Kengo Kuma was born in 1954 in Yokohama and studied architecture at the University of Tokyo and later at Columbia University. He founded the architecture firm Kengo Kuma & Associates in Tokyo in 1990 and in Paris in 2008 and became a professor at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Architecture in 2009. Kengo Kuma is one of the most renowned contemporary Japanese architects and his work is known worldwide for merging architecture with nature and social responsibility.
Its construction requires a very methodical process by which, while weaving thick wool strands, teak rods are intercalated, securing them to the frame with finer threads. A totally handmade execution, carried out on hand-operated looms. The wool strands are not dyed, so the brown tones of this model had to be selected beforehand. In reference to its color palette, Tsuchi means earth in Japanese. Tsuchi Brown allows you to experience a piece of Japan through an element as homely and universal as a rug. It is available in two sizes and is finished with a border at its ends. The other two models in the collection, Kiri and Ame, feature gray and natural tones respectively.
Manufacturing technique
Hand Loom
Material
Fibre composition: wool & teak wood
Approx. total height
10 mm / 0.4"
