Mamoru Kawaguchi
Academic Career
1955 Graduated from the University of Fukui
1957 Degree of M.Eng. at the University of Tokyo
1960 Lecturer at Hosei University (Tokyo)
1962 Associate Professor at Hosei University
1966 Degree of Dr.Eng. at the University of Tokyo
1972 Professor at Hosei University
1997 Honorary Dr.Eng. by the University of Stuttgart
1998 Honorary Dr.Eng. by the Slovak University of Technology (Bratislava)
2003 Honorary Professor at Hosei University
Academic Works
Numbers of papers have been presented in the fields of shells, latticed space structures, tension structures, base-isolated structure and structural design philosophy.
Books
1971 Design Examples of Space Structure (in Japanese),
Kajima Institute Publishing Co., Ltd.
1975 Suspended Structures (in Japanese), Corona Publishing Co., Ltd.
1982 Introduction to Architecture (in Japanese), Shokokusha Publishing Co., Ltd.
1990 Mechanism of Building Structures (in Japanese),
Shokokusha Publishing Co., Ltd.
1994 Structural Perspectives (Bilingual in English & Japanese),
AIJ (Architectural Institute of Japan)
1995 Felix Candela (in Japanese), TOTO Publishing
2002 The Structures of Eduardo Torroja (in Japanese), Sagami-Shobo
Academic/Professional Memberships
AIJ (Architectural Institute of Japan), Executive Member
JIA (The Japan Institute of Architects)
JSCE (Japan Society of Civil Engineers)
JSCA (Japan Structural Consultants Association)
JSSC (Japanese Society of Steel Construction)
IABSE (International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering)
IASS (International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures), President (1990-1991, 2000-2006)
Academic Activities
Chairman of AIJ Structural Design Committee
Executive organizing member of the following international symposia held in Japan:
IASS Pacific Symposium - Tokyo, Kyoto, Oct. 1971
IASS Symposium - Osaka, Sep. 1986
Seiken - IASS Symposium - Tokyo, Oct. 1993
Int. Symposium on Innovative Architecture in Asia, Osaka, Oct. 1996
Member of the organizers or scientific committees of number of international conferences held abroad.
Writer of the following recommendations:
Analysis, Design & Realization of Space Frames, IASS, 1984
IASS Recommendations for Air-Supported Structures, 1985
Recommendations for Design of Cable Structures, AIJ 1994
Awards
1970 Ministry of Science & Technology Award,
for the design of pneumatic structures
1970 AIJ Award, for the Space Frame at Expo’70
1983 AIJ Award, for a series of works in spatial structures
1990 Quaternario Venezia, for Sant Jordi Sports Palace in Barcelona
1991 Gengo Matsui Award, for Sant Jordi Sports Palace in Barcelona
1993 IASS Tsuboi Prize (The Best Paper in IASS Bulletin for 1992)
1993 Special Pioneer’s Award (University of Surrey, UK)
1995 JSCE Award, for Inachus Bridge
1995 IABSE International Award (Structural Design & Philosophy)
1995 Hiroshima Town Planning Design Grand-Prix, for A.CITY Hills & Towers
1996 AIJ Annual Architectural Design Commendation, for Inachus Bridge
1997 AIJ Award, for Sun Dome Fukui
2001 IASS Eduardo Torroja Medal
2003 JSCA Award, for the Structural Design of Ceramic Park MINO
2005 JSCE Design Award, for Inachus Bridge
2006 BCS Prize, for Onishi Hall
2008 JSSI (The Japan Society of Seismic Isolation) Award, for Ceramic Park MINO
Exhibitions
1995 Architecture of the Year in Japan (Nov. 1995)
1995 Contemporary Development in Design Science, Buckminster Fuller
Centennial Exhibit, New York (Nov. 1995 - Apr. 1996)
1996 Building for the Future, Istanbul (Jun. 1996)
1997 Engineers of the Century, Pompidou Centre, Paris (Jul.-Sep. 1997)
2009 Mamoru Kawaguchi-Structural Engineer, Innovation and Tradition
in Structural Design, IASS2009, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia
(Sep.-Nov. 2009)
