-based independent architect.
Matsuzawa has been commissioned to design an inviting and memorable total environment based on transparency and distortion.
- Worked for Sanaa beginning in 2007
- Design lead for several major museum projects, including Louvre-Lens and the expansion of the Art Gallery of New South Wales
- Created temporary installations at Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona pavilion in 2008 and at the Sharjah Biennial in 2013
- Designed a pair of “Art Houses” on the island of Inujima
It’s not complete without people
Matsuzawa’s plan for the AWT Bar pushes his experimental vision of pure space in an ambitious new direction.
Author's summary: Architect Ichio Matsuzawa designs see-through pop-up bar for Art Week Tokyo.