Yasunori Higashi
Licensed Architecture Office, First Class, Japan. Registration number 58695
Licensed Architect, First class, Japan. Registration number 206102
Born in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
1983 : Master’s Degree in Architecture Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering,
University of Hiroshima, Japan
1986 : SAKAKURA ASSOCIATES architects & engineers
2007 : Director of Tokyo Office, SAKAKURA ASSOCIATES architects & engineers
2009 : President of SAKAKURA ASSOCIATES architects & engineers
2013 : Founding principal of E.A.S.T. architects
Awards
1993 : JDC Design Award, Incentive Prize / Tsukuba MOG
1995 : Japan Association of Artists Craftsman & Architects Award (ACAA Special) / Chigasaki Park Pool
: Kanagawa Architecture Competition, Incentive Prize / Chigasaki Park Pool
2005 : Good Lighting Award / Tokorozawa Municipal Gymnasium
: Kinokenchiku (Wooden Architecture) Award / Tokorozawa Municipal Gymnasium
: Minister of Argirculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award / Tokorozawa Municipal Gymnasium
: Wooden Architectural Space Design Competition, Grand Prize / Tokorozawa Municipal Gymnasium
: Lumber Practical Use Award, Grand Prize / Tokorozawa Municipal Gymnasium
: Good Design Award / Tokorozawa Municipal Gymnasium
: Good Design Award / FOREST Nanpeidai
2006 : Kanagawa Architecture Competition, Second Prize / Lune Blanche Yokohama Kaigandori
2008 : Kanagawa Architecture Competition, First Prize / PROUD Yokohama Yamate
: Landscape Lighting Award 2008, First Prize / ISUZU CASA BELL OHIRA
: Tochigi Prefecture Marronnier Architecture & Landscape Prize, Grand Prize / ISUZU Casa Bell Ohira
: Good Design Award / PROUD Yokohama Yamate
: Good Design Award / ISUZU Casa Bell Ohira
2009 : Lumber Practical Use Award / ISUZU Belly’s Court AY
: Good Design Award / ISUZU VIEWRIDE Ayase
2011 : Good Design Award / Tokyo Polytechnic University Nakano Campus
: Good Design Award / PROUD Yokohama Yamanote
2013 : Good Design Award / ARTCOURT Waseda
2014 : Good Design Award / PARKHOUSE Daikanyama
2017 : Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Cityscape Award / JR Nagano Station Zenkoji Exit District Development Project
↓ by E.A.S.T.architects
2018 : Good Design Award / PROUD Shirokanedai
2019 : Good Design Award / DIANA GARDEN Nishiazabu
: Good Design Award / PROUD FLAT Togoshi-koen
2021 : Good Design Award / PROUD FLAT Nakano
: The 66th Association of Railway Architects Award, Special Prize / Improvement of TOKYU Ikegami Station, Development of Ikegami Station Building
Publication
1992 : Shinkenchiku Residence Special, March / Setagaya Healthy Building (Daycare Center, Seniors’ Residence)
: Nikkei Architecture, March 2nd / Setagaya Healthy Building (Daycare Center, Seniors’ Residence)
: Detail 113 / Setagaya Healthy Building (Daycare Center, Seniors’ Residence)
1993 : Nikkei Store Design, February / New Commercial Building in Tsukuba Urban Area
1994 : Nikkei Architecture, February 14th / Tsukuba MOG
: Nikkei Store Design February / Tsukuba MOG
: Shinkenchiku, March / Tsukuba MOG
: The Architectural Culture, March / Tsukuba MOG
: Shotenkenchiku, August / Tsukuba MOG
1995 : GA JAPAN 16 / Chigasaki Park Pool
: Shinkenchiku, August / Salesian Aspirantate
1996 : Nikkei Architecture, November 25th / ChigasakiArchitecture and Society, June / Kansai Airport Washington Hotel
: HIROBA, July / Kansai Airport Washington Hotel
2002 : Shotenkenchiku, July / Hasegawa Ginza
2003 : Nikkei Architecture, September 1st / Tokorozawa Municipal Gymnasium
2004 : GA JAPAN 70 / Tokorozawa Municipal Gymnasium
: Shinkenchiku, September / Tokorozawa Municipal Gymnasium
: Residence and Wood, September / Tokorozawa Municipal Gymnasium
: Building Engineering, October / Tokorozawa Municipal Gymnasium
: Kindai Kenchiku, December / Tokorozawa Municipal Gymnasium
2009 : Shinkenchiku, August / Casa Bell Ohira Uni
2013 : Shinkenchiku, November / NIfCO Engineering Development Center
↓ by E.A.S.T.architects
2018 : Yotsuya Corporate House (Kajima Institute Publishing)
/Connecting to the legacy of Yotsuya Corporate House (interview on Yasunori Higashi)
: Architectural Journal, August / Yotsuya Corporate House
2019 : Kindai Kenchiku, March / PROUD Shiroganedai, PROUD FLAT Asakusabashi III, DIANA GARDEN Nishiazabu
: KJ, June / PROUD FLAT Togoshi-koen, PROUD FLAT Miyazakidai
