Sou Fujimoto established his architectural practice in Tokyo in 2000. He describes his style as ‘primitive future’, a primitive situation that relates to the human ‘cave’ habitation along with something new for the future. He likes to create ‘unintentional space’ that lies between nature and artefact. His recent projects such as House N in Oita City, House O in Minami Boso and Tokyo Apartments have been widely publicized. Fujimoto will be involved with Toyo Ito in visiting earthquake and tsunami hit areas and questioning what a primal, original house should be like. This journey of inquiry will be displayed in an exhibition in the Japanese Pavilion in the Venice Biannele 2012.
http://www.sou-fujimoto.net/

Christian Kerez began his career as an architectural photographer and established his practice in Zurich in 1993. His interests lie in the fundamental rules and elements that govern architecture. Often working with models on a vast scale, his research-based practice investigates the basic constituents of structure and materials. His aim is not to change or beautify the world with architecture but to facilitate change by the construction of something new. His school Leutschenbach in Switzerland completed in 2008 is a manifestation of his contextual explorations and demonstrates his structural expression.
http://www.kerez.ch/