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Takaharu Tezuka

*anese architect (born 1964)

Takaharu Tezuka (手塚 貴晴, Tezuka Takaharu, born 23 February 1964) is a *anese architect. In 1994, he and his wife Yui Tezuka founded the Tokyo-based firm Tezuka Architects. Projects by Tezuka Architects include the Roof House, Echigo-Matsunoyama Museum of Natural Science, Fuji Kindergarten and Woods of Net. Their recent awards include *an Ins*ute of Architects Prize (2009), *ociation for Children's Environment Design Award (2011), OECD/CELE 4th Compendium of Exemplary Educational Facilities (2011) and a Global Award for Sustainable Architecture (2017).

Contents

  • 1 Career
    • 1.1 Brief career history
    • 1.2 Main works
    • 1.3 Fuji Kindergarten
    • 1.4 Exhibitions
    • 1.5 Awards
    • 1.6 Publication
  • 2 References
  • 3 External links

Career

Born in Tokyo, *an in 1964, Takaharu Tezuka studied architecture at Musashi Ins*ute of Technology and at the University of Pennsylvania. He then went to London where spent four years with the Richard Rogers Partnership. In 1994, together with his wife, Yui Tezuka, he established Tezuka Architects in Tokyo. The couple's work emphasizes human activity and connectivity as can be seen in their schools, office buildings and hospitals.

Brief career history

  • 1964 Born in Tokyo
  • 1987 B.Arch., Musashi Ins*ute of Technology
  • 1990 M.Arch., University of Pennsylvania
  • 1990-1994 Richard Rogers Partnership Ltd.
  • 1994 Established, Tezuka Architects
  • 1996-2003 *istant Professor, Musashi Ins*ute of Technology
  • 2005, 06 Visiting Professor, Salzburg Summer Academy
  • 2006 Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley
  • 2009- Professor, Tokyo City University

Main works

  • 1996 - Soejima Hospital
  • 1999 - Wood Deck House
  • 2000 - Megaphone House
  • 2000 - Kawagoe Music Apartment
  • 2001 - Roof House
  • 2001 - Balcony House
  • 2001 - Wall-less House
  • 2002 - Saw Roof House
  • 2003 - Matsunoyama Natural Science Museum　
  • 2003 - Engawa House
  • 2003 - TOYOTA L&F HIROSHIMA
  • 2003 - House to catch the sky III
  • 2005 - Visionary Arts, Tokyo
  • 2005 - Floating Roof House
  • 2006 - Eaves House
  • 2006 - Sandou house 　
  • 2006 - Observatory Room House 　　　　　　　
  • 2006 - My Own Sky House
  • 2007 - Cloister House
  • 2007 - Fuji Kindergarten
  • 2007 -House to Catch the Sunlight
  • 2007 - Kanjoin Kannondo
  • 2007 - *ejima Eef Beach Hotel　
  • 2007 - House to Catch the Hill
  • 2007 - Wilful Townhouse
  • 2007 - House to Catch the Sea
  • 2007 - GRV
  • 2007 - Temple to catch the forest
  • 2009 - Woods of Net
  • 2009 - Pitched Roof House
  • 2009 - Drawer House
  • 2009 - Umbrella House
  • 2010 - House of Ship
  • 2010 - Snail House
  • 2011 - Step House in a Shopping Street
  • 2011 - Ring Around a Tree
  • 2011 - OG Giken Tokyo branch
  • 2012 - OG Giken Kyushu branch
  • 2012 - House to Catch the Mountain
  • 2012 - Deck House
  • 2012 - Asahi Kindergarten
  • 2012 - Yamamotochou Fuji Kindergarten
  • 2013 - Child Chemo House
  • 2013 - Chigasaki Zion Christian Church/Mihato Kindergarten

Fuji Kindergarten

Fuji Kindergarten in *an, designed by architect Takaharu Tezuka, emphasizing the idea that children do not need to be forced to learn but they naturally cannot stop. The kindergarten is an open-air kindergarten, designed to encourage and facilitate social interaction between students as well as discovery-style learning. Students are encouraged to design their own learning environment through the use of crates to separate cl*rooms, trees are left to grow within the structure of the kindergarten that students are able to climb, and additional structures within the kindergarten allow for exploration for students to delve into and discover in a collaborative manner.

