2. BIOgrApHy
Fumihiko Maki was born in Tokyo in 1928.
He studied at the University of Tokyo, at the
Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills,
and at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
He worked for Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill in
New York and for Sert Jackson and Associates in
Cambridge he spent several years teaching and
working independently.
In 1965 he established Maki and Associates in
Tokyo.
3. MAKI’s prOFessIOnAl
AFFIlIAtIOns
Registered Architect, Japan
Registered Architect, Germany
Member, Japan Institute of Architects
Honorary Fellow, American Institute of Architects
Honorary Fellow, Royal Institute of British Architects
Honorary Fellow, Czech Institute of Architects
Honorary Fellow, Mexican Institute of Architects
Honorary Fellow, Bund Deutscher Architekten
Honorary Fellow, American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Honorary Fellow, Academia Scientiarum et Artium Europaea
Honorary Fellow, French Academy of Architecture
4. Maki’s Teaching and
Research
1956-58 Assistant Professor, Washington University.
1958-60 Graham Foundation Fellow
1960-62 Associate Professor, Washington University
1962-65 Associate Professor, GSD Harvard University
1965-85 Visiting Critic, Universities in United States and
Europe.
1979-89 Professor, Department of Architecture, University of
Tokyo.
5. MAKI’S PHILOSOPHY
Maki chooses to work on public buildings that are on at large
scale, because of this his structures seem to be complicating
only for the fact that he add so many things.
He plays off of this idea of space and people and
incorporates into his design.
He examines carefully how people interact in spaces and
works with the site to produce buildings that seem to either
use curvilinear forms to spread across the land or use
modules of cubes to build up.
He also uses dynamic roofs that project in different directions
to contrast his simplistic facades.
A recurring aspect in Fumihiko Maki's designs is his
masterful use of light
6. Maki’s Major Projects
1985 - SPIRAL , Tokyo
1986 - National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
1989 - TEPIA Science Pavilion, Tokyo
1989 - Makuhari Messe, Chiba
1990 - Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo
1991 - 94 Keio University, Shonan Fujisawa Campus, Kanagawa
1993 - Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, USA
1994 - Isar Buro Park, Germany
1996 - Kirishima International Concert Hall, Kagoshima
1996 –Kaze -no-Oka Crematorium, Oita
1996 - Fukuoka University Helios Plaza, Fukuoka
1997 - Natori Performing Arts Center, Miyagi
1997 - Makuhari Messe II North Hall, Chiba
7. 1998 - Hillside West, Tokyo.
1999 - Toyama International Conference Center, Toyama.
2000 - Fukushima Gender Equality Center, Fukushima.
2003 - Fukui Prefectural Library and Archives, Fukui.
2003 - Toki Messe / Niigata Convention Center, Niigata.
2003 - TV Asahi Headquarters, Tokyo.
2003 - Yokohama I Land Tower, Kanagawa.
2004 - Tokyo University Law / Political Science Learning
Center, Tokyo.
2004 - National Language Research Institute, Tokyo.
2005 - Shimane Prefectural Museum of History and Folklore,
Shimane.
2006 - Washington University in St. Louis Sam Fox School of
Design and Visual Arts.
2007 - Republic Polytechnic, Singapore.
8. 1985 - SPIRAL , Tokyo 1986 - National Museum of 1989 - TEPIA Science Pavilion,
Modern Art, Kyoto Tokyo
1989 - Makuhari Messe, 1990 - Tokyo Metropolitan 94 Keio University,
Chiba Gymnasium, Tokyo Shonan Fujisawa Campus,
Kanagawa
9. Yerba Buena Center for the 1994 - Isar BOro Park, Germany 1996 - Kirishima International
Arts, USA Concert Hall, Kagoshima
1996 - Fukuoka University 1997 - Natori Performing Arts
1993 YKK R&D Center Helios Plaza, Fukuoka Center, Miyagi
Sumida, Tokyo
10. 1997 - Makuhari Messe II North 1998 - Hillside West, 1999 - Toyama International
Hall, Chiba Tokyo Conference Center, Toyama.
2000 - Fukushima Gender 2003 - Fukui Prefectural 2003 - Toki Messe / Niigata
Equality Center, Fukushima. Library and Archives, Convention Center, Niigata.
Fukui.
11. 1969
2003 - TV Asahi Headquarters,
-hillside Terrace in TokyO
Tokyo. •2002 Rolex Toyocho Building
Kouto, Tokyo
2003 - Yokohama I
Land Tower,
Kanagawa.
2004 The National
Institute for Japanese
1995 Tokyo Church of Chirst 1969- HILLSIDE Language
1969
Shibuya, Tokyo TERRACE IN TOKYO Tachikawa,Tokyo
12. 2006 Shimane Museum of 2006 Washington University in 2007 - Republic Polytechnic,
Ancient Izumo Izumoshi , Shimne St. Louis Singapore
Missouri, U.S.A.
2007 Toyoda Memorial Hall 2007 Mihara Performing Arts
Renovation Nagoya, Aichi enter Hiroshima
13. WORKS UNDER CONSTUCTION
2008 The Delegation of The Ismaili Imamat 2008 The University of Pennsylvania
Ottawa, Ontario Canada Annenberg Public Policy Center
2009 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Media Arts and
Sciences Building, USA
14. MAKI’S UPCOMING PROJECTS
2012- Redevelopment of Taipei Main
Station Area Taipei, Taiwan 2012 World Trade Center Tower 4 - 150
Greenwich Street New York, U.S.A
16. Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium is compound
institution which consists of a main arena with
a diameter of 120m, a sub arena, a pool, etc
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium was
completed in the year 1990.
The site area was around 45,800 sq.m
The construction area of the structure is
24,100 sq.m
The total floor area is 43,971 sq.m.
17. Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
The Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium,
located across from Sendagaya Station
in Tokyo's Shibuya ward,
It is a futuristic complex bound to
irritate devotees of urban contextual
architecture.
It is one of several public projects that
architect Fumihiko Maki has completed in
various locations across Japan.
The sports center consists of three buildings;
a large arena, a smaller sub-arena and a swimming pool, all of which
are joined by a large stone-paved plaza on two levels.
18. Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
The large arena is the dominant structure in the
complex as well as the dominant structure in
the immediate neighborhood .
The building appears to be almost all roof since
the walls of the structure rise only a few stories
above the height of the plaza. When viewed from
above, the roof turns out to be composed of two
symmetrical leaf-like shapes leaning against each
other within a circle.
The intersecting curving surfaces seem to form a
surface of unfathomable geometric complexities.
The entire surface of the 150-meter-diameter roof
is covered with narrow aluminum strips which
ensures that some part of the roof will be reflecting
the sun's rays at almost any time during a sunny
day.
19. Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
The sub-arena lies to the southwest of the stadium. The main part of its interior lies
below ground but its stepped roof protrudes above the plaza.
The ziggurat-like structure is covered with blue tiles. Its simple cube-like shapes provide a
contrast to the flowing curves of the main arena
20. Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
The indoor pool is housed in a building at the southwest corner of the site.
This building is the most conventional looking of the three structures, being
a rectangular form capped by a gently curving arch-shaped roof.
Its most notable feature is a teflon roof perched atop walls that are concrete
below and glass block above, allowing generous amounts of sunlight to
flood the interiors.
In contrast to the two arenas, where heavy roofs block the entrance of
natural light and close-off the interiors from the sky above, the translucent
roof of the pool structure seems to open its interior to the heavens above.
