Hayakawa Kunihiko

早川 邦彦

1941 November 19, born in Tokyo
1966 graduated, Bachelor of Architecture, Department of Architecture, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
1966-69 worked at Takenaka Corporation, Design Department, Tokyo
1971 completed Master of Environmental Design, Graduate School of Architecture, Yale University
1971-72 worked at Moshe Safdie and Associates, Montreal
1972-77 worked at Takenaka Corporation
1978 established Kunihiko Hayakawa Architect and Associates, Tokyo
1978-83 Professor, School of Architecture, Waseda University
1983 Visiting Architect, School of Architecture, Washington University
1984 Lecturer, Japan AIR-Project, Rotterdam
1985-86 Professor, School of Architecture, Tokyo Institute of Technology
1986-87 Professor, School of Architecture, Kogakuin University
1987 Professor, School of Architecture, Musashino Art University
1988 Professor, School of Architecture, Tokyo University

quotes on Hayakawa Kunihiko

 

"Hayakawa saw in the Tokyo cityscape a floating, fragmented quality that inspired his architectural approach. His designs resembled stage sets; he reduced buildings to compositions of lines and planes with the use of pastel colours." [www.answers.com, 19.04.2014]

 

awards and prizes

 

1967 1st prize, JA Annual Competition
1976 2nd prize, International Competition for Design of Low Income Community in Manila, Philippine
1978 Honorable mention, International Competition for Design of Pahlavi National Library in Iran
1985 Annual Award from the Japan Architect Association
1986 Honorable Mention, Competition for Design of Shonandai Cultural Center in Fujisawa city
1992 Japan Cultural Design Award
1994 Prize of Architectural Institute of Japan (Design)

office

 

Kunihiko Hayakawa Architect & Associates
2-3-15-910 Kichijoji Minami-cho, Musashino city, Tokyo, 180-0003, Japan
T: 0422-42-6515

〒180-0003 東京都武蔵野市吉祥寺南町2-3-15-910

www010.upp.so-net.ne.jp/K-HAYAKAWA/

project list

 

2003 TOKYO METROPOLITAN ROKA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, Setagaya ward, Tokyo
KS COURT IN SEIJO, Setagaya ward, Tokyo
1999 CHITOSE ALL-SEASON SWIMMING POOL, Setagaya ward, Tokyo
1996

MIYAMAE FLAT, Suginami ward, Tokyo

HIRATSUKA BANK KANDA BRANCH, Hiratsuka city, Kanagawa

1995 CHITOSE WASTE INCINERATION PLANT OF THE TMG, Setagaya ward, Tokyo
1994 HOUSE AT SAKURAGAOKA, Tama city, Tokyo
1993 YOGA A FLAT, Setagaya ward, Tokyo
1991 ALLEY HOUSE IN SEIJO, Setagaya ward, Tokyo
1989 LABYRINTH, Suginami ward, Tokyo
1988

HOUSE AT EGOTA, Nerima ward, Tokyo

HOUSE AT SHAKUJI, Nerima ward, Tokyo

HOUSE IN-BETWEEN IN SEIJO, Setagaya ward, Tokyo

SKY VILLAGE, Shibuya ward, Tokyo

ANGLE, Himeji city, Hyogo

IS PRET-A-PORTER MODEL 101, Kamakura city, Kanagawa

1987

COMFORT STATION 2F, 3F AT MATSUYA GINZA DEPARTMENT STORE, Chuo ward, Tokyo

GA HOUSE, Shinagawa ward, Tokyo

FOREST, Kitasaku district, Nagano

STEPS, Kunitachi city, Tokyo

1986

STRATUM, Nakano ward, Tokyo

NW HOUSE, Shinjuku ward, Tokyo

1985

ATRIUM, Nakano ward, Tokyo

HOUSE AT ICHIKAWAOHNO, Ichikawa city, Chiba

1983

NAKAZAWA HALL, Ueda city, Nagano

ATSUGI ASAKURA PLANT, Atsugi city, Kanagawa

HOUSE AT A CROSSROAD IN SEIJO, Setagaya ward, Tokyo

1982

HOUSE AT MEJIRODAI, Bunkyo ward, Tokyo

HOUSE AT A BUS STOP IN SEIJO, Setagaya ward, Tokyo

1981 HOUSE AT MINAMI-AOYAMA, Minato ward, Tokyo
1979

OK RESIDENCE, Ota ward, Tokyo

MK RESIDENCE, Saitama city (since 2001, previously Urawa city), Saitama

1978 HOUSE AT SENNINCHO, Hachioji city, Tokyo

2003

TOKYO METROPOLITAN ROKA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
東京都立芦花高等学校 - Tōkyō-to-ritsu Roka Kōtō-gakkō

