SOU FUJIMOTO
www.sou-fujimoto.com

Date of Birth August 4th, 1971

Qualifications First Class Licensed Architect

Education
University of Tokyo, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Architecture (Bachelor) 1990- 1994

Experience
Sou Fujimoto Architects Tokyo 2000(established)-Present

Awards

Wallpaper Design Awards 2009 – Best New Private House (Final Wooden House) 2009

World Architectural Festival – Private House Category Winner (Final Wooden House) 2008
2008 Japanese Institute of Architecture Grand Prize
(Children’s Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation) 2008

AR Awards 2007 “Highly Commended” (House O) 2007
2007 KENNETH F. BROWN ARCHITECTURE DESIGN AWARD Honorable Mention
(Children’s Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation) 2007

AR Awards 2006 “Grand Prize” (Children’s Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation) 2006
AR Awards 2006 “Highly Commended” (7/2 house) 2006
“Gold Prize” in House Competition by Tokyo Society of Architects and Building Engineers 2006

"1st Prize" in Wooden House Competition in Kumamoto 2005
AR Awards 2005 “Highly Commended” (Dormitory for Mentally Disabled in Date) 2005
AR Awards 2005 “Honourable Mention” (T house) 2005

JIA New Face Award 2004 2004

"1st Prize" in International Design Competition for the Environment Art Forum for Annaka 2003
Winning "SD Review 2003" 2003

"Honorable Mention" in Design Competition for the Ora Town Hall 2002
Winning "SD Review 2002 SD Prize" 2002

Winning "SD Review 2001" 2001

Winning "SD Review 2000 Maki Prize" 2000
"2nd Prize in Design Competition for the Aomori Art Museum 2000

Winning "SD Review 1997 SD Prize" 1997

Winning "SD Review 1995" 1995

Works
Ordos 100 Ordos, China 2008
Primitive Future House 2008 Basel, Switzerland 2008
House N Oita 2008

Musashino Art University Library Tokyo 2007-present
Namba House Tokyo 2007–present
Hayashi House Tokyo 2007–exp2008
Velcan House Romania 2007–exp2008
House O Chiba 2007

Kamisato Market Tokyo 2006–exp2008
Tokyo Apartment Tokyo 2006–exp2007
Treatment Center for Mentally Disturbed Children Hokkaido 2006
7/2 house Hokkaido 2006
Group Home in Noboribetsu Hokkaido 2006
Final Wooden House in Kumamoto Kumamoto 2006–exp2007

T house Gunma 2005

The Environment Art Forum for Annaka Gunma 2003–2006
iz house project Shizuoka 2003
Dormitory for Mentally Disabled in Date Hokkaido 2003
Industrial Training Facilities for Mentally-Handicapped Hokkaido 2003
Shijima Lodge Nagano 2002
N house project Oita 2001
Seidai Hospital New Ward Hokkaido 1999
Seidai Hospital Occupational therapy House Hokkaido 1996

Teaching Career
Kyoto University, Adjunct Lecturer 2007-present
The University of Tokyo, Adjunct Lecturer 2004
Showa Women's University, Adjunct Lecturer 2004-2008
Tokyo University of Science, Adjunct Lecturer 2001-present
Keio University, Adjunct Lecture 2009-present
The University of Tokyo, Associate Professor 2009-present

Talks and Lectures

RIBA London (2 2007); AR Emerging Architecture Talks: “Treatment Center for Mentally Disturbed
Children” & “7/2 House”
London Metropolitan University (2 2007); Lecture: “Between Nature and Artifact, Formless Form &
Local Relations”
MIT (11 2006); Architecture or Revolution series: “Formless Form”
Tokyo Opera City (11 2006); Toyo Ito, The New `Real` in Architecture series: “Sou Fujimoto,
Toyo Ito and Kazuhiro Kojima in Conversation”
Romania Architecture Biennial (11 2006); Xtreme East, Contemporary architecture from Japan
Conference: “Sou Fujimoto New Projects”
Takenaka Design Exhibition 2006 Osaka (8 2006); Invited Speaker
Kaoshun, Taiwan (5 2006); Symposium with Taiwanese architects