JA64 YEARBOOK2006 JAPANESE ARCHITECTURAL SCENE IN 2006 • work Reversible Destiny Lofts MITAKA  In Memory of Helen Keller • location Mitaka, Tokyo • architects Shusaku Arakawa + Madeline Gins, Yasui Architects & Engineering, Inc. • site area 452.56m2 • building area 260.61m2 • total floor area 761.46m2 • structure wall pre-cast concrete; 3 stories • pricipal use housing complex • completion date October, 2005 • profile Shusaku Arakawa 1936 Born in Aichi Prefecture 1961 Went over to the United States 1986 Awarded Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres 1987 Published "To Not to Die" with Madeline Gins, Guggenheim Fellowship 1988 Published "The Mechanism of Meaning", awarded Belgian Critics' Prize 1995 Awarded the Japan Art Grand Prix 'Site of Reversible Destiny - Yoro' 2003 Awarded Japan Art Foundation Prize, Medal with Purple Ribbon http://www.reversibledestiny.org Madeline Gins 1941 Born in New York 1963 Worked in collaboration to 'The Mechanism of Meaning' with Shusaku Arakawa " The Mechanism of Meaning""To Not to Die""Architectural Body" etc 2007 Translated into Japanese "Helen Keller or Arakawa" Yoshihiko Sano 1954 Born in Kanagawa Prefecture 1981 Completed the Master Course, Division of Engineering, Tokyo University of Science Worked at Takenaka Corporation 1986 Worked at Yasui Architect & Engineers, Inc. 1997- President & CEO of Yasui Architect & Engineers, Inc. Guest professor at Kyoto Institute of Technology next back top