address:   Setagaya ward, Tokyo
Japanese:   東京都世田谷区
site area:   27,620.56 m²
building area:     8,394.81 m²
total floor area:   15,615.78 m²
number of storeys:   3
structure:   PC / RC / S
sources:  

[JA] 52 - Yearbook 2003, pages 33-34

2003

KS COURT IN SEIJO

成城・KSコート

address:   Seijo, Setagaya ward, Tokyo
Japanese:   東京都世田谷区成城
total floor area:   515 m²

1999.02

CHITOSE ALL-SEASON SWIMMING POOL

address:   7-9-1 Funabashi, Setagaya ward, Tokyo
Japanese:   東京都世田谷区船橋７－９－１
maps:   [Google]
total floor area:   7,699 m²
sources:   [The Architectural Map of Tokyo, part 2] page 224

1996.09

MIYAMAE FLAT

address:   Miyamae, Suginami ward, Tokyo
total floor area:   3,364 m²
sources:   [The Architectural Map of Tokyo, part 2] page 186

1996

HIRATSUKA BANK KANDA BRANCH

平塚信用金庫神田支店 - Hiratsuka Shin'yō Kinko Kanda-shiten

address:   5-8-34 (previously 5749-2 Aza Komasaka) Tamura, Hiratsuka city, Kanagawa
Japanese:   神奈川県平塚市田村８－８－３４　（旧　字駒坂５７４９－２）
total floor area:   693 m²
sources:   [The Architectural Map of Yokohama & Kamakura] page 159

1995.09

CHITOSE WASTE INCINERATION PLANT OF THE TOKYO METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT

address:   2-7-1 Hachiman-Yama, Setagaya ward, Tokyo
Japanese:   東京都世田谷区八幡山２－７－１
maps:   [Google]
total floor area:   21,262 m²
sources:   [The Architectural Map of Tokyo, part 2] page 224

1994.04

HOUSE AT SAKURAGAOKA

address:   Sekido, Tama city, Tokyo
Japanese:   東京都多摩市関戸
total floor area:   163 m²
sources:  

[The Architectural Map of Tokyo, part 2] page 230

[M.R. Nose, M. Freeman: Japan Modern - New Ideas for Contemporary Living] pages 172-174

1993.07

YOGA A FLAT

用賀Aフラット - Yōga A Furatto

address:   3-1-17 Kami-Yoga, Setagaya ward, Tokyo
Japanese:   東京都世田谷区上用賀３－１－１７
site area:  

685.49 m²

total floor area:   685.47 m²
sources:  

[GA HOUSES] 38

[GA JAPAN] 4

[Tajima Noriyuki: Tokio] pages 262-263

[J. Zhou, I. Colquhoun: Urban Housing Forms] pages 135-139

1991

ALLEY HOUSE IN SEIJO

成城・路地の家1・2

address:   2-11-2 Seijo, Setagaya ward, Tokyo
Japanese:  

東京都世田谷区成城２－１１－2

1989.08

LABYRINTH

ラビリンス

address:   1-26-8 Igusa, Suginami ward, Tokyo
Japanese:   東京都杉並区井草１－２６－８
site area:      882.10 m²
building area:      485.24 m²
total floor area:   1,339.19 m²
sources:  

[Tajima Noriyuki: Tokio] pages 242-243

[J. Zhou, I. Colquhoun: Urban Housing Forms] pages 226-230

[Kunihiko Hayakawa SD8804] pages 8-9, 154

1988

HOUSE AT EGOTA

江古田の家

address:   Asahigaoka, Nerima ward, Tokyo
Japanese:   東京都練馬区旭丘
site area:   56.10 m²
building area:   34.90 m²
total floor area:   72.20 m²
sources:  

