Background
Makoto Sei Watanabe was born in Yokohama, Japan.
Makoto Sei Watanabe was born in Yokohama, Japan.
He studied architecture at the Yokohama National University and graduated in 1976.
He is the author of The Induction Cities, published in 2002. He worked under Arata Isozaki in Tokyo until starting his own firm, the Makoto Sei Watanabe Architectural Office, in 1984. Watanabe"s designs are characterized by a modern approach, using computers and mathematical algorithms to generate his styles.
He writes about this type of style in The Induction Cities, published in 2002.
He is also the subject of Makoto Sei Watanabe: Conceiving the City, published by l"Arca Edizioni in 1999. Most recently, he published a book in 2009 titled Algorithmic Design, which further explores his computerized method of designing structures.
1990 - Aoyama Technical College, Aoyama, Tokyo
1995 - Mura-Number-Terrace, Gifu, Japan
1996 - K-Museum, Tokyo
2000 - Iidabashi Station, Tokyo
2004 - Shin-Minamata Station, Minamata
2004 - Shanghai House, Shanghai, China
2005 - Kashiwanoha-campus Station, Tsukuba
2005 - Kashiwa-Tanaka Station, Kashiwa
2005 - Tokyo House, Tokyo
2005 - Ribbon
2008 - DoMain Office Building, T"ai-Tung, Taiwan
2009 - RibbonS Outdoor Theater, Taichung, Taiwan.
