JA64 YEARBOOK2006
JAPANESE ARCHITECTURAL SCENE IN 2006

work Crematorium In Kakamigahara  
location Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture MAP
architects Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects
site area 6,695.97m2
building area 2,269.66m2
total floor area 2,264.57m2
structure reinforced conctere, partly steel frame; 2 stories
pricipal use crematorium
completion date May, 2006
profile Toyo Ito
1941 Born in Keijo (Currently Seoul)
1965 Graduated from Department of
Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
1965-69 Worked at Kiyonori Kikutake Architects
1971 Established Urban Robot (URBOT)
1979 Change the name of office into Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects
Currently Honorary fellowship of AIA and RIBA, commissioner of Kumamoto Artpolis

Mikiko Ishikawa
Born in Miyagi Prefecture
1972 Graduated from Faculty of Agriculture, the University of Tokyo
1976 Completed the Master Course of Landscape Architecture, the Harvard University Graduate School of Design
1994 Completed of Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, the University of Tokyo
Currently Professor at Keio University, Doctor of Agliculture, Member of Science Council of Japan