JA64 YEARBOOK2006 JAPANESE ARCHITECTURAL SCENE IN 2006 • work Zollverein School of Management and Design • location Gelsenkirchener str. 209, 45309 ESSEN, GERMANY • architects Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA, Dipl. Ing. Heinrich Böll Architekt Bda Dwb • site area 14,694m2 • building area 1,225m2 • total floor area 6,512m2 • structure reinforced concrete; 1 basement, 4 stories and 2-stories penthouse • pricipal use design school • completion date July, 2006 • profile Kazuyo Sejima 1956 Born in Ibaraki Prefecture 1979 Graduated from Department of Housing, Faculty of Home Economics, Japan Women's University 1981 Completed the Master Course, Japan Women's University 1981-87 Worked at Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects 1987 Established Kazuyo Sejima & Associates 1995- Started collaboration with Ryue Nishizawa Currently professor at Keio University, visiting professor at Princeton University and Swiss Institute of Technology Lausanne Ryue Nishizawa 1966 Born in Tokyo 1988 Graduated from Yokohama National University 1990 Completed the Master Course, Yokohama National University 1990 Worked at Kazuyo Sejima & Associates 1995 Started at Collaboration with Kazuyo Sejima 1997 Established Office of Ryue Nishizawa Cullently Associate proffesor at Yokohama National University, visiting professor at Princeton University and Swiss Institute of Technology Lausanne next back top