Noriaki Okabe
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Noriaki Okabe is a Japanese architect
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He was born in Shizuoka, Japan
. He had worked with Renzo Piano
for twenty years in Europe, from the designing construction supervision of the Centre Georges Pompidou
in Paris
.
Okabe, then the representative of Renzo Piano Building Workshop in Japan, won the international competition of Kansai International Airport
Terminal Building in 1988 and was responsible for the design and construction supervision.
After the construction of the Terminal Building, he established Noriaki Okabe Architecture Network in 1995 in Tokyo. Now, he has been expanding the design activity from architecture to industrial design, such as train, Odakyu Romance Car series 50000 VSE
(Odakyu Odawara Line).
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
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He was born in Shizuoka, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. He had worked with Renzo Piano
Renzo Piano
Renzo Piano is an Italian architect. He is the recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, AIA Gold Medal, Kyoto Prize and the Sonning Prize...
for twenty years in Europe, from the designing construction supervision of the Centre Georges Pompidou
Centre Georges Pompidou
Centre Georges Pompidou is a complex in the Beaubourg area of the 4th arrondissement of Paris, near Les Halles, rue Montorgueil and the Marais...
in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
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Okabe, then the representative of Renzo Piano Building Workshop in Japan, won the international competition of Kansai International Airport
Kansai International Airport
is an international airport located on an artificial island in the middle of Osaka Bay, southwest of Ōsaka Station, located within three municipalities, including Izumisano , Sennan , and Tajiri , in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The airport is off the Honshu shore. The airport serves as an...
Terminal Building in 1988 and was responsible for the design and construction supervision.
After the construction of the Terminal Building, he established Noriaki Okabe Architecture Network in 1995 in Tokyo. Now, he has been expanding the design activity from architecture to industrial design, such as train, Odakyu Romance Car series 50000 VSE
Odakyu 50000 series VSE
The or VSE is an electric multiple unit operated by Odakyu Electric Railway on Romancecar services in Japan. Two 10-car articulated sets were introduced in March 2005, manufactured by Nippon Sharyo....
(Odakyu Odawara Line).
Main projects
- Kansai International AirportKansai International Airportis an international airport located on an artificial island in the middle of Osaka Bay, southwest of Ōsaka Station, located within three municipalities, including Izumisano , Sennan , and Tajiri , in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The airport is off the Honshu shore. The airport serves as an...
Terminal Building, Renzo Piano Building Workshop Japan, Osaka - Ushibuka Haiya Bridge, Renzo Piano Building Workshop Japan, Nagasaki, Japan
- Housing in Sakura-shinmachi, Tokyo, Japan
- Valeo Unisia Transmissions Atugi (factory), Kanagawa, Japan
- Odakyu Electric Railway New Express "series Romance car VSEOdakyu 50000 series VSEThe or VSE is an electric multiple unit operated by Odakyu Electric Railway on Romancecar services in Japan. Two 10-car articulated sets were introduced in March 2005, manufactured by Nippon Sharyo....
", Tokyo, Japan - Odakyu Electric Railway New Express "series Romance car MSEOdakyu 60000 series MSEThe is a Romancecar EMU manufactured by Nippon Sharyo for Odakyu Electric Railway in Japan. Two 6-car sets and one 4-car set were ordered in September 2006, with the first 6-car set delivered in October 2007. The trains entered service on 15 March 2008, used on Odakyū through service to the Tokyo...
", Tokyo, Japan - Belgian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan (collaboration Belgian landscape architect Aldrik Heirman)