About Takashi Niwa

Architect
First-class registered architect of Japan (2005-)
Registered architect of Vietnam (2018-)
LOTUS AP (2021-)

Professor of Kyoto University of the Arts (2023-)
Founder of Takashi Niwa Architects Vietnam/Japan (2018-)
Visiting researcher of Vietnam Japan University (VJU) (2018-)

Biography

Born in 1979 in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Professional career

2023
Professor of Kyoto University of the Arts

2022
Winner of International Competition of Tran Hung Dao Bridge, Hanoi, Vietnam

2020
Winner of International Competition of Saigon River footbridge, HCMC, Vietnam
Establish Takashi Niwa Architects Japan in Tokyo

2018
Establish Takashi Niwa Architects in Hanoi
Visiting researcher of Vietnam Japan University (VJU)

2010-18
Partner of Vo Trong Nghia Architects (VTN architects), Representative of VTN Hanoi office

2005-10
Architect of Noriaki Okabe Architecture Network (NOAN)  

Education

2004
Winner of Groundscape Design Workshop

2003
M.Eng. (Architecture and building science), Graduate school of Tokyo Metropolitan University

2001
B.Eng. (Architecture and building science), Tokyo Metropolitan University

1999
A. Eng. (Architecture), Ishikawa National College of Technology

Jury and Lecture

2023
Top10 House Award - Jury
Interior Student Award (I.S.A) - Jury
AIF TALKS 02, Hanoi Civil Engineering University - lecture

2022
Interior Student Award (I.S.A) - Jury
Realizing zero energy building standardization seminor - lecture

2021
Panasonic Kitchen Insight Competition - Jury
Hosei University - Guest lecture
JIA(Japan Institute of Architects) International Relations Committee, “Cross-border Architects” - Lecture
Meiji University, Japan - Guest review
Human Network Kosen, Japan - Speech

2020
EEN Vietnam “Building for everyone, Human - Culture - Environment”, Hanoi - Exhibition and Lecture
Amity School of Architecture and Planning, India - Lecture
Malaya University, Malaysia - Lecture
Nihon University, Japan- Lecture

2019
National Institute of Architecture International Symposium “Natural environment, indigenous culture and in the era of digital technology”, Hanoi - Speech
  WY-TO connects #4, Singapore - Lecture
Sangakukan Koryu Kondankai, Kanazawa - Keynote lecture
Competition on Creative space for Children FAT2019 “Mini library design”, Vietnam - Jury

2018
VNCC talk, Hanoi - Lecture
ASHOW#1 , Hanoi - Keynote lecture
Ritsumeikan University, foreign study tour, Hanoi - Lecture
Aichi Shukutoku University, Japan - Lecture
nanoco exhibition Workshop  “9 elements for architectural design”, Hanoi - Workshop
nanoco exhibition, Hanoi - Lecture
Cambodia Architect Decor "Architecture for people seminar", Phnom Penh - Lecture
Vietnam Japan University (VJU) Workshop “Think about Green Building in Vietnam”, Hanoi - Lecture
Italian Design Day, Hanoi - Speech
Anthology Festival, Manila - Speech

2017
World Architecture Festival (WAF), Berlin - Jury of master planning category
Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Singapore - Guest review

2016
Business of Design Week (BODW), Hong Kong - Speech
Yakumo Award, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan - Jury