During three spring semesters between 2006 and 2008, Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa taught at the School of Architecture at Princeton University. The Sanaa Studios explored Japan’s contemporary society as a context for architecture and considered its particular perspective on space and the public realms. Design exercises were situated within the specific demographics and social variables of three distinct sites in Japan. By combining analyses, essays, documentation and design proposals, it asks: What can we learn from SANAA- and tries to frame SANAA’s compassionate search for new architectures within a larger societal context. For this publication, Dutch architectural photographer Iwan Baan has revisited three sites where studis took place to capture the spirit of its context and the SANAA buildings in use.

Baden 2010. 145pp. Fully illustrated in colour and black & white. 21.5cm x 28 cm. £27.00

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