WHAT Museum in Tokyo is hosting a group exhibition titled “Corrugated/Coral — Eight Practices to Project Architecture Afar,” on view until September 13, 2026. The show features installations by eight teams of architects, including Altemy, Office Yuasa, Garage, Group, Domino Architects, Toshiki Hirano, Rui Architects, and Tetsuo Hatakeyama + Taiki Yoshino + Archipelago Architects Studio. One highlighted work is “Darkness, Afterglow,” where visitors follow written instructions to sit in a darkened room and interact with light and a book, offering a conceptual experience of architectural thinking.
The exhibition matters because it shifts the focus from architecture as built form to architecture as a conceptual and sensory process, inviting the public to engage with the ideas and methods behind architectural practice. By presenting works that are experiential rather than functional, the show challenges conventional perceptions of architecture and highlights the creative thinking that architects bring to spatial design, making it relevant to both art and architecture audiences.