Makoto Sei Watanabe

Makoto Sei Watanabe is a Japanese architect.

He has been experimenting with programmatic generation of architecture since the 1990s, and even writing a novel.

Biography In junior high school, he belonged to the biology club. In high school, he aspired to study biology at university, but on the recommendation of his biology teacher, he chose architecture as a field that combines both science and art. He graduated from Yokohama National University Graduate School in 1976, worked at Arata Isozaki Atelier, and then started MAKOTO SEI WATANABE / ARCHITECTS' OFFICE in 1984.

His first actual work, "AOYAMA TECHNICAL COLLEGE" (1990), which could be described as minimalism, was announced at the same time as "AOYAMA TECHNICAL COLLEGE".

Concurrently, he explored theoretical aspects and, based on his interest in biology, conducted research that viewed cities and architecture not from the perspective of conventional 'design' but from that of 'generation'.

He then released "INDUCTION DESIGN" 1995 Gifu FIBER WAVE series 1996 Tokyo K-MUSEUM 1996 Tokyo SUBWAY STATION / IIDABASHI 2004 Chiba RIBBON 2005 Graz Austria Museum exhibition design Shanghai House 2005 Shanghai China TOKYO HOUSE 2006 Tokyo RIBBONs / open-air theater (Fulfillment Amphitheatre / Wenxin Forest Park in Taichung) 2009 Taichung Taiwan WEB FRAME -II 1988 First Prize Design Competition for Osaka Pref. Peace Museum 1989 Awarded Design Proposal for Tokyo Metropolitan Subway Line-12 Station 1991 First Prize Design Proposal for Hyogo Performing Arts Center 1992 Awarded Urban Outhouse Design Competition 1993 Awarded USA ROEBLING GATEWAY PARK DESIGN COMPETITION 1995 Awarded USA International Design Competition for Milan 2001 2000 Awarded Major Research and Development

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