Riken Yamamoto, a Japanese architect honored as the Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate in 2024, is known for his influential work in community-focused architecture. His practice, Riken Yamamoto & Field Shop, produces socially conscious designs like the Hotakubo and Pangyo Housing projects, integrating public and private spaces to foster interaction. In an interview, Yamamoto reflects on the significance of housing within community contexts, arguing that architecture should bridge connections among residents and combat the alienation prevalent in modern urban living, thereby enhancing everyday life through thoughtful and modular design.
Housing always exists inside a village. Whether the village is large or small, housing always belongs to a village. Everyone is a member of a family, but every family is also part of a community.
Architecture should encourage relationships among neighbors and integrate functions that make a building visibly active and socially engaged, such as ateliers or public terraces.
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