"JA52"
YEARBOOK 2003

"JA52" is a special issue featuring the architecture of 2003. Many large-scale redevelopments provide a historically unparalleled amount of offices in central Tokyo. Architect’s ideas are being sought not only for large scale projects such as these, but also for a variety of scales and locations. Each project differs in construction time, building method, and building use; however all have the common posture of seeking new possibilities through building. Although what is presented here is only one mere portion in respect to the total amount of projects built, we feel that they express one side of the architectural scene in Japan.

CONTENTS

Winners in the Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition 2003
judge: Ken Sakamura

ESSAY
Contemporary Architecture: Technology or Art?
Yositika Utida

WORKS

Glass Pyramid in Moerenuma Park
Architect 5 Partnership

Aomori Contemporary Art Centre
Tadao Ando Architect & Associates

Shin Aomori Prefectural Comprehensive Athletic Park, Aoi-Mori Arena
Yoshiro Ikehara Architect & Associates

Forest Mashiko
Hiroshi Naito Architect & Associates

Kanna Nakasato Town Hall
Nobuaki Furuya Lab. + NASCA

Onishi Hall
Kazuyo Sejima & Associates

Onishi Hall, second place entry
Taira Nishizawa Architects & Associates

Environment Art Forum in Annaka
Sosuke Fujimoto Architects

Villa in Katsuura
Chiba Manabu Architects

Tokyo Metropolitan Roka Senior High School
Kunihiko Hayakawa Architect & Associates

Roppongi Hills
Mori Building Co.,Ltd., Irie Miyake Architects & Engineers, Yamashita Sekkei Inc.,
Nikken Housing System Co., Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC,
The Jerde Partnership, Conran & Partners, etc.

Shinagawa Grand Commons

Shiodome Block B, C, E

Nikken Sekkei Tokyo Building
Nikken Sekkei

ONE Omotesando
Kengo Kuma & Associates

Prada Boutique Aoyama
Herzog & de Meuron, Takenaka Corporation

TV Asahi Headquarters
Fumihiko Maki / Maki and Associates

Louis Vuitton Roppongi Hills
Jun Aoki & Associates, Louis Vuitton Malletier, Studio Aurelio
Clementi, Higo Design Associates


Jurgen Lehl Marunouchi
Office of Kumiko Inui

Glass Shutter Studio
Shigeru Ban Architects

NZS
SUWA

Shinonome Canal Court, Block 1, 2
Riken Yamamoto & Field Shop
Toyo Ito & Associates Architects
Urban Development Corporation

Natural Wedge
Endoh Design House + MIAS

W-House in Inagi
Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects

Gae House
T.I.T. Tsukamoto Lab. + Atelier Bow-Wow

introspective
Hiroyuki Arima + Urban Fourth

Atelier at Ninomiya
Hirohiko Sakane Planners & Architects

Ichiya-Tei
Terunobu Fujimori + Nobumichi Ohshima (Ohshima Atelier)

Forest / Floor
Kengo Kuma & Associates

Shijima Lodge
Sosuke Fujimoto Architects

Echigo-Matsunoyama Museum of Natural Science
Tezuka Architects, Musashi Institute of Technology Tezuka Lab., MIAS

Matsudai Snow-Land Agrarian Culture Center
MVRDV, SUPER-OS, CLIP

Echigo-Tsumari Kouryukan
Hiroshi Hara + Atelier Φ

Fukui Prefectural Library & Archives
Fumihiko Maki / Maki and Associates

Holistic Health Learning Center
Shin’ichi Okuyama Architectural Studio

Paper Art Museum
Shigeru Ban Architects

Y house
Keiichi Irie + Power Unit Studio, Masahiro Ikeda / MIAS

House in Higashi-Otsu
Waro Kishi + K.ASSOCIATES / Architects

Minamiyamashiro Elementary School
Richard Rogers Partnership Japan

Tsuda Veterinary Clinic
Kazuhiro Kojima / C+A

Himuro House
Kazuhiro Kojima / C+A

4x4 House
Tadao Ando Architect & Associates

Kawajiri Elementary School
Toru Murakami Architect & Associates

Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media
Arata Isozaki & Associates

Miwa-Gama
Sambuichi Architects

Appropriate Proportion
Hiroshi Sugimoto, in collaboration with Masaru Kimura + ArtStaion

Orimoto House
Hiroshi Hara + Atelier Φ

Louis Vuitton Kochi
Office of Kumiko Inui, Louis Vuitton Malletier, Higo Design Associates

National Theatre Okinawa
Shin Takamatsu + Takamatsu Architects & Associates

50% Porous, Space Blocks Hanoi Model
Kazuhiro Kojima + Hidekuni Magaribuchi
+ Kojima Lab., Tokyo University of Science
+ Magaribuchi Lab., Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, Kendall / Heaton Associates

Data

Profile

Winners in the Central Glass International Architectural Design Competition 2003
Announcement: Central Glass International Architectural Design Competition 2004


"JA" volume 52
WINTER,2004
ISBN4-7869-0177-6 C3052

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