Cities and buildings are SYMBOLS. Symbols of our constant quest for an ideal environment, they are the most powerful and enduring witnesses of our civilization. Each stone, each window, each street tells a story. A story that grows richer, more replete with the passage of time. Architects and Planners are the TOOLS society employs to manifest the shape of each new era. Albert Abut
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Albert Abut is a French architect, graduated from the prestigious Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His architecture is defined by his French heritage, a very distinct creativity with a specific vision on architecture & urban planning, and, the French innovative spirit. During the past 25 years spent living between Paris & Tokyo and immersed also in Japanese history & culture, the Paris & Tokyo avant-garde scenes inspired him in the realization of many buildings which have been characterized under“specific minimalism with attention to detail”. Also a naval architectural expert, his knowledge of materials and technologies used in extreme conditions (wind, salt, humidity, heat, cold...) enhances his contribution to every construction project, promoting development and integration of the latest and most advanced building materials & technologies with force and elegance. This unique background provides a distinct approach to architectural and urban developments.
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RECENT TENDENCIES VISION I ALLIANCE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND DESIGN Albert Abut is a pioneer in this field. He started research on energy efficient building technologies as Assistant Professor at the Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands). Since then he applies energy efficient design on all of his buildings. His present research is directed on the principle of the “Third skin” : “Each project is a conceptual and creative adventure that requires imagination and endurance. This adventure, in which I engage with my team, draws on all kind of sources of inspiration : from our past, present and future, as well as our direct and indirect environments. At the end, each one of these adventures must engender a timeless and progressive solution for mankind. Presently, my research strongly focuses on two of the five senses : the touch and the sight which I interpret as the touch of a building. For me, the building envelop what I call the “third skin” (the first being our natural skin, the second our clothing) should act as an intelligent skin like the skin of any living being dwelling on our planet.”
“Like the human skin, recognizing the heat and the cold, the dry and the humid, air velocities, and like the human eye, recognizing the different shades of light, and in a pro-active way towards each one of these elements, the “third skin”, exterior envelope of a building, must assume a perfect conceptual and technological coordination between the architectural, the structural, the mechanical, the electrical components and the inner spaces. This human environment I progressively attempt to improve with various technologies and different innovative materials, is also enriched by permanent research on fluidity patterns, providing an overwhelming sensation of weightlessness within the realms of the real and the unreal. My buildings are made to transmit in various ways and give materiality to the vibrations governing our floating universe”. Albert Abut
RECENT TENDENCIES VISION II
RECENT TENDENCIES VISION III
EDO21 REBUILDING TOKYO
REBUILDING TOHOKU
Since 2004, Albert Abut is working on an extensive proposal to rebuild all “Shuto” expressways and JR railways under the channels and rivers of Tokyo over which they were built in the Sixties.
The 3/11 devastation in the Tohoku area will trigger dramatic changes in urban and rural planning methodologies at coastal regions of Japan.
These channels and rivers were making the charm of old Edo called the Venice of the East and depicted in the paintings of Hiroshige and Hokusai. This major project would allow Tokyo to regain it's historical urban grid, open all waterways and bridges to the sky, create parks and promenades along the waterways but mostly provide natural light to the lower floors of the buildings built along these waterways. In 2005, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi actually referred to this proposal in order to offer to his citizens a better urban environment.
Many projects are already on the drawing boards. Nevertheless they are having difficulties to materialize as discussions and negotiations with the Local Mayors and Local Governments have a hard time to match with the Ministry of Finance’s (MoF) expectations as the funds allocated by the MoF are yet to be efficiently dispatched to different localities. Solutions under study at our firm will necessitate massive earth works at higher grounds but also new harbor engineering features involving knowledge of the sea bed conditions and tsunami mechanisms.
