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Kazuyo Sejima

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Kazuyo Sejima
Sejima in 2014
Born (1956-10-29) 29 October 1956 (age 68)
Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
NationalityJapanese
OccupationArchitect
AwardsRolf Schock Prize 2005
Pritzker Prize 2010
PracticeKazuyo Sejima and Associates (1987–1995)
SANAA (since 1995)
Christian Dior building, Omotesandō
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, 2009
The EPFL Learning Centre, Lausanne (Switzerland).
Police box outside Chofu Station in Tokyo (1993–94)
Sumida Hokusai Museum.Tokyo, Japan(2016)

Kazuyo Sejima (妹島 和世, Sejima Kazuyo, born 29 October 1956) is a Japanese architect and director of her own firm, Kazuyo Sejima & Associates. In 1995, she co-founded the firm SANAA (Sejima + Nishizawa & Associates). In 2010, Sejima was the second woman to receive the Pritzker Prize, which was awarded jointly with Nishizawa.[1] They were only the second partnership to be honored with this prize.

Early life and education

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Sejima was born on 29 October 1956 in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan. She graduated from Japan Women's University in 1979. She then went on to complete the Master's Degree course in architecture in 1981. In the same year, she began working with the architecture firm Toyo Ito and Associates until 1987.[2]

Career

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After apprenticing with Toyo Ito, Sejima established Kazuyo Sejima & Associates in 1987. One of her first hires was Ryue Nishizawa, a student who had worked with Sejima at Toyo Ito and Associates.[3] After working for Sejima for several years, Sejima asked him to form a partnership. In 1995, the two founded the Tokyo-based firm SANAA (Sejima and Nishizawa and Associates).[citation needed] In 2010, Sejima was appointed director of architecture sector for the Venice Biennale, which she curated for the 12th Annual International Architecture Exhibition. She was the first woman ever selected for this position.[4] In 2010, she was awarded the Pritzker Prize, together with Ryue Nishizawa.[5]

Major works

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Further reading

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Bibliography

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  • GA (2005). Sejima Kazuyo + Nishizawa Ryue Dokuhon. A.D.A. Edita. ISBN 4-87140-662-8
  • GA (2005). GA ARCHITECT 18 Sejima Kazuyo + Nishizawa Ryue. A.D.A. Edita. ISBN 4-87140-426-9
  • Yuko Hasegawa (2005). Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA, Electa. ISBN 978-88-370-3919-6
  • Yuko Hasegawa (2006). Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa: SANAA. Phaidon Press. ISBN 978-1-904313-40-3
  • Agustin Perez Rubio (2007). SANAA Houses: Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa. Actar. ISBN 978-84-96540-70-5
  • Joseph Grima and Karen Wong (Eds) (2008) Shift: SANAA and the New Museum. Lars Müller Publishers. ISBN 978-3-03778-140-1
  • Thomas Daniell (2008). After the Crash: Architecture in Post-Bubble Japan. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 978-1-56898-776-7

Awards and honours

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  • 1989 – Special Prize for Residential Architecture, Tokyo Architecture Association[2]
  • 1990 – SD Prize, SD Review[2]
  • 1992 – Second Prize, Commercial Space Design Award[2]
  • 1995 – Kenneth F. Brown Asia Pacific Culture and Architecture Design Award, the University of Hawaii (for Saishunkan Seiyaku Women’s Dormitory) 98oi[2]
  • 2005 – Rolf Schock Prize in Visual Arts[15]
  • 2010 – Pritzker Prize[16]
  • 2019 – Prix Versailles World Judge[17]
  • 2022 – Praemium Imperiale award for architecture[16]
  • 2024 – Person of Cultural Merit.[18]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Nonie Niesewand (March 2015). "Through the Glass Ceiling". Architectural Digest.
  2. ^ a b c d e Yoshida, Nobuyuki (Fall 1999). "Kazuyo Seijima: Profile". The Japan Architect. 35: 126–127.
  3. ^ "Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa | biography - Japanese architects". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  4. ^ Rain Embuscado (4 October 2016). "10 Female Designers Breaking the Mold". ArtNet.
  5. ^ Pritzker Prize 2010 Media Kit Archived 3 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 29 March 2010
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "GA ARCHITECT 18 : KAZUYO SEJIMA+RYUE NISHIZAWA 1987-2006". www.ga-ada.co.jp. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  7. ^ a b Sejima, Kazuyo (1996). "Recent Projects". Assemblage (30): 75–107. doi:10.2307/3171459. ISSN 0889-3012. JSTOR 3171459.
  8. ^ Nishizawa, Ryue (1 July 2014). "de kunstlinie". Area. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g Reisner, Yael (September 2019). "Abstraction and Informality Generate a New Aesthetic An Interview with Kazuyo Sejima". Architectural Design. 89 (5): 30–37. doi:10.1002/ad.2476. ISSN 0003-8504. S2CID 203062679.
  10. ^ "Glass Pavilion, Toledo Museum of Art". MCHAP. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  11. ^ "SANAA, Kazuyo Sejima, Ryue Nishizawa. IVAM Expansion, Valencia, Spain. 2002-present | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  12. ^ Nuijsink, Cathelijne (2 September 2021). "From container to lifestyle: Kazuyo Sejima, Sou Fujimoto and the destruction of the nuclear family box". Interiors. 11 (2–3): 132–156. doi:10.1080/20419112.2021.1943190. hdl:20.500.11850/511948. ISSN 2041-9112.
  13. ^ "SANAA built a cloud-like passenger terminal for Naoshima island". World Architecture Community. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  14. ^ Vogel, Carol (28 March 2007). "On the Bowery, a New Home for New Art". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  15. ^ White, Mason. "Rolf Schock Prize 2005". Archinect. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  16. ^ a b Ing, Will (16 September 2022). "SANAA wins Praemium Imperiale 2022 for architecture". The Architects’ Journal. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  17. ^ Prix Versailles website
  18. ^ "ちばてつや氏ら7人に文化勲章 功労者に青木功氏ら". The Nikkei. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
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