SUEP.  10 Stories of Architecture on Earth

SUEP. 10 Stories of Architecture on Earth

TIC HCM 2
TIC HN 2
Categories Green Design Architecture
Author Hirokazu Suemitsu + Yoko Suemitsu / SUEP
Language English - Japanese
Publishing year 2022
Publisher TOTO Publishing
ISBN ISBN = 978-4-88706-397-6
Size 225 x 148 mm
Page 400
Description of contents

Since its establishment in 2003, SUEP. is an architectural unit that has been engaged in design activities with the theme of "coexistence with nature." What kind of architecture is happy for both people and the earth? This book introduces the trajectory of his thoughts through the 10 architectural projects that SUEP. The architectural works, as well as the numerous research and studies leading up to them, provide clues for thinking about the future of the earth.

Hirokazu Suemitsu + Yoko Suemitsu / SUEP

Based in Tokyo and Fukuoka, the architect unit SUEP. With the theme of the global environment, he is working on environmental architectural design for a new era in which nature and architecture coexist, including resources and energy circulation, using simulation technology such as wind and heat.
Major awards include the 27th Yoshioka Award (2011), the 29th Yoshinobu Ashihara Award (2019), and the 2018 Good Design Gold Award. Major works include “Awajishima House” (2018, Hyogo Prefecture), “Kyushu Geibunkan Annex 1” (2013, Fukuoka Prefecture, co-designed with Nihon Sekkei), “Midorino Oka Terrace” (2020, Tokyo) )Such. Currently, “Hyakuyu Office” (Taiwan, co-designed with RHTAA), “SOLSO FARM OFFICE” (Kanagawa Prefecture, co-designed with SOLSO), etc. are in progress.
Hirokazu Suemitsu
Born in Ehime Prefecture in 1976. Graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1999. In 2001, completed graduate school at the same university. 2001–2006 Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects. Since 2007, he has supervised SUEP. 2009–2011 Yokohama National University Y-GSA design assistant. Since 2020, Associate Professor at Kyushu University Graduate School.
Yoko Suemitsu
Born in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1974. Graduated from Hiroshima University in 1997. 1997–2003 Sato General Plan. Established SUEP. in 2003. 2018–2022 Part-time lecturer at Showa Women’s University.

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