Fumihikomaki Pps 120503160216 Phpapp01
Fumihikomaki Pps 120503160216 Phpapp01
Fumihikomaki Pps 120503160216 Phpapp01
Biography
Fumihiko Maki was born in Tokyo in 1928.
He studied at the University of Tokyo, at
the Cranbrook Academy of Art in
Bloomfield Hills, and at the Harvard
Graduate School of Design.
He worked for Skidmore, Owings, and
Merrill in New York and for Sert Jackson and
Associates in Cambridge he spent several
years teaching and working independently.
In 1965 he established Maki and Associates
in Tokyo.
Makis Professional
Affiliations
Registered Architect, Japan
Registered Architect, Germany
Member, Japan Institute of Architects
Honorary Fellow, American Institute of Architects
Honorary Fellow, Royal Institute of British Architects
Honorary Fellow, Czech Institute of Architects
Honorary Fellow, Mexican Institute of Architects
Honorary Fellow, Bund Deutscher Architekten
Honorary Fellow, American Academy of Arts &
Sciences
Honorary Fellow, Academia Scientiarum et Artium
Europaea
Honorary Fellow, French Academy of Architecture
Makis Teaching and
Research
1956-58 Assistant Professor, Washington University.
1958-60 Graham Foundation Fellow
1960-62 Associate Professor, Washington University
1962-65 Associate Professor, GSD Harvard University
1965-85 Visiting Critic, Universities in United States
and Europe.
1979-89 Professor, Department of Architecture,
University of Tokyo.
MAKIS PHILOSOPHY
Maki chooses to work on public buildings that are on
at large scale, because of this his structures seem to
be complicating only for the fact that he add so
many things.
He plays off of this idea of space and people and
incorporates into his design.
He examines carefully how people interact in spaces
and works with the site to produce buildings that
seem to either use curvilinear forms to spread
across the land or use modules of cubes to build up.
He also uses dynamic roofs that project in different
directions to contrast his simplistic facades.
A recurring aspect in Fumihiko Maki's designs is his
masterful use of light
Makis Major Projects
1985 - SPIRAL , Tokyo
1986 - National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
1989 - TEPIA Science Pavilion, Tokyo
1989 - Makuhari Messe, Chiba
1990 - Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo
1991 - 94 Keio University, Shonan Fujisawa Campus,
Kanagawa
1993 - Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, USA
1994 - Isar Buro Park, Germany
1996 - Kirishima International Concert Hall,
Kagoshima
1996 Kaze -no-Oka Crematorium, Oita
1996 - Fukuoka University Helios Plaza, Fukuoka
1997 - Natori Performing Arts Center, Miyagi
1997 - Makuhari Messe II North Hall, Chiba
1998 - Hillside West, Tokyo.
1999 - Toyama International Conference Center,
Toyama.
2000 - Fukushima Gender Equality Center, Fukushima.
2003 - Fukui Prefectural Library and Archives, Fukui.
2003 - Toki Messe / Niigata Convention Center,
Niigata.
2003 - TV Asahi Headquarters, Tokyo.
2003 - Yokohama I Land Tower, Kanagawa.
2004 - Tokyo University Law / Political Science
Learning Center, Tokyo.
2004 - National Language Research Institute, Tokyo.
2005 - Shimane Prefectural Museum of History and
Folklore, Shimane.
2006 - Washington University in St. Louis Sam Fox
School of Design and Visual Arts.
2007 - Republic Polytechnic, Singapore.
1985 - SPIRAL , Tokyo 1986 - National 1989 - TEPIA Science
Museum of Modern Pavilion, Tokyo
Art, Kyoto
The ziggurat-like structure is covered with blue tiles. Its simple cube-like sh
contrast to the flowing curves of the main arena
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
The indoor pool is housed in a building at the southwest corner of the site.
This building is the most conventional looking of the three structures, being a
rectangular form capped by a gently curving arch-shaped roof .
Its most notable feature is a teflon roof perched atop walls that are concrete
below and glass block above, allowing generous amounts of sunlight to flood
the interiors.
In contrast to the two arenas, where heavy roofs block the entrance of natural
light and close-off the interiors from the sky above, the translucent roof of the
pool structure seems to open its interior to the heavens above.