[Kunihiko Hayakawa SD8804] pages 12-12, 155

1988

HOUSE AT SHAKUJI

石神井の家

address:   Shakujidai, Nerima ward, Tokyo
Japanese:   東京都練馬区石神井台
site area:   120.03 m²
building area:   61.94 m²
total floor area:   139.70 m²
sources:  

[Kunihiko Hayakawa SD8804] pages 14-15, 155

1988
HOUSE IN-BETWEEN IN SEIJO

成城・BETWEEN

address:   2-11-9 Seijo, Setagaya ward, Tokyo
Japanese:   東京都世田谷区成城２－１１－９
site area:   213.19 m²
building area:   103.32 m²
total floor area:   167.12 m²
sources:  

[Kunihiko Hayakawa SD8804] pages 10-11, 154

1988

SKY VILLAGE

address:   Shibuya ward, Tokyo
Japanese:   東京都渋谷区
site area:      665.95 m²
building area:      332.00 m²
total floor area:   1,967.84 m²
sources:  

[Kunihiko Hayakawa SD8804] pages 6-7, 154

1988

ANGLE

address:   Mikunino Kokubunji, Himeji city, Hyogo
Japanese:   兵庫県姫路市御国野国分寺
site area:   21,819.33 m²
building area:        828.72 m²
total floor area:     1,193.82 m²
sources:  

[Kunihiko Hayakawa SD8804] pages 32-47, 153

1988.01

IS PRET-A-PORTER MODEL 101

イズ・プレタポルテ model 101

address:   Kamakura city, Kanagawa
Japanese:   神奈川県鎌倉市
site area:   273.93 m²
building area:   100.76 m²
total floor area:   165.02 m²
storeys:   2
structure:   S
sources:  

[Juutaku Tokushu]  1987/02

[Nikkei Architecture] 2007/09/24, pages 62-65

[Kunihiko Hayakawa SD8804] pages 92-95, 153

Note: One of five model houses designed by five architects for house maker Sekisui. Model 101: Hayakawa Kunihiko, Model 301: Ito Toyo, Model 501: Abe Tsutomo, others: Hasegawa Itsuko and Masuko Yoshihiro.

1987.10

COMFORT STATION 2F, 3F AT MATSUYA GINZA DEPARTMENT STORE

address:   Ginza, Chuo ward, Tokyo
Japanese:   東京都中央区銀座
refurbishment area:   2F: 52.90 m² + 3F: 42.30 m²
sources:  

[Shinkenchiku] 1987/06

[Shoutenkenchiku] 1987/11

1987.09

GA HOUSE

ＧＡハウス

address:   Higashi-Gotanda, Shinagawa ward, Tokyo
Japanese:   東京都品川区東五反田
lat, long:   35°37'29.9"N 139°43'34.6"E
maps:   Google
site area:   149.28 m²
building area:     77.05 m²
total floor area:   447.55 m²
sources:  

[Shinkenchiku] 1987/12

[Architectural Review] 1987/11

[Kunihiko Hayakawa SD8804] pages 56-61, 152

1987.06

FOREST

address:   Karuizawa town, Kitasaku district, Nagano
Japanese:   長野県北佐久郡軽井沢町
site area:   635.92 m²
building area:   264.97 m²
total floor area:   381.60 m²
sources:  

[Shinkenchiku] 1987/10

[Kenchiku Bunka] 1987/10

[JA] 1988/01

[Kunihiko Hayakawa SD8804] pages 48-54, 152

1987.04

STEPS

ステップス

address:   Kunitachi city, Tokyo
Japanese:   東京都国立市
site area:   224.80 m²
building area:   173.04 m²
total floor area:   449.59 m²
sources:  

[Juutaku Tokushu] 1987/08

[Kenchiku Bunka] 1987/10

[ja] 1987/10

[Architectural Review] 1987/11

[Kunihiko Hayakawa SD8804] pages 74-79, 151

1986.10

STRATUM

ストラタム

address:   Shirasagi, Nakano ward, Tokyo
Japanese:   東京都中野区白鷺
site area:     65.72 m²
building area:     45.99 m²
total floor area:   131.44 m²
sources:  

