Yoh, Shoei, 1940-

Shoei Yoh fonds, 1976-2014 1990-1996.

1387 drawings, digital prints or reprographic copies, 72 digital files, 42 photographs, 20 slides, 16 transparencies, 13 panels, 13 collages, 8 models, 6 bound volumes, 4 ring binders, 4 maps, 2 montages and 0,1 l.m. of textual records

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The Shoei Yoh fonds (1976-2014, predominant 1990-1996) documents a selection of works by the Japanese architect and designer Shoei Yoh and the firm Shoei Yoh + Architects. The selection is comprised of two projects that were featured in the CCA exhibition Archaeology of the Digital (May 7-October 27, 2013)--the Galaxy Toyama Gymnasium and the unbuilt Odawara Municipal Sports Complex --and five other projects. The built projects present in the fonds were realized in Japan in the 1990s and are documented through drawings, models, photographs and textual records. The Odawara Municipal Sports Complex project is documented by design and presentation drawings, textual records and photographs of the site. A project for a tower in Taichung City, Taiwan, is documented only by a few presentation images. Drawings in the fonds include hand drawings, printouts and reproductions of architectural drawings. The Galaxy Toyama Gymnasium is also documented through CAD files. Other digital material in the fonds consists of still images in .jpg format related to the Galaxy Toyama Gymnasium and the Odawara Municipal Sports Complex. Series 2 of the fonds is composed mainly of published material by and about Shoei Yoh.

Shoei Yoh was born in Kumamoto, Japan, in 1940, of Chinese parents. He was naturalized as Shoei Hamura in 1975. His first degree was in economics (Keio Gijuku University, Tokyo, 1962). He subsequently studied fine and applied arts at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio (1962-1963). From 1964-1967, he worked as a project designer for International Design Associates in Tokyo. His work as a designer includes furniture, interiors and light fixtures and architecture. In 1970, he established the firm Shoei Yoh + Architects in Fukuoka, Japan. He is also principal of Yoh Designs Inc. Shoei Yoh and his office have received numerous awards, including the Japan Interior Designers Award (1980), the Architectural Institute of Japan Award (1989) and the IAKS Award, Gold Medal (1993). The firm's Glass Station design was a finalist for the Benedictus Award in 1994. Shoei Yoh was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts from Wittenberg University in 2007. Shoei Yoh has served as a lecturer at the Architecture Department of Kyushu University (1992-2002) and Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at Keio University (1996-2005). He was Visiting Professor of Architecture at Columbia University in 1992. In 2007, he was Visiting Professor of Architecture at the University of Kumamoto Prefecture. The work of Shoei Yoh has been exhibited in Japan, France, Canada and the United States. Two projects by Shoei Yoh--the Galaxy Toyama Gymnasium and the Proposal for the Odawara Municipal Sports Complex--were featured in the exhibition "Archaeology of the Digital", presented at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal in 2013 and at the Yale School of Architecture in New Haven in 2014.

Yoh, Shoei, 1940-
Architecture Japan History 20th century.
Architecture Japon Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture.
Japan.

Fonds (collections)
History.

Shoei Yoh + Architects.
Yoh Designs Inc.

Shoei Yoh archive

Localisation: Bibliothèque archives collection 288839
Cote: AP166
Statut: Disponible