Staff

  • Kengo Kuma

2009-               Professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, the University of Tokyo
2008                Established Kuma & Associates Europe (Paris, France)
2007-2008        Visiting Professor at the School of Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Chicago, USA)
2001-2009        Professor at the Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University
1998-1999        Professor at the Faculty of Environmental Information, Keio University
1994                Lecturer at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University
1990                Established Kengo Kuma & Associates
1987                Established Spatial Design Studio
1985-1986        Visiting Scholar Graduate School, Columbia University and Asian Cultural Counci (USA)
1979                Master of Architecture, the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo
1954                Born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

 

  • Yusuke Obuchi

2012-              Visiting Associate Professor at School of Architecture, Princeton University
2012               Lecturer at Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
2010-              Associate Professor, Director of Global 30 Architecture and Urbanism Program at the University of Tokyo
2005-2011       Co-Director of Design Research Laboratory, Architectural Association
2003-2007       Unit Master, Intermediate School, Unit 8, Architectural Association
2007-2008       AA Fabrication Cluster Curator, Architectural Association
2003-2005       Course Master, AA Design Research Laboratory, Architectural Association
2002-2003       Adjunct Assistant Professor at New Jersey Institute of Technology
2002-              Foresites Architecture and Design
2002               Reiser + Umemoto RUR Architecture
1999-2000       Director of Japan–India Study Abroad Program, College of Architecture, University of Kentucky
1997-1999       Visiting Assistant Professor at College of Architecture, University of Kentucky
1996-1997       Teaching Assistant at Southern California Institute of Architecture
1992-1994, 1997       ROTO Architects
1990-1991       Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects
1991            Steven Fong Architect

 

  • Ko Nakamura

2011-               Established Mosaic Design
2011                Doctor of Architecture, Waseda University
2010-               Assistant Professor at the University of Tokyo, Kengo Kuma lab.
2009                1st Class Registered Architect in Japan
2007-2009        Research Associates at Waseda University, Nobuaki Furuya Lab.
2005                Master of Engineering, Waseda University, Nobuaki Furuya Lab.
2002                Bachelor of Engineering, Nihon University, Shinsuke Takamiya Lab.
1978                Born in Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

 

  • Toshikatsu Kiuchi

2012-              Adjunct Professor at the University of Tokyo and Japan Women’s University
2011-              Course Assistant of the Global 30 Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Tokyo
2011-              Established a Design & Research collaboration unit “kwwek” with Taichi Sunayama
2007-2011       R&Sie(n), worked as an Associate Partner since 2009 till 2011
2005-2007       Diller Scofidio + Renfro
2004               Master of Architecture, the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo
2002               Bachelor of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
2001-2003       Workshop Made-In-NO (with Koji Okubo, Yutaka Kita & Akio Murasawa)
1978               Born in Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

 

  • So Sugita

2012-              Course Assistant of the Global 30 Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Tokyo
2012               Adjunct Professor at Kinki University Faculty of Engineering
2010-              Saburo Sugita Architects
2010-              Established Source Organization Network
2010               Master of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania
2006-2007       MAD
2005-2006       Rogers Marvel Architects
2004               Bachelor of Fine Arts, Parsons School of Design, Interior Design
1979               Born in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan