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Sou Fujimoto, byname of Fujimoto Sōsuke, (born August 4, 1971, Hokkaido, Japan), Japanese architect whose innovative residential structures and institutional projects represented a fresh approach to the relationship between architectural space and the human body. Fujimoto was raised on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. His childhood explorations of the wooded landscape of the region led to an abiding interest in the natural world. That would inform his later work, which he would often describe by invoking natural spaces such as forests and caves. He graduated from the University of Tokyo with a degree in architecture in 1994 and established an eponymous firm, Sou Fujimoto Architects, in Tokyo in 2000. Fujimoto found inspiration for his deconstructed designs by looking back to the cave as a raw space where function was determined according to human behaviour. That design philosophy, which he dubbed “primitive future,” was evident in his Final Wooden House (2008) in Kumamoto, Japan. The structure was composed of large cedar beams stacked like blocks that allowed occupants to interpret the space according to their own needs and encouraged flexible use of surfaces as, variously, walls, floors, or sitting areas. Fujimoto expounded upon that philosophy in Fujimoto Sōsuke genshotekina mirai no kenchiku (2008; Sou Fujimoto: Primitive Future).

Sou Fujimoto，别名Fujimoto Sōsuke，（1971年8月4日生于日本北海道），日本建筑师，其创新的住宅结构和机构项目代表了对建筑空间和人体之间关系的一种新方法。 藤本在日本北部的北海道岛长大。他童年时对该地区的森林景观的探索导致了他对自然世界的持久兴趣。这为他后来的作品提供了信息，他经常通过调用自然空间如森林和洞穴来描述这些作品。他于1994年从东京大学毕业，获得建筑学学位，并于2000年在东京成立了同名公司--藤本壮建筑师事务所。 藤本为他的解构设计找到了灵感，他把洞穴看成是一个原始空间，其功能是根据人类行为决定的。这种设计理念，他称之为 "原始的未来"，在他位于日本熊本的最终木屋（2008年）中得到了体现。该结构由大型雪松横梁组成，像积木一样堆放，允许居住者根据自己的需要解释空间，并鼓励灵活使用表面，如墙壁、地板或休息区等。藤本在Fujimoto Sōsuke genshotekina mirai no kenchiku (2008; Sou Fujimoto: Primitive Future) 中阐述了这一理念。