Souhei Imamura (Atelier Imamu)
2-18-14-201, Mita, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-0062, Japan
Tel: +81-(0)3-6412-8281 / Fax: +81-(0)3-6412-8282
e-mail: souhei@atelierimamu.com
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Language: Native Speaker of Japanese, Proficient in English
Education
1990-92 Architectural Association School of Architecture (London, UK)
1989 Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
Bachelor of Engineering in Architecture
Qualifications
1998- First Class Architect (Japan)
1992- RIBA Part1 (UK)
Projects
.. 2001- Atelier Imamu
2003 Oyamadai Housing (Open competition entry)
Kumagusu Minakata Archive (Open competition entry)
Omori Housing
Gotokuji Houjing
Exhibition Installation for Tsubaki Noboru Exhibition (Mito Art Tower)
Hita-city Culture Complex (Open competition entry)
Onishi Indoor Plaza (Open competition entry)
2002 Weekend Villa in Hakone (Collaboration with Moriko Kira Architects)
Facade Renovation of Nanyodo Bookshop
Oura-machi City-hall (Open competition entry)
Tomihiro Museum (Open competition entry)
Extention of Futaba Kindergurden
.. 1993-2001 Works in Itsuko Hasegawa Atelier
2001- Big Orange Housing (Miyagi, Japan)
Numazu Chuo High School (Shizuoka, Japan)
2000- Takarazuka Garden Village Housing (Hyogo, Japan)
1999- Takarazuka Garden Village Housing
Fukuroi Workshop Center (Shizuoka, Japan)
1998- Cardiff Assembly Hall Competition (Wells, UK)
1997- Shiogama Lifelong Learning Center (Miyagi, Japan)
1996- Kirishima Art Museum Competition (Kagoshima, Japan)
Miura Art Village (Ehime, Japan)
1995- Niigata City Performing Arts Center (Niigata, Japan)
1994- Cardiff Bay Opera House Competition (Wells, UK)
1993- Niigata City Performing Arts Center
Academic Experience
2002- Kyoto University of Art and Design
2003- Biggako Art School
2004- British Columbia University
Invited Design Critic
2003 Tokyo University of Science
Kogakuin University
2002 Musashi Institute of Technology
Public Lectures
2003 Tokyo polytechnic University
Kogakuin University "Possibility of University"
2002 Sibaura Insitute of Technology "Precise Architecture"
Surugadai University "Orientalism and Architecture"
Museum City Fukuoka
Writings
2003 "Practical usage of metal" (Kenchiku Chishiki, 2003 October)
"MVRDV, Matsudai Museum" (de Architecture, 2003 November)
"Contemporary Dutch Architecture" (10+1 No.32)
"On Architectural Criticism" (10+1 No.31)
"Isamu Noguchi, Noguchi Room" (Kenchiku Bunka, 2003 June)
"From Cristal Palace to WTC" (Noboru Tsubaki Exhibition Catalogue)
"A Little House in a Big City" (Journal of Japanese Trade and Industry, 2003 July / August)
"Tokyo Achieving Yet Another Major Metamorphosis" (JJTI, 2003 May / June)
"How to make an Experimental Architecture" (Kenchiku Bunka, 2003 February)
2002 "Antonin Raymond, Summer Villa for Italian Embassy" (Kenchiku Bunka, 2002 October)
"What simple presentation conveys, Presentation of Gigon and Geuyer" (Kenchiku Bunka, 2002 June)
Interviews
2003 Peter Cook (Kenchiku Bunka, 2003 December)
Christine Hawley (Kenchiku Bunka, 2003 December)
Cj Lim (Kenchiku Bunka, 2003 December)
Mohsen Mostafavi (Kenchiku Bunka, 2003 December)
Shin Egashira (Kenchiku Bunka, 2003 December)
Felix Claus (Kenchiku Bunka, 2003 October)
Ryozo Umezawa (Confort, 2003 May)
2002 Atelier Bow-wow (Kenchiku Bunka, 2002 June)
Tezuka Architects (Kenchiku Bunka, 2002 June)
Book Reviews
2002- Monthly Architectural Book Review (10+1 web site http://mdr.sub.jp/tenplusone/ ,2002 August - now)
2003 "Edificare Returns" (10+1 Web Site, 2003 September)
Arata Isozaki "Japanesquezation of Architecture" (Bijutu Techo, 2003 September)
Exhibition Reviews
2003 "World Cities" (Web Magazine Artscape, 2003 June)
"Green Light" (Confort, 2003 February)
2002 "Daniel Libeskind Exhibition" (Bijutu Techo, 2002 October)