Riken yamamoto architecture style

Riken yamamoto biography Go to my stream. Notes [ edit ]. I suggest to students to create a new system for residents to live in community rather than in isolation. His built works, located throughout Japan , China, the Republic of Korea, and Switzerland, range from private residences to large-scale housing complexes, educational institutions, and civic spaces, all of which reflect the intent of blurring the boundaries between the public and private spheres while opening up connecting spaces that foster social interaction and opportunities for both building users and the community nearby.

Riken Yamamoto

Japanese architect

Riken Yamamoto (山本理顕, Yamamoto Riken), born in Beijing, China[1][2] is a Japanese architect. In , he received the Pritzker Architecture Prize,[3] considered to be the most prestigious award in architecture, becoming the 9th Japanese architect to receive such honor.

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Early life and education

Yamamoto was born to Japanese parents in Beijing, China. His parents had moved from Japan to China for his father's work as an engineer as part of the Japanese occupation of China.[6] In , the family returned to a Japan devastated by World War II.

In , after his father's death when he was four, Yamamoto moved to his mother's hometown of Yokohama.[6]

In he completed his bachelor's degree from Nihon University and in his master's degree from the Tokyo University of the Arts.[6] Afterwards he continued his studies at the University of Tokyo under Hiroshi Hara.[citation needed]

Career

Yamamoto founded the Yamamoto & Field Shop in [6]

From to he was a professor at Yokohama National University and at the Graduate school of Engineering of the Nihon University.

As of he taught at his alma mater Nihon University.[1][2]

Some of his most representative works are the Rotunda Building (Yokohama, ); the Hamlet Building (Tokio, Shibuya-Ku, ), or the apartment blocks Ryukoentoshi (Yokohama, ).[citation needed]

Recognition

Under the many awards Riken Yamamoto has won, the most recent achieved by him are: The Japan Institute of Architects Award for the Yokosuka Museum of Art () Building Contractors Society Prize for the Namics Techno Core (), Building Contractors Society Prize for the Yokosuka Museum of Art () or the 25th Fukushima Architecture Culture Award, highest award for the Fukushima ecoms Pavilion, SUS Fukushima Factory ().[7]

In , Yamamoto was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize.

On the occasion, architect and Jury Chair Alejandro Aravena stated about Yamamoto's work that "one of the things we need most in the future of cities is to create conditions through architecture that multiply the opportunities for people to come together and interact. By carefully blurring the boundary between public and private, Yamamoto contributes positively beyond the brief to enable community.

Riken yamamoto biography wikipedia Ishii House. Tianjin Library. Terraces that encourage social interaction between neighbors, private spaces that open up for communal use, and urban passageways that allow buildings to connect with their context, are some of the resources that are present in Yamamoto's work. I sat in between.

He is a reassuring architect who brings dignity to everyday life. Normality becomes extraordinary. Calmness leads to splendor."[5]

In , Yamamoto was the recipient of the 31st Crystal Award.

Selected works

  • Hiroshima West Fire Department

  • Future University Hakodate

  • Yokosuka Museum of Art

  • Fussa City Hall

Notes

  1. ^Same kanji but different pronunciations.

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