PROJECTS
HOSPITALITY
BODY & MIND RESIDENTIAL
WORKPLACES
MACROSPACES
BODY & MIND CULTURE, MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES, CONCERT HALLS, EDUCATION, SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, TRAINING CENTERS, SPORT COMPLEXES, STADIUMS Dun Laoghaire Central Library Headquarters & Cultural Centre, Ireland. International Competition Erfurt Cultural Center, Erfurt, Germany. Project French-Japanese School extension building + RENOVATION OF THE EXISTING, Tokyo, Japan. Completed Grand Egyptian Museum, Giza, Egypt. International Competition Hakodate Public Library, Hokkaido, Japan. National Competition Hakuju Hall Classical Music Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Completed Hiroshima Baseball Stadium, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan. National Competition Hot Ice, Cultural & Administrative Complex, Montreal, Canada. International Competition Institut Franco-Japonais du Kansai RENOVATION, Kyoto, Japan. National Competition LycEe Romain Rolland, Argenteuil, Paris, France. National Competition Maison des Musees de France, for dai nippon printing (DNP) Ginza, Tokyo, Japan. Completed Okinawa Christian School International, Yomitan, Okinawa, Japan. Completed
OKINAWA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL I YOMITAN I OKINAWA
HOSPITALITY RESORTS, HOTELS, APARTMENT-HOTELS, GOLFS, MARINAS, RESTAURANTS, CAFES, BARS, CLUBS ANNUPURI Alpine Village, Niseko, Hokkaido, Japan. Project AWAPIKO RESORT & SPA, EAST CAPE REGION, NEW ZEALAND. UNDER PLANNING BORA BORA GOLF, 30 luxury villas and a 18 hole ECO-golf, Bora Bora, French Polynesia. Under Planning Clark HOTEL, boutique hotel, Budapest, Hungary. Project Club Med Kabira, Ishigaki Okinawa, Japan. Completed Concept Hotel, Kyoto, Japan, PROJECT Five Star Hotel, TESHIE, Accra, Ghana, Under Planning FOUR restaurants in CRESCENT Complex, District 11, HCMC, Vietnam. Project Ishigaki Resort Villas, ISHIGAKI, Okinawa, Project Les Comptoirs de la Tour d’Argent, Daikanyama, Tokyo, Japan. Completed NATADOLABAY MARINE & GOLF RESORT Master Plan, Sigatoka, Fiji. Completed Restaurant L’Osier FOR SHISEIDO, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan, Completed Rotisserie L’Ecrin, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan. Completed the marmara TAKsim, 389 room Five Star Hotel renovation in Istanbul, Turkey. PROJECT The Rose Hotel, Sydney, Australia. Completed Westin Tokyo Spa, Ebisu Garden Place, Tokyo, Japan. Completed YANQI GOLF VILLAS, YANQI, HUAIROU, BEIJING, CHINA. PROJECT
RESTAURANT L’OSIER I GINZA
RESIDENTIAL SINGLE & MULTI FAMILY, APARTMENTS, CONDOMINIUMS, VILLAS, HOUSES CONDOMINIUM BUILDING RENOVATION (31 UNITS) YOYOGI-HACHIMAN, SHIBUYA, TOKYO. COMPLETED DuplexES & A Triplex (4 units), JINGUMAE, Tokyo, Japan. Completed FranCoise House Apartment Building Renovation (8 units), NISHI-AZABU, Tokyo, Japan. Completed HAUTE COUTURE SAIGON (110 units), HCMC, Vietnam. Project LUXURY Residences, (32 units), Hiroo, Tokyo, Japan. Project Private LUXURY Residence, Jiyugaoka, Tokyo, Japan. Project Private luxury residence, chiba, japan. project PRIVATE Residence, Nyanyanao, Accra, Ghana. Completed PRIVATE RESIDENCE, Hatsudai, Tokyo, Japan. Completed PRIVATE Residence, Prat-Paul, PLOUGUERNEAU, France. Completed PRIVATE RESIDENCE, KERIDAOUEN, PLOUGUERNEAU, FRANCE. COMPLETED PRIVATE apartment, Madrid, Spain. Completed Renovation of a “Hotel Particulier”, Le Marais, Paris, France. Completed Residential Linked-Towers (5 TOWERS & PRIVATE VILLAS IN TOTAL 700 units), TESHIE, Accra, Ghana. Under Planning Residence with Onsen (hot springs), Ohiradai, Hakone, Japan. Completed TR Apartments (38 units), NISHI-AZABU, Tokyo, Japan. Completed
TR APARTMENTS I NISHI-AZABU
HAUTE COUTURE SAIGON I HCMC