: Architectural Journal, October / ATLAS Yotsuya Honshiocho
2020 : Kindai Kenchiku, March / PROUD FLAT Togoshi-koen, COMFORIA Shin-nakano, ATLAS Yotsuya Honshiocho
/(Discussion) The thing what to be expected of the future apartment building (contributed by Yasunori Higashi)
2021 : Kindai Kenchiku, April / PROUD FLAT Nakano
: Kindai Kenchiku, June / THE TOURIST HOTEL & Cafe AKIHABARA
: Kindai Kenchiku, September / TOKYU Ikegami Station, Etomo Ikegami
: KJ, October / TOKYU Ikegami Station, Etomo Ikegami
Works
1989 : Tsukubanishi Multi-story Parking Lot and Administration Building / SD, DD, CD, Design Supervision
(A 1,300 available vacancies parking lot and administration building)
1991 : Setagaya Healthy Building / SD, DD, CD, Design Supervision
(An elders’ facility and owners’ residence)
1993 : Tsukuba MOG / SD, DD, CD, Design Supervision
(An open-mall commercial facility)
1995 : Refurbishment of Village within Setagaya Kumin Health Village / SD, DD, CD, Design Supervision
(An accommodation facility for inhabitants of Setagaya ward, Kawaba village,Gunma prefecture)
: Salesian Aspirantate / SD, DD, CD, Design Supervision
(An aspiration facility for students who intend to be monasteries and priests)
: Chigasaki Park Pool / SD, DD, CD, Design Supervision
(An outdoor pool in the park of Kohoku New Town)
1998 : Gunma Royal Hotel White Chapel / SD, DD, CD, Design Supervision
(A stand-alone chapel which is adjacent to a hotel)
2000 : Kansai Airport Washington Hotel and Osaka RINKU Contemporary Art Space / SD, DD, CD, Design Supervision
(A 500 room hotel with banquet hall annexed to an Osaka municipalowned contemporary art exhibition room)
2003 : Hasegawa Ginza / SD, DD, CD, Design Supervision
(A Buddhist altar showroom with a museum which houses a golden tearoom)
: RENAI TAMA Plaza / Design Supervision
(An apartment building design with 190 rooms)
2004 : FOREST Nanpeidai / SD, DD, CD, Design Supervision
(A low-rise rental residence that makes use of the environment and assets of the old residence)
: Tokorozawa Municipal Gymnasium / SD, DD, CD, Design Supervision
(A wooden gymnasium which became the pride of Saitama volleyball venue)
2005 : LUNE BLANCHE Yokohama Kaigan-dori / SD, Supervision
(A 40m Kaigan-dori facing Tama Art University collaborative tapestry)
2007 : ISUZU Casa Bell Ohira / SD, DD, CD, Design Supervision
(Formed a good living environment by utilizing a 3,300 sqm of thick forest)
: HASEGAWA Fukuoka Headquarter Building / SD, DD, CD, Design Supervision
(A flagship store with headquarter office on its top)
: Toranoana Tsuchihashi Building / SD, DD, CD, Design Supervision
(A 40-year-old building renewed with white punching metal)
: PROUD Yokohama Yamate / SD, Design Supervision / SD, Supervision
(Formed a high-quality townscape with ginkgo trees and art)
: Development Project of East Exit of Tokorozawa Station / SD
(From the station where you pass by to the station where you stay)
2008 : Refurbishment of ISUZU Iwafune Dormitory / SD, DD, CD, Design Supervision
(Modernized with 5 different grey colors and seismic retrofit)
: ISUZU LINEX Factory / SD, DD, CD, Design Supervision
(A simple factory with exposed concrete and high accessibility)
2009 : Chiba LEGEND CLIFF Hotel / SD, DD, CD, Design Supervision
(A hotel with 10 villas and 24 rooms in a cliff at the southern end of Kujukurihama)
: BELISTA Chogo / SD, DD, CD, Design Supervision
(A suburban apartment complex with a simple appearance)
: ISUZU Belly’s Court AY / SD, DD, CD, Design Supervision
(A clubhouse and archery hall with a plywood made origami-like shape)
: ISUZU Best Life Dormitory Ayase / SD, DD, CD, Design Supervision
(An employee dormitory with a board-like shape)
2011 : Shohei Junior High and High School SD, DD, CD, Design Supervision
(A new junior high school building annexed to existing private high school)
: Tokyo Polytechnic University Nakano Campus / SD, DD, CD, Design Supervision
(An urban three-dimensional school campus located in a dense residential area)
: PROUD Yamatecho / SD, Supervision
(A design that connects historical and stately Yamatecho to the present time)
: JR East Ito Station Commercial Facility / SD
(A renewal of station facilities aiming at regional revitalization)
2012 : Tokyo Polytechnic University No.2 Building / SD, DD, CD, Design Supervision