Exhibitions

  • *an-Poland: New Architecture / 1994–2004
  • Venice Biennale / 2004
  • Aichi expo, *an /2005
  • Gallery Ma, *an / 2006
  • London Biennale /2006
  • Inax Gallery, Tokyo /2007
  • Deutsches Architektur Museum Exhibition, Frankfurt /2009
  • Contemplating The Void: Interventions In The Guggenneim Museum, New York/ 2010
  • *anLisztRaiding, Austria/2010
  • Carnegie International 2013 ｛｛ http://ci13.cmoa.org/artists/tezuka-architects ｝｝

Awards

  • 1997 - Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Good Design Gold Prize (Soejima Hospital)
  • 1998 - Architectural Ins*ution of *an, Annual Architectural Commendations (Soejima Hospital)
  • 2002 - *an Ins*ute of Architects Prize (Roof House) Yoshioka Prize
  • 2002 - Yoshioka Foundation (Roof House)
  • 2003 - Architectural Ins*ution of *an, Annual Architectural Commendations (Roof House)
  • 2003 - Good Design Prize, *an Industrial Design Organization, (Styrene foam sofa)
  • 2004 - Good Design Prize, *an Industrial Design Organization (Hounancho "L" Condominium)
  • 2004 - Ecobuild Award, Ecobuild *an (Echigo-matsunoyama Museum of Natural Science)
  • 2004 - the Architectural Review (Echigo-matsunoyama Museum of Natural Science)
  • 2005 - Architectural Ins*ution of *an, Annual Architectural Commendations (Matsunoyama Natural Science Museum)
  • 2007 - Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Interaction Design Prize (Fuji Kindergarten)
  • 2007 - Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Kids Design Gold Prize (Fuji Kindergarten)
  • 2007 - *ociation for Children's Environment, ACE Award Design Category (Fuji Kindergarten)
  • 2007 - Design for Asia Grand Award (Fuji Kindergarten)
  • 2007 - Highly Commended, the Architectural Review (Fuji Kindergarten)
  • 2008 - Architectural Ins*ution of *an Prize (Fuji Kindergarten)
  • 2009 - The *an Ins*ute of Architects Prize, the *an Ins*ute of Architects (Fuji Kindergarten)
  • 2009 - The Architecture Award, Asia Pacific Property Awards 2009 (Fuji Kindergarten)
  • 2011 - *ociation for Children's Environment Design Award (Woods of Net)
  • 2011 - The Best of All, OECD/CELE 4th Compendium of Exemplary Educational Facilities (Fuji Kindergarten)
  • 2011 - Good Design Prize, *an Industrial Design Organization (OG Giken Tokyo Branch)
  • 2013 - *ociation for Children's Environment Design Award (Asahi Kindergarten)
  • 2013 - Architectural Ins*ution of *an, Annual Architectural Commendations (Ring Around a Tree)
  • 2013 - Good Design Gold Award, *an Industrial Design Organization (Asahi Kindergarten)
  • 2013 - Good Design Prize, *an Industrial Design Organization (OG Giken Kyushu branch)
  • 2017 - Global Award for Sustainable Architecture

Publication

  • Tezuka, Takaharu, and Yui Tezuka. Takaharu + Yui Tezuka Architecture Catalogue. Tokyo: TOTO Publishing, 2006.
  • Tezuka, Takaharu, and Yui Tezuka. Takaharu + Yui Tezuka Architecture Catalogue 2. Tokyo: TOTO Publishing, 2009.
  • Tezuka, Takaharu, and Yui Tezuka. Takaharu + Yui Tezuka Architecture Catalogue 3. Tokyo: TOTO Publishing, 2015.
  • Tezuka, Takaharu, and Yui Tezuka. Takaharu + Yui Tezuka NOSTALGIC FUTURE ERINNERTE ZUKUNFT. Edited by Paul Andreas and Peter Cachola Schmal. JOVIS Verlag Berlin 2009 ISBN:978-3-86859-021-0
  • Tezuka, Takaharu, and Yui Tezuka. ROOFLESS ARCHITECTURE / Summer Academy Salzburg. Edited by Miyako Nairz. Salzburg: Huttegger, 2008.
  • Tezuka, Takaharu, and Yui Tezuka. FLOORLESS ARCHITECTURE / Summer Academy Salzburg. Edited by Miyako Nairz. Salzburg: Huttegger, 2008.
  • Tezuka Architects – The Yellow Book, JOVIS Verlag Berlin 2016, ISBN:978-3-86859-423-2

References

    External links

    • Tezuka Architects - official website
    • Fuji Kindergarten, with illustrations, from Architonic
    • Takaharu Tezuka: The best kindergarten you've ever seen at TED

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