WORKPLACES PUBLIC & ADMINISTRATIVE, CORPORATE, COMMERCIAL, RETAIL, SHOWROOMS, FACTORIES, LABORATORIES AXA Direct Japan Offices , Ariake, Tokyo, JAPAN. Completed BIO-TECHNOLOGY CENTER, OHTAKI, CHIBA, JAPAN. PROJECT Bluebell offices & showrooms, nogizaka, tokyo, japan, completed COSMOPOLITAN OFFICE INTERIORS, NOGIZAKA, TOKYO, JAPAN. COMPLETED DF Office Interiors, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo, Japan. Completed DRESSCODE BOUTIQUE, OMOTESANDO, TOKYO, JAPAN. COMPLETED Dun & Bradstreet office interiors. Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan. Completed Factory & Office Building in Tsu, Mie, Japan. Under Planning Global Showroom Concept & Guidelines for LIXIL. Under Planning GL Trade Office Interiors, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo, Japan. Completed Hartrod Japan Office Interiors, Kamiyacho, Tokyo, Japan, Completed Heart of Budapest, Budapest City Hall, Hungary. International Competition. PROJECT Judicial Centre, Korneuburg, Austria. International Competition. PROJECT LOUIS VUITTON RETAIL BUILDING, OMOTESANDO, TOKYO, JAPAN. PROJECT Maison de la Paix, Geneva, Switzerland. International Competition. PROJECT Mary Kay office interiors, ginza, tokyo, japan. Completed MK SEED CENTER, TOKE, CHIBA, JAPAN. COMPLETED MORGAN STANLEY JAPAN OFFICES RENOVATION, EBISU GARDEN PLACE, TOKYO, JAPAN. COMPLETED Nissan Showrooms, all Japan. project office Building aoyama 1-CHOME, Tokyo, Japan. Project Office Building, CBD, Accra, Ghana. Under Planning PARAMIT HI-TECH PRODUCTS FACTORY, PENANG, MALAYSIA. PROJECT Porsche Showroom & offices, Osaka, Japan. Completed Renault showroomS in shinagawa, ginza, toyosu & aoyama, tokyo, japan. Completed Renovation Works Royal Netherlands Embassy, KAMIYACHO, Tokyo, Japan. Completed Saint-Gobain Japan Headquarters Building & INTERIORS, KOJIMACHI, Tokyo, Japan. Completed Shiseido HeadQUARTERS Renovation, GINZA, Tokyo, Japan. Completed
MK SEED CENTER I TOKE I CHIBA
SHISEIDO HEADQUARTERS RENOVATION I GINZA I TOKYO
WORKPLACES -CONTINUEDPUBLIC & ADMINISTRATIVE, CORPORATE, COMMERCIAL, RETAIL, SHOWROOMS, FACTORIES, LABORATORIES Skema Showroom BUILDING & INTERIORS, MiTA, Tokyo, Japan. Completed SociEte Generale On-Line Offices & Bank Interiors, Tennozu & AKASAKA, Tokyo, Japan. Completed The New French Embassy in Japan, Tokyo, Japan. Project Venturi cars Showroom & offices, SHIBAKOEN, Tokyo, Japan. Completed VIVENDI/VEOLIA Office Interiors, kojimachi, tokyo, japan. completed Yves Saint-Laurent Fashion Offices, Kojimachi, Tokyo, Japan. Completed
SAINT-GOBAIN HEADQUARTERS BUILDING I KOJIMACHI I TOKYO
MACROSPACES URBAN PLANNING, DISTRICT PLANNING, MASTER PLANNING, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, MIXED USE, VERTICAL COMMUNITIES Aquapolis. Omigawa & Tohnosho area Regional Planning, Chiba, Japan. Project 75 HA Kohoku New Town CENTER South, Yokohama, Japan. Completed Linked-towers, Under DEVELOPMENT MIXED USE TOWER, YAESU, TOKYO, JAPAN. PROJECT Nissan Design Center, Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan. Project Okinawa Honto Development Master Plan, Okinawa, Japan. Project Orido Bay Redevelopment, Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan. Project Port and Cruise CENTER, KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan. International Competition. PROJECT RIVERSIDE NEW TOWN & REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PEARL RIVER DELTA REGION, CHINA. UNDER PLANNING Solar South Park, highway rehabilitation, Calabria, Italy. International Competition. PROJECT TATEBAYASHI DEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN, GUNMA, JAPAN. COMPLETED The Gateway, Istanbul, Turkey. Project Waterfront Development, TESHIE, Accra, Ghana. Under Planning
WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT I TESHIE I ACCRA I GHANA
KOHOKU NEW TOWN CENTER SOUTH I YOKOHAMA I KANAGAWA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS - ARTICLES I BOOKS - MAGAZINES Kohoku New Town, in “1000x Landscape architecture”, Verlagshaus Braun, 1000 projects by well-known and established as well as by young and upcoming landscape architects. The Saint-Gobain Headquarters building, Shiseido Headquarters Renovation, The grand Egyptian Museum, Hiroshima Base-ball Stadium,. in “100x400” RIHAN.CC_77 Vol.1, H.K. Rihan Int’l Culture Spread Limited, Shanghai,, 100 famous international architectural practices, are selected. Extension of the french-japanese high school in “The Sourcebook of Contemporary Architecture” published by Harper Collins Publishers, featuring the work of world–renowned architects. Architect Albert Abut in “2000 Architects”, edited ,in Australia, The first edition of IMAGES’ world-wide pictorial directory of the world’s top 2000 architects and best-known firms. extension of the French-Japanese High School and the Hakuju Hall, in “Tokyo Architecture & Design” Daab editions, Germany. 