Atelier Bow-Wow

Founded in Tokyo in 1992 by Yoshiharu Tsukamoto and Momoyo Kaijima, the architectural firm Atelier Bow-Wow is one of the most versatile offices of the present day. The architects' work includes over 40 residential houses, public buildings, and numerous installations. A significant part of their work also consists of urban analyses and theoretical writings.

Atelier Bow-Wow belongs to a generation of architects that reoriented itself during the recession in Japan in the early 1990s and adapted its design practice to the changed planning and societal conditions. Their early studies focused on anonymous buildings in Tokyo, demonstrating that these structures meet the needs of residents and passersby as well as infrastructural and building regulation requirements. In parallel, Tsukamoto and Kaijima developed a type of small house, which offers a solution to living in limited space in the metropolis of Tokyo. On the urban level and within the art context, they also experiment with a form of engagement with public space that brings together different actors. Their most recent studies also examine rural and traditional buildings in the context of their culturally and geographically influenced environment.