YUKI IKEGUCHI WILL APPEAR AS A SPECIAL GUEST OF THE D&A FORUM

Yuki Ikeguchi joined Kengo Kuma and Associates in 2002. In 2012, she became partner and executive vice president of KKAA Paris. She has played a key role in leading many major projects abroad, with particular emphasis on public and cultural projects in Europe.

The projects she managed include:

• The Opposite House in Beijing
• The Exchange Market and Library in Sydney
• Truffer Headquarter Office in Vals, Switzerland
• Odunpazari Museum of Modern Art in Turkey
• HC Andersen Museum in Odense, Denmark

Her current projects include the Water Culture House in Copenhagen and the Welcome Terrazze Verdi mixed-use office complex in Milan.
He actively participates in international conferences and lectures in educational and cultural institutions

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2001 - 2002    AMP Arquitectos, Tenerife Spain

2002 - Present Kengo Kuma & Associates, Tokyo and Paris

PROJECTS  Partner in charge

2019-          Terrazze Verdi_ Office complex, Milan, 1^st prize international competition

2018-          Water Culture House, Copenhagen Denmark, 1^st prize international competition

2016-2022   Hans Christian Andersen House of Fairytales, 1^st prize international competition

2016-2019   Odunpazari Museum of Modern Art, Eskisehir Turkey

2015 -2019  ACE Hotel Kyoto, Japan

2015 -2022 Truffer stone headquarter office, Vals Switzerland

2015- 2019  The Exchange, Market and Library, Sydney Australia

2013 - 2022 Albert Khan Garden Museum, Paris France, 1st prize international competition

2012 - 2018 V&A at Dundee, UK, 1st prize international competition

2010 - 13      Macdonald public facility complex – general education and sports, Paris France

                       First prize, international competition

2008 - 12      City of Arts and Culture, Besancon France, 1st prize international competition

2008 -           Granada Performing Arts Center, Granada Spain, 1^st prize, international competition

Project Manager/ Architect

2005 - 08      The Opposite House Boutique Hotel, Beijing China

2003 - 07      Tokyo Midtown Project D North Building, Tokyo Japan

2002 - 05      Lotus House, private residence, Japan

EDUCATION

Graduated at Pratt Institute of Technology, New York, USA

RESPONSIBLE FOR

Design direction for international projects and competitions

Quality control and inspection for international projects at the execution

OBJECTIVE

Fundamental in my design approach is biophilic design that appeals to our senses, to generate the form of architecture in response to the surroundings, culture, history, and to the life between buildings through in-depth analysis and observations in micro/ macro scales simultaneously.