Final Wooden House

Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto had already designed the Definitive Wooden House in 2005. After its realization in Japan, it received numerous architectural and design awards. It was rebuilt for an architecture show in the sculpture garden at the Kunsthalle Bielefeld, where it can be viewed as an interactive sculpture or an architectural study.
From the outside, it looks like a simple 4.2 x 4.2 meter cube with different openings along the facade. The structure is made out of raw wooden beams that have been joined together, giving it an appearance reminiscent of a child’s building blocks. Inside, projecting wooden beams create numerous angles, niches, partitions, and floors, which are used to replace a traditional room layout and sometimes even furniture. Depending on what is needed, the beams can be used as tables, benches, places to sit, or room dividers. In this way, it playfully invites visitors to invade and take over.