2. • 1957 Born in Tokyo.
• 1977-80 Southern California Institute of Architecture.
• 1980-82 Cooper Union School of Architecture.
• 1982-83 Worked for Arata Isozaki, Tokyo, Japan.
• 1984 Bachelor of Architecture, Cooper Union School of
Architecture . Bachelor of Architecture.
• 1985 Established private practice in Tokyo, Japan.
• 1993-95 Adjunct Professor of Architecture, Tama Art University.
• 1995-99 Consultant of United Nations High Commissioner for
Refgees (UNHCR).
• 1995 Established NGO: VAN (Voluntary Architects
Network)NGOVAN.
• 1995-99 Adjunct Professor of Architecture, Yokohama National
University.
• 1996-2000 Adjunct Professor of Architecture, Nihon University.
• 2000 Visiting Professor, Columbia University.
• 2000 Visiting Fellow, Donald Keen Center, Columbia University.
• 2001-2008 Professor, Keio University.
• 2005 Amherst College Doctor of Human Letters.
• 2006-2009 Jury of Pritzker Architecture Prize.
• 2009 National Order of the Legion of Honor in France.
• 2009 Honorary Doctorate of Technical University of Munich.
• 2010 Visiting Professor, Havard University Graduate School of
Design.
3. Awards
• 1995 Mainichi Design Prize.
• 1993 House Award, Tokyo Society of Architects.
• 1988 Display of the Year, Japan, ‚Alvar Aalto‛ Exhibiition.
• 1989 Arflex Design Competition.
• 1988 SD Review ‘88SD .
• 1988 Osaka Industrial Design Contest, L Unit System.
• 1986 Display of the Year, Japan, ‚Emilio Ambasz‛ Exhibitiion.
• 1986 Design Competition for the redevelopment of the
Shinsaibashi, Osaka.
• 1985 SD Review ‘85SD.
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4. Awards
• 2000Akademie der Kunste (Berlin Art Award), Germany（
Akademie der kunste )
• 2000 The Augustus Saint-Gaudens Award from the Cooper Union,
NY The Augustus Saint-Gaudens Award .
• 1999 Architecture for Humanity, U.S.A. for Paper Log House .
• 1999 4th International Festival for Architecture in Video by
IMAGE, Italy .
• 1999 ar+d, Architectural Review, UK for Paper
Churchar+dArchitectural Review.
• 1998 Tohoku Prize, Architectural Institute of Japan for
Tazawako Station.
• 1997 The JIA Prize for the best young architect of the year.
• 1996 Ecoplice House Competition, IAA (International Architects
Academy)IAA.
• 1996 JIA Kansai Architects.
• 1996 Yoshioka Prize.
• 1996 Innovative Award, Tokyo Journal.
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5. Awards
• 2005AIA New York Chapter Design Awards-Project Honors:
Nomadic Museum-NYAIA New York Chapter Design Awards-
Project Honors:
• NY2005Amherst College Doctor of Humane Letters
• 2005Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture
• 2005Thomas Jefferson Medalist in Architecture
• 2004Grande Medal France Academie d’Architecture
• 2004American Wood Design Awards -Best of Non-residential
Best of Non-residential－
• 2002World Architecture Awards
• 2002: Best House in the World, Naked House
• 20022001The Prize of Japan Society for Finishing Technology, for
GC Osaka Building
• 2001Gengo Matsui Award for the Japan Pavilion
• 2001World Architecture Awards 2001: Europe Category,
Public/Cultural Category for the Japan Pavilion
• 20012001Time Magazine Innovator of the Year2001、TIME Magazine
、
• USA2001Nikkei New Office Award, for GC Osaka Building
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6. Awards
• 2010 l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France
• 2009 Honorary Doctorate of Technical University of Munich
• 2009 l’Ordre National du Merite , France
• 2009 Grand Prize of AIJ 2009: Nicolas G. Hayek Center
• 2009 Japan Project International Award, Student Jury’s Award:
Chengdu Hualin Elementary School, China Japan
• 2008 Urban Land Institute Awards for Excellence: Finalist,
Kirinda Project , Sri Lanka Urban Land Institute Awards for
Excellence .
• Finalist , 2007MIPIM Awards 2007: Residential Developments 1st
Prize, Kirinda Project, Sri Lanka MIPIM Awards 2007: 2007MIPIM
Awards 2007:Special Tribute, Kirinda Project, Sri Lanka MIPIM
Awards 2007:
• 2006Honorary Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of
Canada
• 2006 International Fellowship of the Royal Institute of British
Architects
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7. WORKS - PAPER TUBE
STRUCTURES
PAPER ARBOR - Nagoya, Japan, 1989 ODAWARA HALL AND EAST GATE-
Odawara , Kanagawa, Japan,
1990
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10. An S-shape configuration comprised of 110 paper tubes (2.7m high,
275mm in diameter and 148mm thick) defines the interior and
exterior areas of the paper house. This was the first project in
which paper tubes were authorized for use as a structural basis in
a permanent building. Ten paper tubes support the vertical load
and the eighty interior tubes bear the lateral forces. The
cruciform wooden joints in the bases of the columns are anchored
to the foundation by lug screws and cantilevered from the floor.
A freestanding paper tubes column with a 1.2m diameter in the
surrounding gallery contains a toilet. The exterior paper tubes
surrounding the courtyard stand apart from the structure and
serve as a screen. The living area in the large circle is without
furnishing or detail other than an isolated kitchen counter, sliding
doors, and movable closets. When the perimeter sashes are
opened, the roof, supported by the colonnade of paper tubes, is
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visually emphasized and a spatial continuity is created between the
11. PAPER STUDIO - Keio University, Fujisawa,
JAPAN PAVILLION, EXPO 2000 HANNOVER -
Kanagawa, Japan, 2003
Germany, 2000
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