29.07.2025
BABY DRAGON PROJECT BY HHF IS PART OF THE NEW BOOK “THINKING WITH MODELS – INTEGRATION OF MATERIAL AND DESIGN”
Our project, BABY DRAGON, is part of Shokokusha publisher's (Tokyo, JP) new book, “Thinking with Models – Integration of Material and Design”. Thoughtfully put together by author Yujin Hirase (yHa architects, Fukuoka, JP) and Nakano Design Office (art direction and design; Tokyo, JP), the compilation shows a variety of different ways to use modelling and the characteristics of materials in expressing architectural design and the overall yet fundamental idea of each project. Whether it's wood, paper, textile, metal, plaster, mortar, clay / oil clay, insulating firebrick, acrylic / resin, or polystyrene foam, each material comes with a certain expression to underline the configured appearance of and within the model in correspondence to its architectural project counterpart's design and guiding principle.