[Shinkenchiku] 1987/02

[Kenchiku Bunka] 1987/02

[GA HOUSES] 21

[Architectural Review] 1987/11

[a+u] 1987/05

[Kunihiko Hayakawa SD8804] pages 62-67, 151

1986.03

NW HOUSE

address:   1-3-8 Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku ward, Tokyo
Japanese:   東京都新宿区西早稲田１－３－８
maps:   [Google]
site area:     50.12 m²
building area:     43.10 m²
total floor area:   246.04 m²
sources:  

[Shinkenchiku] 1986/05

[Kenchiku Bunka] 1986/05

[GA HOUSES] 21

[Architectural Review] 1987/11

[ja] 1985/11-12, 1986/09

[Kunihiko Hayakawa SD8804] pages 68-72, 151

[The Architectural Map of Tokyo] page 138

1985.07

ATRIUM

アトリウム

address:   1-22-1 Shirasagi, Nakano ward, Tokyo
Japanese:   東京都中野区白鷺１－２２－１
site area:   1,267.73 m²
building area:      624.51 m²
total floor area:      999.96 m²
sources:  

[Shinkenchiku] 1985/11

[Kenchiku Bunka] 1985/11

[GA HOUSES] 20

[Architectural Review] 1986/03

[Architecture] 1986/09

[JA] 1985/11-12, 1986/05

[SD] 1984/12

[a+u] 1987/05

[Mainichi Shinbun] 1987/01/30

[Tajima Noriyuki: Tokio] pages 240-241

[Kunihiko Hayakawa SD8804] pages 80-90, 150

[Agematsu, Yuji: Japanese Architecture Today; in: Gatti, Franco: Rethinking Japan - Literature, visual arts & linguistics] page 42

1985.04

HOUSE AT ICHIKAWAOHNO

市川大野の家

address:   Ichikawa city, Chiba
Japanese:   千葉県市川市
site area:   146.51 m²
building area:     66.43 m²
total floor area:   128.40 m²
sources:  

[Juutaku Tokushu] Autumn 1985

[Kunihiko Hayakawa SD8804] pages 96-99, 150

1983.09

NAKAZAWA HALL

中澤ホール

address:   Chuo, Ueda city, Nagano
Japanese:   長野県上田市中央
site area:   196.99 m²
building area:   100.63 m²
total floor area:   184.33 m²
sources:  

[Kenchiku Bunka] 1984/04

[Architecture] 1984/09

[Asahi Shinbun] 1984/02/18

[Kunihiko Hayakawa SD8804] pages 122-127, 150

1983.05

ATSUGI ASAKURA PLANT

厚木・朝倉工場

address:   Kamiechi Uenohara, Atsugi city, Kanagawa
Japanese:   神奈川県厚木市上依知字上の原
site area:   1,802.00 m²
building area:      259.06 m²
total floor area:      506.91 m²
sources:  

[Kenchiku Bunka] 1984/04

 

1983.03

HOUSE AT A CROSSROAD IN SEIJO

成城・交差点の家

address:   2-11-10 Seijo, Setagaya ward, Tokyo
Japanese:   東京都世田谷区成城２－１１－１０
site area:   356.20 m²
building area:   120.80 m²
total floor area:   161.00 m²
sources:  

[Shinkenchiku] 1984/02

[GA HOUSES] 20

[JA] 1984/04, 1985/11-12

[Kunihiko Hayakawa SD8804] pages 100-105, 149

1982.12

HOUSE AT MEJIRODAI

目白台の家

address:   Mejirodai, Bunkyo ward, Tokyo
Japanese:   東京都世文京区目白台
site area:     76.68 m²
building area:     54.21 m²
total floor area:   101.85 m²
sources:   [Kenchiku Bunka] 1984/04

[Kunihiko Hayakawa SD8804] pages 112-113, 149

1982.07

HOUSE AT A BUS STOP IN SEIJO

成城・バス停前の家

address:   2-11-11 Seijo, Setagaya ward, Tokyo
Japanese:   東京都世田谷区成城２－１１－１１
site area:   284.60 m²
building area:   106.10 m²
total floor area:   153.40 m²
quotes:   "his House at a Bus Stop (1982), Tokyo, addresses problems of urban living such as noise by 'layering' the street façade with a series of wall planes. The spaces between the layers let in light and create a gradual transition from the exterior to the interior world." [www.answers.com, 19.4.2014]
sources:  

