FUMIHIKO MAKI

Biography
Fumihiko Maki was born in Tokyo in 1928.
He studied at the University of Tokyo, at
the Cranbrook Academy of Art in
Bloomfield Hills, and at the Harvard
Graduate School of Design.
He worked for Skidmore, Owings, and
Merrill in New York and for Sert Jackson and
Associates in Cambridge he spent several
years teaching and working independently.
In 1965 he established Maki and Associates
in Tokyo.
 Makis Professional
Affiliations
Registered Architect, Japan
Registered Architect, Germany
Member, Japan Institute of Architects
Honorary Fellow, American Institute of Architects
Honorary Fellow, Royal Institute of British Architects
Honorary Fellow, Czech Institute of Architects
Honorary Fellow, Mexican Institute of Architects
Honorary Fellow, Bund Deutscher Architekten
Honorary Fellow, American Academy of Arts &
Sciences
Honorary Fellow, Academia Scientiarum et Artium
Europaea
Honorary Fellow, French Academy of Architecture
 Makis Teaching and
Research
1956-58 Assistant Professor, Washington University.
1958-60 Graham Foundation Fellow
1960-62 Associate Professor, Washington University
1962-65 Associate Professor, GSD Harvard University
1965-85 Visiting Critic, Universities in United States
and Europe.
1979-89 Professor, Department of Architecture,
University of Tokyo.
 MAKIS PHILOSOPHY
Maki chooses to work on public buildings that are on
at large scale, because of this his structures seem to
be complicating only for the fact that he add so
many things.
He plays off of this idea of space and people and
incorporates into his design.
He examines carefully how people interact in spaces
and works with the site to produce buildings that
seem to either use curvilinear forms to spread
across the land or use modules of cubes to build up.
He also uses dynamic roofs that project in different
directions to contrast his simplistic facades.
A recurring aspect in Fumihiko Maki's designs is his
masterful use of light
 Makis Major Projects
1985 - SPIRAL , Tokyo
1986 - National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
1989 - TEPIA Science Pavilion, Tokyo
1989 - Makuhari Messe, Chiba
1990 - Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo
1991 - 94 Keio University, Shonan Fujisawa Campus,
Kanagawa
1993 - Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, USA
1994 - Isar Buro Park, Germany
1996 - Kirishima International Concert Hall,
Kagoshima
1996 Kaze -no-Oka Crematorium, Oita
1996 - Fukuoka University Helios Plaza, Fukuoka
1997 - Natori Performing Arts Center, Miyagi
1997 - Makuhari Messe II North Hall, Chiba
 1998 - Hillside West, Tokyo.
1999 - Toyama International Conference Center,
Toyama.
2000 - Fukushima Gender Equality Center, Fukushima.
2003 - Fukui Prefectural Library and Archives, Fukui.
2003 - Toki Messe / Niigata Convention Center,
Niigata.
2003 - TV Asahi Headquarters, Tokyo.
2003 - Yokohama I Land Tower, Kanagawa.
2004 - Tokyo University Law / Political Science
Learning Center, Tokyo.
2004 - National Language Research Institute, Tokyo.
2005 - Shimane Prefectural Museum of History and
Folklore, Shimane.
2006 - Washington University in St. Louis Sam Fox
School of Design and Visual Arts.
2007 - Republic Polytechnic, Singapore.
1985 - SPIRAL , Tokyo 1986 - National 1989 - TEPIA Science
Museum of Modern Pavilion, Tokyo
Art, Kyoto

1989 - Makuhari 1990 - Tokyo 94 Keio University,

Messe, Chiba Metropolitan Shonan Fujisawa
Gymnasium, Tokyo Campus, Kanagawa
Yerba Buena Center 1996 - Kirishima
1994 - Isar BOro Park,
for the Arts, USA Germany International Concert
Hall, Kagoshima

1996 - Fukuoka 1997 - Natori Performing

1993 YKK R&D Center University Helios Arts Center, Miyagi
Sumida, Tokyo Plaza, Fukuoka
1997 - Makuhari Messe II 1998 - Hillside 1999 - Toyama
North Hall, Chiba West, Tokyo International Conference
Center, Toyama.

2000 - Fukushima 2003 - Fukui 2003 - Toki Messe /

Gender Equality Center, Prefectural Library Niigata Convention
Fukushima. and Archives, Center, Niigata.
Fukui.
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2003 - TV Asahi
-hillside Terrace in TokyO

Headquarters, Tokyo. 2002 Rolex Toyocho

Building Kouto, Tokyo
2003 - Yokohama I
Land Tower,
Kanagawa.

2004 The National

Institute for
1995 Tokyo Church of 1969- Japanese Language
1969 HILLSIDE
Chirst Shibuya, Tokyo TERRACE IN TOKYO Tachikawa,Tokyo
2006 Shimane Museum of 2006 Washington 2007 - Republic
University in St. Louis
Ancient Izumo Izumoshi , Shimne Polytechnic,
Missouri, U.S.A. Singapore

2007 Toyoda Memorial

Hall Renovation 2007 Mihara Performing
Nagoya, Aichi Arts enter Hiroshima
 WORKS UNDER CONSTUCTION

2008 The Delegation of The Ismaili 2008 The University of

Imamat Ottawa, Ontario Canada Pennsylvania Annenberg Public
Policy Center

2009 Massachusetts Institute of Technology,

Media Arts and Sciences Building, USA
MAKIS UPCOMING PROJECTS

2012- Redevelopment of Taipei Main

Station Area Taipei, Taiwan 2012 World Trade Center Tower 4- 150
Greenwich Street New York, U.S.A
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
 Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium

Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium is compound

institution which consists of a main arena with
a diameter of 120m, a sub arena, a pool, etc
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium was
completed in the year 1990.
The site area was around 45,800 sq.m
The construction area of the structure is
24,100 sq.m

The total floor area is 43,971 sq.m.

 Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium

The Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium,

located across from Sendagaya Station
in Tokyo's Shibuya ward,
It is a futuristic complex bound to
irritate devotees of urban contextual
architecture.
It is one of several public projects that
architect Fumihiko Maki has completed in
various locations across Japan.
The sports center consists of three buildings;
a large arena, a smaller sub-arena and a swimming pool, all of which
are joined by a large stone-paved plaza on two levels.
 Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
The large arena is the dominant structure in the
complex as well as the dominant structure in
the immediate neighborhood .
The building appears to be almost all roof since
the walls of the structure rise only a few stories
above the height of the plaza.
When viewed from above, the
roof turns out to be composed of two
symmetrical leaf-like shapes leaning against each
other within a circle.
The intersecting curving surfaces seem to form a
surface of unfathomable geometric complexities.
The entire surface of the 150-meter-diameter roof
is covered with narrow aluminum strips which
ensures that some part of the roof
will be reflecting the sun's
rays at almost any time during a sunny day.
 Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
The sub-arena lies to the southwest of the stadium. The main part of its interior lies
below ground but its stepped roof protrudes above the plaza.

The ziggurat-like structure is covered with blue tiles. Its simple cube-like sh
contrast to the flowing curves of the main arena
 Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
The indoor pool is housed in a building at the southwest corner of the site.
This building is the most conventional looking of the three structures, being a
rectangular form capped by a gently curving arch-shaped roof .

Its most notable feature is a teflon roof perched atop walls that are concrete
below and glass block above, allowing generous amounts of sunlight to flood
the interiors.
In contrast to the two arenas, where heavy roofs block the entrance of natural
light and close-off the interiors from the sky above, the translucent roof of the
pool structure seems to open its interior to the heavens above.