Housing in Amplitude Onomichi

1.-3.11.24 / LLOVE HOUSE / Onomichi / Japan

A co-production by Studio Olaf Holzapfel, Goethe-Institut Villa Kamogawa and Martin Germann

“Truss knot of a Swiss bridge” in Japanese timber construction technique by master timber builder Kohei Yamamoto

With over 15 years of focus on intercultural exchange with artists and artisans, and using traditional techniques, Holzapfels projects are collaborative and process-oriented, emphasizing knowledge sharing among participants. He has collaborated with weavers from the Wichí community in the Argentine Gran Chaco and with carpenters from Lower Saxony, who use local and natural materials such as wood, straw or natural fibers. His project with shrine carpenter Kohei Yamamoto, featured at LLOVE HOUSE ONOMICHI, marks a new chapter in his expanding network of collaborators.

Martin Germann, a curator in Germany and adjunct curator at Mori Art Museum (Tokyo), hosts the event together with the LLOVE HOUSE ONOMICHI including architect Jo Nagasaka and Goethe Institute Villa Kamogawa.

Collaborative artists and partners:
Anne Lengnink
Somakosha (Kohei Yamamoto)
Yamaoka Memorial Foundation
LLOVE HOUSE ONOMICHI (Jo Nagasaka, director; Suzanne Oxenaar, curator; Masami Nakata & Natsuko Matsui, realizer)
Schemata Architects
Seven New Things
studio basket
The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Japan

Special thanks:
Saori Tanaka and David Sell