Kengo Kuma

Kengo Kuma

Kengo Kuma (隈研吾 Kuma Kengo, born 1954) is a Japanese architect and professor in the Department of Architecture (Graduate School of Engineering) at the University of Tokyo. Frequently compared to contemporaries Shigeru Ban and Kazuyo Sejima, Kuma is also noted for his prolific writings.

Kengo Kuma（隈研吾Kuma Kengo，1954年出生）是日本建築師，東京大學建築系（工學研究生院）教授。與同時代的Shigeru Ban和Kazuyo Sejima相比，Kuma也因其豐富的著作而聞名。

Kuma was born in Yokohama, and attended Eiko Gakuen junior and senior high schools. After graduating in Architecture from the University of Tokyo in 1979, he worked for a time at Nihon Sekkei and Toda Corporation. He then moved to New York City in the USA for further studies at Columbia University as a visiting researcher from 1985 to 1986.
In 1987, he founded the “Spatial Design Studio”, and in 1990, he established his own firm “Kengo Kuma & Associates”. He has taught at Columbia University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Keio University, where in 2008, Kuma was awarded his Ph.D. in Architecture. As a professor at the Graduate School of Architecture at the University of Tokyo, he runs diverse research projects concerning architecture, urbanity and design within his own Laboratory, Kuma Lab. His firm, Kengo Kuma & Associates employs over 150 architects in Tokyo and Paris, designing projects of diverse type and scale throughout the world.

Kuma出生於橫濱，並在Eiko Gakuen初中和高中就讀。 1979年從東京大學畢業後，他在Nihon Sekkei和戶田公司工作了一段時間。隨後，他於1985年至1986年期間移居美國紐約市，在哥倫比亞大學繼續攻讀研究員。
1987年，他創立了“空間設計工作室”，並於1990年成立了自己的公司“Kengo Kuma＆Associates”。他曾在哥倫比亞大學，伊利諾伊大學厄巴納 – 香檳分校和慶應義塾大學任教，2008年，Kuma獲得博士學位。在建築學。作為東京大學建築研究生院的教授，他在自己的實驗室Kuma Lab內開展了有關建築，城市化和設計的各種研究項目。他的公司Kengo Kuma＆Associates在東京和巴黎擁有150多名建築師，在世界各地設計各種類型和規模的項目。