l: sou fujimoto, r: house N, oita, japan, 2008

was born in hokkaido, japan, on august 4th, 1971. in 1994 he graduated from the department of architecture in the faculty of engineering at the university of tokyo. he established his own architectural practice in tokyo in 2000. sou fujimoto is a lecturer at kyoto university since 2007.

designboom met sou fujimoto in his office in tokyn on october 31st, 2008.

db: what is the best moment of the day? morning, I’d say, except when it rains (laughs). I usually wake up early rather than late, and mornings are very precious for me. I like the beginning of everything. the morning is the beginning of a day and I like to think of it as the beginning of architecture.