Faculty Members

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Associate Professor WATANABE Kikuma


Year of birth 1971 Gender Male
Affiliation School of Systems Engineering
Infrastructure Systems Engineering Course, Department of Engineering, Graduate School of Enginering
Job titles
Personal web site http://kikuma-w-lab.sakura.ne.jp/

Areas of specialization
Laboratory/research office Environmental Design of Architecture Laboratory
This laboratory aims to provide architectural design that harmonizes with three environmental components: the eco-technological environment, which enables both the inner and outer space of architecture to be comfortable; the cultural environment, including landscape; and the spiritual environment, which connects the universe and the depths of the human mind.
Current reseach topics
Educational background 1997: Master
Professional background 2007-: 
2001-2007: 
Licenses
Academic societies

Courses  * Courses provided in English are shown with (E) mark

Undergraduate school ▼

Indoor Condition Design
Environmental Architectural Design
CAD/Descriptive Geometry
Graduation Thesis

Graduate school ▼

Advanced Study on Environmental Architectural Design
Individual Work for Graduate

Research activities

Research papers ▼

  1. Authors: 渡辺 菊眞
    Title: 鳥辺野 (京都阿弥陀ヶ峰山麓) の空間的特質に関する考察
    Journal: 日本建築学会計画系論文集, No. 543
    Year: 2001

Keynote lectures ▼

Invited lectures ▼

Notable projects ▼

  1. Self-build Movable Shrine for Kanamine Shrine community, 2017
  2. Self-build Shinto Shrine in depopulated village in Japan, 2016
  3. Home between Earth and Sky-Passive House with Sundial, Kikuma Watanabe, 2015
  4. Ark soaring in the Sky - School building for Rainbow School in Thailand-, 2013
  5. Space between twin tunnels (work for "Visceral Sensation" at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa), Kanazawa city ,Japan, 2013

Awards ▼

  1. 2016 ARCHITECTURE ASIA AWARDS FOR EMERGING ARCHITECHT Winner, Architecture Asia, 2016
  2. WA Award Winners, 22. Cycle , World Architecture Community, 2016
  3. WA Award Winners, 23. Cycle , World Architecture Community, 2016
  4. A+Awards 2015, Architizer, 2015
  5. WA Award Winners, 19. Cycle , World Architecture Community, 2015
  6. 2014 ARCHITECTURE ASIA AWARDS FOR EMERGING ARCHITECHT, ARCHITECTURE ASIA, 2014
  7. AR Awards for Emerging Architecture 2014 /Highly commended, Architectural Review Magazine, 2014
  8. International Awards Program for Religious Art & Architecture 2014 , Faith & Form magazine and The Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art and Architecture (IFRAA) , 2014
  9. AZ AWARD for design excellence 2014 (Best Architecture Under 1,000㎡) WINNER, AZURE Magazine, 2014
  10. Blueprint Awards 2014 Commended, Blueprint Magazine, 2014
  11. designboom TOP 10 reader submissions of 2014 – architecture, designboom, 2014
  12. International Awards Program for Religious Art & Architecture 2013, Faith & Form magazine and The Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art and Architecture (IFRAA), 2013
  13. WA Award Winners, 13. Cycle, World Architecture Community, 2013

Patents ▼

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Japanese government ▼

Competitive research funds ▼

Social activities

Committee roles ▼

  1. 2014年度日本建築学会設計競技「建築のいのち」審査委員, 日本建築学会, 2014-2014

Published books ▼