Arq. Sou Fujimoto - Japón

Date of Birth August 4th, 1971

Qualifications First Class Licensed Architect

Education

University of Tokyo, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Architecture (Bachelor) 1990-1994

Experience

Sou Fujimoto Architects - Tokyo 2000-Present

Awards

2008 Japanese Institute of Architecture Grand Prize

(Children's Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation) 2008

2007 KENNETH F. BROWN ARCHITECTURE DESIGN AWARD Honorable Mention

(Children's Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation) 2007

AR Awards 2006 "Grand Prize" (Children's Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation ) 2006

AR Awards 2006 "Highly Commended" (7/2 house) 2006

"Gold Prize" in House Competition by Tokyo Society of Architects and Building Engineers 2006

"1st Prize" in Wooden House Competition in Kumamoto 2005

AR Awards 2005 "Highly Commended" ( Dormitory for Mentally Disabled in Date) 2005

AR Awards 2005 "Honourable Mention" (T house) 2005

JIA New Face Award 2004 2004          

"1st Prize" in International Design Competition for the Environment Art Forum for Annaka 2003

Winning "SD Review 2003" 2003

"Honorable Mention" in Design Competition for the Ora Town Hall 2002

Winning "SD Review 2002 SD Prize" 2002

Winning "SD Review 2001" 2001

Winning "SD Review 2000 Maki Prize" 2000

"2nd Prize in Design Competition for the Aomori Art Museum" 2000

Winning "SD Review 1997 SD Prize" 1997

Winning "SD Review 1995" 1995

Works

Namba House Tokyo   2007 – exp 2008

Hayashi House Tokyo   2007 – exp 2008

Velcan House Romania   2007 – exp 2008

Kamisato Market Tokyo   2006 – exp 2008

Tokyo Apartment Tokyo   2006 – exp 2007  

House O - Chiba 2007

Treatment Center for Mentally Disturbed Children - Hokkaido 2006

7/2 house - Hokkaido 2006

Group Home in Noboribetsu - Hokkaido 2006

Final Wooden House in Kumamoto - Kumamoto 2006 – exp 2007

T house - Gunma 2005

The Environment Art Forum for Annaka Gunma 2003 – 2006

Nogiri house projectOita 2003 – exp2007

iz house project Shizuoka – 2003

Dormitory for Mentally Disabled in Date Hokkaido – 2003

Industrial Training Facilities for Mentally-Handicapped Hokkaido – 2003

Shijima Lodge Nagano – 2002

N house project -Oita – 2001

Seidai Hospital New Ward Hokkaido – 1999

Seidai Hospital Occupational therapy House Hokkaido – 1996

Teaching Career

Kyoto University, Lecturer 2007 – Present                    

Tokyo University, Lecturer – 2004     

Showa Women's University, Lecturer 2004 – Present

Tokyo University of Science, Lecturer 2001 – Present

RIBA London (2 2007 ) ; AR Emerging Architecture Talks: "Treatment Center for Mentally Disturbed

Children" & "7/2 House"

London Metropolitan University (2 2007); Lecture: "Between Nature and Artifact, Formless Form & Local Relations"

MIT (11 2006); Architecture or Revolution series: "Formless Form"

Tokyo Opera City (11 2006); Toyo Ito, The New `Real` in Architecture series: "Sou Fujimoto, Toyo Ito and Kazuhiro Kojima in Conversation"  

Romania Architecture Biennial (11 2006); Xtreme East, Contemporary architecture from Japan

Conference: "Sou Fujimoto New Projects"

Takenaka Design Exhibition 2006 Osaka (8 2006); Invited Speaker

Kaoshun, Taiwan (5 2006); Symposium with Taiwanese architects

web site: http://www.sou-fujimoto.com