[Shinkenchiku] 1982/11

[GA HOUSES] 20

[ja] 1983/10, 1985/11-12

[Progressive Architecture] 1983/05

[Kunihiko Hayakawa SD8804] pages 106-111, 148

1981.11

HOUSE AT HIGASHI-GOTANDA

東五反田の家

address:   Higashi-Gotanda, Shinagawa ward, Tokyo
Japanese:   東京都品川区東五反田
site area:     80.46 m²
building area:     47.60 m²
total floor area:   116.80 m²
sources:  

[Kenchiku Bunka] 1982/02

1981.08

HOUSE AT MINAMI-AOYAMA

南青山の家

address:   Minami-Aoyama, Minato ward, Tokyo
Japanese:   東京都港区南青山
site area:   282.83 m²
building area:   152.12 m²
total floor area:   232.91 m²
sources:  

[Shinkenchiku] 1982/02

[Kenchiku Bunka] 1982/02

[GA HOUSES] 14

[ja] 1982/11-12

[Progressive Architecture] 1983/05

[Kunihiko Hayakawa SD8804] pages 114-117, 148

1979.07

OK RESIDENCE

ＯＫ低

address:   Ota ward, Tokyo
Japanese:   東京都大田区
site area:   294.86 m²
building area:   119.05 m²
total floor area:   290.40 m²
sources:  

[Shinkenchiku] 1979/10

[JA] 1982/04

1979.06

MK RESIDENCE

ＭＫ低

address:   Mimuro, Midori ward, Saitama city (since 2001, previously Urawa city), Saitama
Japanese:   埼玉県さいたま市緑区三室　（旧　浦和市）
site area:   634.96 m²
building area:     96.52 m²
total floor area:     96.52 m²
sources:  

[Shinkenchiku] 1979/10

[JA] 1979/12

[Kunihiko Hayakawa SD8804] pages 118-119, 147

1978.04

HOUSE AT SENNINCHO

千人町の家

address:   Sennin-cho, Hachioji city, Tokyo
Japanese:   東京都八王子市千人町
site area:   147.97 m²
building area:     82.15 m²
total floor area:   125.77 m²
sources:  

[Shinkenchiku] 1978/08

[JA] 1979/04

[Kunihiko Hayakawa SD8804] pages 120-121, 147

publications by Hayakawa Kunihiko

 

Architectural Institute of Japan Design Prize 1994
K. Hayakawa, T. Heneghan, T. Murakami, H. Furukawa, I. Dagfinnsdottir, I. Ogawa, M. Matsuoka, S. Kitajima
Books Nippan; 1995

 

Housing Developments - New Concepts in Architecture & Design,
K. Hayakawa
Meisei Publications; 1994, pages 10-16


'Library Center, Toyama Annex Campus, Waseda University [by] Kiyonori Kikutake Architect & Associates'
in: Kenchiku Bunka, no.549, July 1992

K. Kikutake, K. Hayakawa

pages 123–132

 

'SD Review, 1990'
in: Space Design, no.315, December 12/1990
H. Hara, K. Hayakawa, R. Miyake, K. Rokkaku, T. Suzuki
pages 5–52


'Eero Saarinen'
in: A+U: extra edition, April 4/1984
K. Tange, R. Venturi, C. Pelli, G. Birkerts, S. Okada, P. A. Kennon, K. Kikutake, K. Roche, K. Hayakawa, N. Hozumi, S. Kimura, H. Misawa, K. Misu, M. Miyawaki, E. Musha, T. Nakamura, M. Shiina, S. Takahashi, M. Takeyama, S. Tokuoka, H. Yamada, T. Yamashita, A. J. H. Lumsden
pages 1–240

 

'Coldspring New Town, Baltimore, Maryland [by] Moshe Safdie and Associates'

in: A+U, no.99, December 12/1978, pages 12-22

K. Hayakawa

 

publications on Hayakawa Kunihiko

 

Kunihiko Hayakawa

Modern Architect Special Issue SD8804, Space Design 4/1988

Kajima Institute Publishing; 1990, 2nd ed. 1991

 

further readings

 

www.answers.com/topic/kunihiko-hayakawa-1

http://eng.archinform.net/arch/12232.htm

www.japan-photo.de/e-mo-j62.htm