
EpisĂłdio
This episode, we travel to Tokyo, Japan, to meet Yuji Mukaiyama, Alyssa Ueno and Yushi Sasada, founders of ULTRA STUDIO, established in 2018. As a young practice, they work from within contradiction; not to resolve it too quickly, but to let it shape the project. âThe client always wants something contradictory,â they say. Between one demand and another, they search for a bridge. âWe try to move from problem A to B, this is our design process and part of the identity of the result.â From these tensions, âwe always find some kind of abstract form. The process begins with making. âIn the beginning, we do a lot of models, some forms are very abstract.â Connections often emerge by coincidence. âThe decision is not made by a master sketch; itâs something inside the process.â Keywords are shared, consensus slowly forms, and drawings evolve. âWe are developing a new kind of drawing; not plan, section, or elevation, but something closer to an expanded elevationâ. Iâll keep an eye on that. Who is with me? Their projects resist linear explanation. âWe donât have a step-by-step process. We jump in and understand it almost backwards.â What matters, in the end, is perception. âArchitectural form should expand how people see - not only designers, but users and viewers.â Guests: Yuji Mukaiyama + Alyssa Ueno + Yushi Sasada (Tokyo, Japan)Host: Ana Catarina Silva (Porto, Portugal) Upload your references to: arquiteturaentrevistas.comSpotify: Arquitetura Entre VistasInstagram: @arquiteturaentrevistas