Hidetoshi OHNO

Architect, J.I.A

Doctor of Engineering (Architecture)

Born:  Gifu, Japan,1949

Present Position:

Architect

Principal of APL Design Workshop, JIA

Emeritus Professor

The University of Tokyo.

Education:

1972                Bachelor of Architecture, University of Tokyo

1975                Master of Architecture, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo,

1997                Doctor of Engineering (Architecture), Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo

Working experience:

1976-1983            Architect, Maki and Associates, Tokyo.

Teaching and Research:

1983-1988       Assistant to Professor Fumihiko Maki, Department of Architecture, University of Tokyo

1988-1999        Associate Professor (Architectural Design and Urban design), University of Tokyo.

1998                Research Fellow, Technical University of Delft, Netherlands

2001                Visiting Professor, Department of Architecture, Sit-Lucas Higher Institute, Brussels

1999-2015        Professor (Environmental Studies, Architectural Design and Urban design), University of Tokyo.

2017-2020        Visiting Professor, Ritsumeikan University

2018-2021        Visiting Professor, HOUSEI University

2019-2021        Visiting Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts

Principal Publications:

1992         Ohno, Hidetoshi, et.al. Hong Kong:Alternative Metropolis, Special Issue of SD, March,1992, (Japanese/English), Tokyo, Kajima Institute Publishing,Tokyo, 1992.

2000         Ohno, Hidetoshi. How to develop your architectural idea. (Japanese), Tokyo, Syoukou-shya, 2000.

2006         Ma, Weidong, ed. Twelve Houses in Japan, (Chinese/English), Ningbo, Ningbo Publishing House, 2006, Print.

2006         Ohno, Hidetoshi, et.al. fibercity Tokyo 2050,  JA No. 63, (Japanese / English), Shinkenchikushya,Tokyo, 2006

2007        Ohno, Hidetoshi. La ville fibre. in Bourdin, Alain, ed. Mobilité et Ecoplogie Urbaine. Paris, Descartes et Cie , 209-232, print.

2005         Ohno, Hidetoshi. Faserstadt Tokio, in Oswalt, Philipp, ed. Schrumpfende Städte Band 2.Leipzig, Hndlungskonzepte, 204-211, 2005, Print. 

2007         Ohno, Hidetoshi. fibercity/ Desing for shrinkage. in Radovic, Darko, ed. ECO-URBANITY TOWARDS WELL-MANNERED BUILT ENVIRONMENT. London, Routledge, 79-91, 2007, Print.

2010         Ohno, Hidetoshi. Lecture by OHNO Hidetoshi: Fibercity”--Designing for Shrinkage. in WANG, Weijen, and Thomas CHUNG, eds. Hong Kong-Shehzen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism, Refabricating City: A Reflection. Hong Kong, Oxford University Press, 2010, 191-192, 288-290, Print1997        

2015         Ohno, Hidetoshi, et.al. Small Mobility will Change City, (Japanese),NTT Publishing, 2015, Tokyo.

2016         Ohno, Hidetoshi, et.al. Fibercity: A Vision for Cities in the Age of Shrinkage, (Japanese / English), University of Tokyo Press

Principal Awards and Prizes for Architecture Design:

1972　　 Grand Prix for Diplomat Design, Department of Architecture, University of Tokyo.

1972　　 Honorable Mention,5th MISAWA HOME Prefabrication House International Competition.

1986       Awards of Excellence 1985, for Lighting system of the congress hall of YKK headwater building, International Lighting Designers Association Toyama Pref.

1991       First prize, An International Architectural Competition on Ideas for the Ulugh Beg Cultural Center, Samarkand

1993       JIA (Japan Institute of Architects) Prize of the Young Architect of the Year for NBK Headquarters office and Auditorium, Gifu Pref.

1995       Annual Architectural Design Commendation of the Architectural Institute of Japan for Matsushiro  Apartment, Ibaragi Pref.

1996       Annual Architectural Design Commendation of the Architectural Institute of Japan for YKK Namerikawa  Dormitory, Toyama Pref.

1998       BELCA prize for Restoration of ex-custom house in Moji, Fukuoka Pref.

2005    BCS Prize for Renovation of the Yokohama Custom House, (with Kohyama Atelier) , Kanagawa Pref.

2007       BCS Prize for Freude Hikoshima, Yamaguchi Pref.

2007       JIA 7th Environmental Architecture Award for Building for the Institute of Environmental Studies, The University of Tokyo, Chiba Pref.

2010       JIA 3rd Grand Prix of the Architecture, finalist, for Freude Hikoshima, Yamaguchi Pref.

2010       Annual Architectural Design Commendation of the Architectural Institute of Japan for YKK Health Center, Toyama Pref.

2011      12th Public Building Award, Ministry of Construction and Transport for Renovation of the Yokohama Custom House, (with Hisao Kohyama) , Kanagawa Pref.

2011       BELCA prize for Restoration of YKK Industrial Museum, Fukuoka Pref.

2011       The Prize of AIJ 2011 (Architectural Design Division), for Institute of Physics and Mathematics for the Universe, Kashiwa Campus, Chiba Pref.

2012       BCS Prize for Institute of Physics and Mathematics for the Universe, Kashiwa Campus, Chiba Pref.

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