Hiroshi Hara

Japan

Architect, Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo.
Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1936. He researched the spatial patterns of various villages around the world and developed his own architectural theory. He received the Architectural Institute of Japan Award (Works) for the Tasaki Museum (1986) and the Murano Togo Award for Yamato International (1987). His major works include Umeda Sky Building, the world’s first connected skyscrapers (1993), JR Kyoto Station Building (1997), Sapporo Dome (2001), and Echigo-Tsumari Exchange Center Kinare (2003). His major books are 'What is Possible in Architecture?' (1967), 'A Trip to a Village' (1987), 'Space ' (1987), and '100 Community Lessons' (1998). He received the Grand Prize of Architectural Institute of Japan Award in 2013  

武蔵野美術大学大学院修了。
80年代の活動当初から鉄という素材に魅了され、溶断と溶接を繰り返しながら作品を制作している。
素材本来の硬質感や重量感、彫刻＝塊という概念からも解放され、空間を変容させていく。
“場”を深く観察し、可視、不可視に関わらずそこに存在するものを取り込み、
独自の世界を構築する。
近年は石膏、ガラスなど異素材の作品も発表。
主な受賞歴に、芸術選奨文部大臣新人賞、毎日芸術賞、中原悌二郎賞。

Architect, Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo.
Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1936. He researched the spatial patterns of various villages around the world and developed his own architectural theory. He received the Architectural Institute of Japan Award (Works) for the Tasaki Museum (1986) and the Murano Togo Award for Yamato International (1987). His major works include Umeda Sky Building, the world’s first connected skyscrapers (1993), JR Kyoto Station Building (1997), Sapporo Dome (2001), and Echigo-Tsumari Exchange Center Kinare (2003). His major books are 'What is Possible in Architecture?' (1967), 'A Trip to a Village' (1987), 'Space ' (1987), and '100 Community Lessons' (1998). He received the Grand Prize of Architectural Institute of Japan Award in 2013