Thanks to
Julian Worrall Julian Worrall is an Australian architect, scholar, and critic based in Tokyo, where he holds the posi-
the following individuals for acting as our guides and instructors, and for giving us their invaluable insights into the workings of Tokyo
tion of Assistant Professor of Architecture and Urban Studies at Waseda University’s Institute for Advanced Study and runs the research-based practice LLLABO. He holds a PhD in Architectural and Urban History from the University of Tokyo, and has worked for leading architectural practices
Kayoko Ota Became assistant to Kisho Kurokawa for organizing exhibitions and international conferences, after finishing international law studies in Tokyo. In 1987 she set up an office for cultural and educational programs on architecture and urban issues in Tokyo with Akira Suzuki, where they launched Tele-
including Klein Dytham Architecture and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture. His writings have been published in Domus, Icon, 2G, Mark, La Repubblica and The Japan Times. His book 21st Century Tokyo: A Guide to Contemporary Architecture was published by Kodansha International in 2010.
scope magazine and organized summer schools with the AA School of Architecture in London. Ten years later, she became independent to work on exhibitions and publications in Tokyo. In 2002 she moved to Rotterdam to join AMO, a creative thinktank of Office for Metropolitan Architecture. Starting with Content, a major retrospective exhibition of OMA and AMO, she has worked on Prada’s Waist Down and The Gulf exhibitions, while editing Post - Occupancy with Rem Koolhaas. Meanwhile, she was on the editorial board of Domus magazine in Milan for three years from 2005. Since 2008 she is based in Tokyo and Rotterdam. Teppei Fujiwara 1975 Born in Yokohama, Yokohama National University graduates. 2001 - present Architecture office Kengo Kuma & Associates, 2006 - present Director Architect. 2008 - present visiting Lecturer, Yokohama National University. Established Teppei Fujiwara Architects Lab since 2009. Established the NPO International Drifters in 2010, present Director. And, visiting Lecturer in Tokyo University of Science.
Tokyo diary team Justin McGuirk
Koh Kitayama
Mikhail Smetana
1950 Born in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan / 1978 Established “WORKSHOP” architectural studio with
Kuba Snopek
two other people / Master of Architecture from Yokohama National Univ. / 1995 Associate Prof. at
design by Tamara Muradova
Yokohama National Univ., established “architecture WORKSHOP” / 2001 Prof. at Yokohama
proofreading by Julia Newcomb
National Univ. / 2007 Prof. at Yokohama National Univ., Y-GSA (Yokohama Graduate School of
Strelka Educational Program
Architecture) / 2010 Commissioner of the Japanese Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, the Prize of AIJ/
Yury Grigoryan / Director
2011 Director of Y-GSA.
Anastassia Smirnova / Curator of Studio Generale
Mariko Terada
Anna Krasinskaya / Deputy Director
Born in Kanagawa, JAPAN. Graduated from Department of Housing and Architecture, Japan Wom-
Alina Vasilenko / Coordinator
en’s University in 1990, Worked at SD Editorial Department, Kajima Institute Publishing Co., Ltd.,
Anna Shirokova / Coordinator
1990 - 1999. Assistant curator, Netherlands Architecture Institute, 1999 - 2000, Curator, Inter-office,
Students
Inc., 2001 - 2002, Independent curator. Part-time instructor, Kuwazawa Design School, 2006 - 2009, Studio Manager of Y-GSA, 2007. Yukinobu Toyama Architect, Lecturer at Yokohama National University. 2011 - Lecturer at Yokohama National University. 2010 - Design Assistant at Y-GSA (Yokohama Graduate School of Architecture). 2010 - Yukinobu Toyama Architects. 2007 - 2010 Foreign Office Architects (FOA) | London | UK. 2005 - 2007 Studio Gang Architects | Chicago | USA. 2006 Illinois Institute of Technology (M.Arch). 2004 Yokohama National University (M.E) 2002 Yokohama National University (B.E)
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