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Designer Profile | Minami no Shima Kobo First Class Architect Office

We are a first-class architectural firm based in Tokyo and Kamakura that designs corporate cultural facilities and buildings for business executives.

Office Name

Minami no Shima Kobo First Class Architect Office

location

Tokyo Office 3-14-6 Kamiishiwara, Chofu City, Tokyo 182-0035

Kamakura Atelier 609-1 Yamanouchi, Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture, 247-0062

Phone (mobile)

090-2900-9541 Hioki

Establishment

February 1993

Business content

・Design and supervision of villas and mansions
・Design and renovation of corporate facilities, commercial facilities, and stores
・Interior design and space production
・Other general construction-related work

Registration

First-class architect, Minister of Construction No. 276349, First-class architect office, Tokyo Metropolitan Government registration No. 55304

MESSAGE

After graduating from the Department of Architecture, he studied under a plasterer on Awaji Island.
Through traditional building techniques such as clay walls and the work of craftsmen
I got to experience the construction process.

Not limited to the position of a designer,
By being involved in construction as a site supervisor or worker,
It cannot be seen from drawings aloneRealistic ArchitectureI have faced
This is the basis for the current design.

The techniques rooted in traditional Japanese architecture are
It is based on tools that can be handled by hand and has excellent adaptability to any situation.
Applying this technology to modern architecture,
By drawing out the power of natural materials such as wood and soil,
We want to create architecture that will be needed in society in the future.

What we value is
We carefully understand the client's thoughts and background,
While reading the site environment and conditions,
A comfortable and beautiful space that deepens in value over timeThe goal is to give shape to this.

We don't just design, we think on-site, deal with materials,
Through collaboration with artisans,
We will continue to work with our clients to create the best architecture possible.

Takuto Hioki

Hikitakuto First-class architect/design director

BIOGRAPHY

1989

Graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Aoyama High School

1993

Graduated from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University

1995

Italian government scholarship student studying at the University of Rome, School of Architecture

1996

Master's degree in Civil Engineering from the Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University

1996

Studied under plasterer Akira Kusumi and built a guesthouse

1999

Obtained first-class architect license and established Minami no Shima Koubou

2000

Part-time lecturer at Akashi National College of Technology

2001-2004

Part-time Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Science and Technology, Meiji University

2007-2010

Part-time lecturer at the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University

2012 and 2015

Echigo-Tsumari Triennale Art Festival "Mole House" venue design and artwork production

AWARD

Awajishima Guesthouse 2

15th *Yoshioka Award (currently New Architecture Award) Judges: Kunihiko Hayakawa, Tsutomu Abe, Kengo Kuma

INAX Live Museum Sodden Mud Hall

  • 2007 - 12th People-Friendly City Development Award
  • Good Design Award
  • 39th Chubu Architecture Award
  • 15th Aichi Cityscape Architecture Award

Architectural Pottery Origins Museum

2013 Architectural Institute of Japan Architectural Achievement Award

Creating Gaudi Exhibition

2017 12th Western Art Promotion Foundation Cultural Promotion Award

PUBLICATION

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