Kazuyo Sejima

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In this Japanese name, the family name is Sejima.
Kazuyo Sejima
Born1956 (age 67–68)
NationalityJapanese
Alma materJapan Women's University
OccupationArchitect
AwardsSchelling Architekturpreis 2000
Rolf Schock Prize 2005
Pritzker Prize 2010

Kazuyo Sejima (妹島 和世, born 1956) is a Japanese architect and university professor at Tama Art University and Keio University in Tokyo. Sejima won the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2010.[1]

Career[change | change source]

Sejima worked in the design office of Toyo Ito.

In 1987, she started her own company, Kazuyo Sejima and Associates in 1987.

In 1995, she started a partnership with Ryūe Nishizawa in Tokyo.[1] It was called SANAA.[2]

In 2005-2008, she was a visiting professor at the School of Architecture at Princeton University, in Princeton, New Jersey.

In 2010, Sejima became Director of the Architecture Sector for the Venice Biennale. She organized the 12th Annual International Architecture Exhibition. She is the first woman to be in that position.

Projects[change | change source]

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Name City State/Country Completed Other Information Image
Platform I[3] Katsura Chiba, Japan 1988
Platform II[4] Kitagoma Yamanashi, Japan 1990
Castelbajac Sports Store[5] Kanagawa, Japan 1991
Saishunkan Seiyaku Women's Dormitory[6] Kumamoto Kumamoto, Japan 1991
Pachinko Parlor I[7] Hitachi Ibaraki, Japan 1993
Pachinko Parlor II[8] Naka Ibaraki, Japan 1993
Police Box at Chofu Station[9] Tokyo, Japan 1994 Police Office in Chofu Station, at Chofu Tokyo Japan
Villa in the Forest[10] Chino Nagano, Japan 1994
Gifu Kitagata Apartment Building[11] Gifu Gifu, Japan 1998 Kitagata Housing Project
U-Office Building[12] Ushiku Ibaraki, Japan 1998 Hitachino Rifle, at Ushiku Ibaraki Japan
HHStyle.com Store[13] Tokyo, Japan 2000 hhstyle.com, at Harajyuku Tokyo Japan
Asahi Shimbun Yamagata Office Building,[14] Yamagata, Japan 2003
House in a Plum Grove,[15] Tokyo, Japan 2003
Onishi Civic Center,[16] Onishi Gunma, Japan 2005
De Kunstlinie Theater and Cultural Center,[17] Almere Netherlands 2007

Unbuilt[change | change source]

  • Platform III House, Tokyo, Japan, 1990
  • Nasumoahara Harmony Hall,[18] Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, 1991
  • Service Center at the Tokyo Expo 96,[19] Tokyo, Japan, 1995
  • Yokohama International Port Terminal,[20] Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, 1994

Honors[change | change source]

  • Venice Biennale Golden Lion, 2004.[1]
  • Pritzker Prize, 2010.[1]
  • Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal, 2019[21]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Kazuyo Sejima & Ryue Nishizawa–2010 Laureates, Biography". Retrieved 2012-3-1.
  2. SANAA is an acronym. SANAA stands for "Sejima And Nishizawa And Associates".
  3. ArchSource, "Platform I" Archived 2013-04-29 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-3-1.
  4. ArchSourc, "Platform II" Archived 2013-04-29 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-3-1.
  5. ArchSource, "Castelbajac Sports Store"[permanent dead link]. Retrieved 2012-3-1.
  6. Arch Source, "Saishunkan Seiyaku Women’s Dormitory" Archived 2013-04-29 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-3-1.
  7. ArchSource, "Pachinko Parlor I" Archived 2013-04-29 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-3-1.
  8. ArchSource, "Pachinko Parlor II" Archived 2013-04-29 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-3-1.
  9. ArchSource, "Police Box at Chofu Station" Archived 2013-04-29 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-3-1.
  10. ArchSource, "Villa in the Forest" Archived 2013-04-29 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-3-1.
  11. ArchSource, "Gifu Kitagata Apartment Building" Archived 2012-12-14 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-3-1.
  12. ArchSource, "U-Building,"[permanent dead link]. Retrieved 2012-3-1.
  13. ArchSource, "HHStyle.com,"[permanent dead link]. Retrieved 2012-3-1.
  14. ArchSource, "Asahi Shimbun Yamagata Building"[permanent dead link]. Retrieved 2012-3-1.
  15. ArchSource, "House ina Plum Grove"[permanent dead link]; Stories of Houses, "House in a Plum Grove (Tokyo)". Retrieved 2012-3-1.
  16. ArchSource, "Multipurpose Facility in Onishi"[permanent dead link]. Retrieved 2012-3-1.
  17. ArchSource, "De Kunstlinie Theater and Cultural Center" Archived 2012-04-13 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-3-1.
  18. ArchSource, "Nasunogahara Harmony Hall[permanent dead link]. Retrieved 2012-3-1.
  19. ArchSource, "Tokyo Expo 96 Facilities Building" Archived 2013-04-29 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-3-1.
  20. ArchSource, "Yokohama International Port Terminal" Archived 2013-04-29 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-3-1.
  21. "Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medalists in Architecture". UVA Today. 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-03-09.

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