YASUTAKA YOSHIMURA

YASUTAKA YOSHIMURA

Instructor at Kanto Gakuin University, Art & Architecture School of Waseda University

BIOGRAPHY
1972 Born in Toyota Aichi, Japan
1995 Bachelor degree from Waseda University department of architecture
1997 Master degree from Waseda University department of architecture
1999-2001 Worked at MVRDV as a scholar of the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs
2001 Founded SUPER-OS with Michiyo Yoshimura and Hidetaka Yoshimura
2002- Instructor at AA School of Waseda University
2002-2006 Instructor at Tokyo University of Science
2003-2006 Instructor at Waseda University
2005 Founded Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects Inc.
2008- Instructor at Kanto Gakuin University AWARDS
2010 Residential Architecture Award Gold Award
(Nowhere but Sajima) 2010 40 under 40 2009 Design for Asia Award 2009 Gold Award
(Nowhere but Hayama) 2009 Kanagawa Architecture Valuable Award Award
(House of Eaves) 2007 Alumni Association of Waseda Architecture Award 2006 22nd Yoshioka Prize (Drift) 2005 Japanese Society of Commercial Space Designers Award 2004/Rookie Award (Kameya) Good Design Award Japan (Fizz) 1999 Kenchiku Chishiki 40th Anniversary Design Competition/Merit Award 1999 Takeo Sato Prize (1st Prize in diploma projects of master course at Waseda University)

YH2

YH2 is an architectural design firm founded in 1994
by architects Marie-Claude Hamelin and Loukas Yiacouvakis. For YH2, the architectural process is not simply about finding a functional solution to a given problem; it is a creative and transformative tool for approaching the spaces we inhabit every day, a way to reinvent reality. The project should adapted itself to the context while transforming it. With every project, the focus is not only on form and essence, but also on the meaning of each element of the program. The resulting designs are composed in the language of simplicity and purism. Concepts are developed with economy of means, and each element must be essential to the overall design.

Loukas Yiacouvakis, M.O.A.Q.,
1994Bachelor of Architecture, Université de Montréal,
1990Internship in architecture with Melvin Charney architect; urban study of ‘’faubourg St-Laurent’’ of
1990Internship in architecture with Mario Biocca architect; development of several urban settlements,
1991 to 1993Participated in the ‘’Montréal en projet’’, 10 years of urban architecture (curator: Melvin Charney)

Marie-Claude Hamelin, M.O.A.Q.,
1997 Bachelor of Architecture, Université de Montréal,
1990Participated in Intermondiun, a course taught by Daniel Libeskind, in Italy,
1991Internship in architecture at the University of Israel,
1991Second prize in the Habiter l’Espace contest,
1987Second prize in the S.A.Q. contest,
1998Participated in the ‘’Montréal en projet’’, 10 years of urban architecture (curator: Melvin Charney)