Hiroshi Hara (architect) explained

Hiroshi Hara
Nationality:Japanese
Birth Name:Hiroshi Hara
Birth Date:1936 9, df=yes
Alma Mater:University of Tokyo

[1] is a Japanese architect and author on architecture. His major works, including Kyōto Station, the Umeda Sky Building in Osaka, the Yamato International building in Tokyo, the Sapporo Dome in Hokkaidō, and other important structures in Japan, have earned many awards. With a doctorate in engineering, he was a professor at the University of Tokyo until 1997, and has held an emeritus position since that time.

Education

Hiroshi Hara graduated from the University of Tokyo with a BA in 1959, and subsequently earned an MA in 1961 and a PhD in 1964, also from the University of Tokyo. He became an associate professor in the Faculty of Architecture at Tokyo University in 1964 and an associate professor at the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo in 1969. He attended Harvard University's Summer Seminar in 1968. He collaborates with Atelier Φ for design practices from 1970. In 1982, Hara became professor at the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo, and in 1997, professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo. He changed the designation to "Hiroshi Hara + Atelier Φ" from 1999.

Publications

Hiroshi Hara is not only known as an architect but also as an author of theoretical essays on architecture and cities, amongst others the essay "Discrete City".[2]

Works

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile of Hiroshi Hara, Commissioner . New Trends of Architecture . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081204095353/http://www.architecture-trend-press.net/Exhibition/Organization.html . 4 December 2008 .
  2. Discrete City: Hiroshi Hara

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