FUMIHIKO MAKI ARCHIVE

Keio University SFC
Student Researchers: Arastoo Khajehee (GSMG M2), Koki Ito (EI B4), Masako Shibuya (EI B4), Kosuke Yokota (EI B2)

Key Words:  ​Space Constructed by a Series of Vistas, Inside and Outside Sequences, Family Resemblance

The Fumihiko Maki Room, which is the base for the Fumihiko Maki Archive, was opened in the Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC) Media Center, designed by Fumihiko Maki himself. Located at the center of the campus, this room existed in Fumihiko Maki's drawings since the beginning of the campus design. Here, we can see the campus and the Fumihiko Maki Archive exhibition. Furthermore, we can go out to the campus and experience his architecture. The first three phases of SFC’s construction finished in 1992 and the fourth finished in 1994. Since then, it has become a stage for many student lives. This exhibition is an attempt to analyze this campus from the perspective of students who are living their daily lives at the SFC. The design ideas and site plan of SFC are discernable in Fumihiko Maki's many other projects. This work has many commonalities with the principles of independence, decentralization, and cooperation that SFC upholds as its founding principles. The following were analyzed from the viewpoint of these three elements in this work.
1. Diversity and integrity
2. Spatiality of vistas
3. Inside and Outside Spatial Sequence 

Hillside Terrace

Student Researchers: Cao Ling (GSMG M1), An Viet (EI B4), Takeru Muramatsu (EI B4), Haruka Noguchi (EI B3), Honoka Sakaguchi (EI B2)

Key Words:  Fuzzy Border, Hidden Linkage, Integration of Time

The Daikanyama Hillside Terrace project began in 1967. The project, also known as the "Daikanyama Housing Complex," is not just a residence. It is also a collection of restaurants, offices, concert halls, and other programs, creating a rich and diverse urban space. The architecture, which is open to the city, contributes not only to the interior space but also to the richness of the Daikanyama area. What makes the Hillside Terrace project unique is the long period (six phases, approximately 30 years) that its continuous and on-going development has taken. The architect Fumihiko Maki and the owner Kengo Asakura developed this project over such a long time. Meeting at Keio University, they have built a strong relationship to this day that is deeper than that between a client and an architect.

In this exhibition, we will unravel what the space of Daikanyama Hillside Terrace has brought, and what it will bring in the future, based on the architect’s materials and an interview with Mr. Kengo Asakura. This presentation analyzes the work based on 3 themes: 1. Layers of space 2. Hidden links and relationships 3. Layers of time 

Spiral Building

Student Researchers: Riku Arai (EI B4), Manami Fukushima (EI B3), Seiya Kibushi (EI B3), Asuka Hayashi (EI B2)

Key Words:​  Architectural Collage of Fragments, Sequential Composition of Space, Common Space

Located in South Aoyama in Tokyo and completed in 1985, the Spiral building is a cultural complex with restaurants, shops, galleries, and event halls. With 9 stories above ground and 2 underground stories, this building consists of spaces with different characteristics, from static to dynamic, coexisting in an energetic whole. The highly flexible space hosts many events such as exhibitions, plays, and book readings that embody the "fusion of art and life." It is a fluid space that seems different each time you visit.
 
We analyzed the Spiral Building based on the themes listed above. An architectural collage of recognizable fragments appears on the façade. Sequential spatial composition allows the interior to be experienced through states of continuous changes. The building creates a common space for city dwellers, luring people passing by on Aoyama-dori to the café space and the esplanade that looks out over the street. 

About the Archive

About Keio University

Acknowledgements

The archive extends its thanks to the Maki family and Maki and Associates. Many Thanks to the friends and colleagues who have contributed to the ongoing development of this project. 

The Maki Archive and associated research projects are made possible by the generous support of the Takenaka Corporation. 

The archive is based at Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus and led by a team of researchers and assisted by students, advisors, faculty, and allied professionals. The team includes:

Yasushi Ikeda, Project Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance
Hiroto Kobayashi, Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance
Yohko Watanabe, Professor,  Keio University Art Center
Tohru Ohnuma, Project Research Associate, Graduate School of Media and Governance

Don O'Keefe, Part-time Lecturer ( 2021 )

Keio University was founded in 1858 by Yukichi Fukuzawa, a distinguished scholar and champion of social reform and modernization. Keio is the oldest institute of western higher education in Japan and among its most prestigious. 

Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC) is one of 11 Keio University campuses in Tokyo and Kanagawa prefecture, Japan. Fumihiko Maki designed most of the SFC campus, which opened in 1990.