(A design with the concept of “my place” that enables sprinkle communication)
: Landscape Design of ISUZU Fujisawa Factory / SD, DD, CD, Design Supervision
(A design that softens the perimeter of a massive factory)
: STYLIO Denenchofu Honcho / SD, Supervision
(A rental apartment building adjacent to TOKYU Tamagawa Line Numabe Station which resembles the image of trains)
2013 : PARK HOUSE Daikanyama / SD
(A mini high-rise apartment building in a residential area of Daikanyama)
: ARTCOURT Waseda / Design Supervision
(A rental apartment building floating on a row of Sakura trees of Kanda River)
: NIfCO Engineering Development Center / SD, DD, CD, Design Supervision
(A research facility and its office that embodies the new working style)
: JR Nagano Station Zenkoji Exit District Development Project / SD
(An 120m façade on a station building that formed by wood colonnade and louvered canopy)
: ISUZU LINEX Office Building / SD, DD, CD, Design Supervision
(A wooden office building within a factory)
↓ by E.A.S.T.architects
2016 : PROUD Shirokaneidai / Design Supervision
2017 : CITY CURRENT Daikanyama / Design Supervision
2018 : PROUD FLAT Miyazakidai / Design Supervision
: DIANA GARDEN Nishiazabu / Design Supervision
: PROUD FLAT Asakusabashi III / SD, DD, CD, Design Supervision
: PROUD FLAT Togoshi-koen / Design Supervision
2019 : PROUD FLAT Asakusabashi II / Design Supervision
: COMFORIA Shin-nakano / Design Supervision
: ATLAS Yotsuya Honshiocho / SD, Design Supervision
2020 : PROUD FLAT Nakano / SD, DD, CD, CA
: THE TOURIST HOTEL & Cafe AKIHABARA / Design Supervision
2021 : TOKYU Ikegami Station Development Project / Design Supervision
Oversea
2004 : Shanghai Changning Hongqiao Redevelopment Project, P.R.China / Design Supervision
2005 : Shanghai Changning C4 Block Development Project, P.R.China / Design Supervision
2006 : Hangzhou Wulin Rd. South Commercial District Development Project, P.R.China / Design Supervision
2009 : Bangkok JDC Development Project, Kingdom of Thailand / Design Supervision
2010 : Taiwan Chiufen Mixed-use Development Project, R.O.China / Masterplan, SD
2010-2013 : VANKE Kunshan Project, P.R.China / SD, DD
2011 : Shanghai Hongqiao Station Square Development Project, P.R.China / Design Supervision
: GAOZI Power Plant Environment Design / Concept Design
2011-2013 : Suzhou Condominium Development Project, P.R.China / SD
: Bangkok FER Project, Kingdom of Thailand / SD, DD, CD
↓ by E.A.S.T.architects
2013 : Shanxi Taihang Mountain Canyon Tourism Project, P.R.China / Design Supervision
2014 : Shaanxi Danfeng Shangyu Gudao Culture Tourism Area Project, P.R.China / Design Supervision
2019 : Beijing Nanfaxin Project, P.R.China / Design Supervision
Town planning
2005-2012 : Shibuya Station East Exit Area Town Development Meeting
2006 : Shibuya Aoyama Landscape Formation Organization (SALF) Aoyama-dori Street Light Design Cooperating
: Shibuya EAST Town Development Event CREEK2006
2008 : Shibuya Maruyamacho Town Development CG Making
2012-2014 : Kesennuma Inner Bay Area Reconstruction Town Development Council Coordinator
2013-2014 : Kesennuma Inner Bay Area Reconstruction Town Development Council Subcommittee Expert
↓ by E.A.S.T.architects
2013 : LUMINE Yurakucho Peripheral Area Revitalization Plan
: Ikebukuro Metropolitan-dori Revitalization Plan
Project
2006 : Toyosu New Fish Market Project
2008 : Kitaaoyama Ao Building Commercialization Project
: Hachijojima Hotel Project
2010 : JR East N Station Development Project
: JR East I Station Development Project
: JR East R Station Development Project
Competition&Proposal
2000 : Tokorozawa Municipal Gymnasium (Successful tender)
2001 : Hasegawa Ginza (Successful tender)
2006 : ISUZU Casa Bell Ohira (Successful tender)
2009 : Tokyo Polytechnic University No.2 Nakano Campus (Successful tender)
: Daito Bunka University Higashimatsuyama Campus
: JR East R Station Development Project (Successful tender)
2010 : Tokyo Polytechnic University No.1 Nakano Campus 3rd Phase (Successful tender)
2012 : Kesennuma Inner Bay Area Reconstruction Town Development Competition (Successful tender)
: Hitachi Central Gymnasium
2013 : Takasaki New Gymnasium
↓ by E.A.S.T.architects
2014 : Senkyakubanrai Facility Plan
2016 : Senkyakubanrai Facility Plan (6th Block)
: TOKYU Ikegami Station Development Project Design Supervision