The experiences here are acute and consistent. Japan is one of the rare places that possess delicacy towards time. A mind that is open to flaws, and a mind that can complete the incomplete is truly able to discover the essence possessed in the temporarily built enclosures. Participation of the observer is held important. The true understanding of Ephemeral and its appreciation is only through experiencing its true assets.
Ephemeral Architecture is a visual art that exhibits the beauty of impermanence and imperfection. The basic idea is to acknowledge that the true charm of nature lies in ‘Mujo’ (impermanence). A philosophy that originates from the traditional Japanese aesthetics, that is profound but wordless. Incomplete, imperfect, and impermanent! Wabi-sabi is a state of finding sacredness in the minor. S-House by Yuusuke Karasawa Architects ©Ephemeral House by NAAD ©Wabi-sabi The adoption of the Ephemeral idea is the creation of an elastic atmosphere amidst the rigid urban territory. It could be said that Ephemeral is halfway between the urban neighborhood and nature. Reduced load on the planet, economically provident and adaptive to the changing needs of the users. Together with the cultural concepts, the secular notions of transparency, lightness, and nature are harnessed today through Ephemeral Architecture. The contemporary architects of the 21 st century, are reinterpreting the beliefs alongside modern technology and are keeping alive the native architectural style.
Ephemeral to Japan is ‘an idea that mediates between desired permanence and the obligatory change.’ The philosophical notion of constant change and interchanging constants is deep-rooted in the Japanese minds and hence Japanese architecture. The world obsession for permanence and monumentality comes to an end here. Here cities are sensitive to time and possess a general perspective towards Ephemeral Architecture. Contrary to this is Japanese cities, accepting of rapid change, cyclic renewal, and vitality in structures. In 20th century ephemeral constructions were often appropriated and utilized by the changing political regimes for power demonstration or for signifying their role as flagships of modernism.Irori Pavilion by Kengo Kuma ©Japan and Ephemeral ArchitectureĮuropean idea of an ideal city revolves around durable and rigid architecture. In the 19th century pavilions and exhibition galleries were powerful means for nation building and mass entertainment, as well as they provided a "magic frame" for the latest technological and cultural achievements. The complexity of the hitherto less known Central-Eastern European exhibition architecture is demonstrated not only by the variety of cases analyzed, but also by the diversity of scholarly approaches applied. The papers demonstrate the complex political, cultural, social, economic and urban context in which the exhibition architecture was created. In the papers the pavilions are considered hubs of architectural and artistic trends, political visions of this culturally heterogeneous territory. The authors analyse temporary constructions erected for national and international exhibitions in the 19th and 20th centuries presenting Polish, Czechoslovak, Hungarian, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian-Herzegovinian, Yugoslav, Romanian, Russian cases. This collection of essays focuses on the exhibition architecture in Central and Eastern European countries, a region of fluid geo-political conception, composed of multi-ethnic countries with constantly shifting borders.
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