18 selected architects & designers which has established Tokyo as a reference point for designers from all over the world.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS - ARTICLES I BOOKS - MAGAZINES Hakuju hall in the “Louis Vuitton guide – tokyo", 2013-2014-2015-2016 Architecte albert abut in le monde newspaper,”La france aime-t-elle ses architectes-la france made in japan” May 2013 “Grateful architect has grand designs in store for disaster-prone Japan”” in The Japan Times, May 19th, 2012 “Eco-Architect Albert Abut on visit to Korea” in Maeil Business Newspaper, Dec 4th, 2010 In OCTOGON on Architect Albert Abut and his works, Hungary, January 2008 “Rebuilding Tokyo from doorknobs to bridges” in Asahi Shimbun/International Herald-Tribune, Japan, February 17-18, 2007 Architect Albert Abut and the third skin in Kenchiku Journal, Japan, November 2006 Biotechnology Centre, Chiba, Japan in Tasarim Organic Architecture, n˚148, Turkey, January February 2005 In die Höhe abgetaucht. Die Hakuju Concert Hall in Tokio, in DBZ Akustik, Germany, December 2004 The Future Laboratory on Hakuju Hall, UK, November 2004 - “Ladies and Gentlemen we are floating in space”, in Frame Magazine, The Netherlands, July-August 2004 Hakuju Hall in Comfort n˚69, Japan, October 2003 The Daily Yomiuri on Hakuju Hall I “Care to sleep through some classical music ?” I Japan I October 27th 2003 The grand egyptian museum I in Citizen K I France I Spring 2003 Color and forms combine together to create sounds I in Detail n˚158 I Japan I October 2003 Liberation on Saint-Gobain building I “Le Japon en crise prise l’archi française” I France I February 19th, 2002 Kensetsu Gijutsu I Japan I October 2002 RESTAURANT L’OSIER I IN Hospitality Design I USA I March-April 2000
SELECTED FEATURES IN WEB ARTICLES MKS Center I in Modulo I Italy http://modulo.net/en-en/realizzazioni/mks-center MKS Center I in Architizer I USA http://architizer.com/projects/m-k-seed-center/ Au Japon Reconnaissant l’Architecte Albert Abut I in Le Courrier de l’Architecte I France http://www.lecourrierdelarchitecte.com/article_3300 Hotel Clark I in Epiteszforum I Hungary http://epiteszforum.hu/node/8443 The Aim of the Game I in Dudye I USA http://dudye.com/the-aim-of-the-game-albert-abut Saint-Gobain Headquarters Building I in Europaconcorsi I Italy http://europaconcorsi.com/projects/127685-Saint-Gobain-Headquarters Hakuju Hall I in Interior Design I China http://mixinfo.id-china.com.cn/a-821-1.html MKS Center I in WAN I UK http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=14433 Hakuju Hall I in WAN I UK http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=14036 Hakuju Hall I in Arhinovosti I Russia http://www.arhinovosti.ru/2010/05/24/dizajjn-koncertnogo-zala-ot-albert-abut-architecture-v-shibue-tokio-yaponiya/ Hakuju Hall I in Design Scene I USA http://www.designscene.net/2010/05/hakuju-concert-hall-by-albert-abut.html Hotel Clark I in Design Ideas I Japan http://adesignideas.blogspot.com/2009/04/contemporary-hotel-design-hotel-clark.html The Grand Egyptian Museum I in E-architect I UK http://www.e-architect.co.uk/egypt/grand-egyptian-museum
LATEST PRIZES I AWARDS 2016 : LAUREATE I 10,000 SQM OFFICE INTERIORS renovation (CLIENT NAME CONFIDENTIAL) I TOKYO I JAPAN 2013 : Competition LAUREATE I The Marmara Taksim 5 star I 389 room hotel renovation I Istanbul I Turkey 2012 : Competition LAUREATE I Teshie OCEANFRONT Development I Accra I Ghana 2011 : Honorable Mention I Solar South Park I Calabria I Italy 2008 : Honorable Mention I JIA Architectural Lighting Design Competition I “99 Lighting Design” I Japan 2008 : Competition finalist I the Clark Hotel I Budapest I Hungary 2006 : Competition 2nd phase I LUXURY Residences I HIROO I Tokyo I Japan 2006 : Competition 2nd phase I the New French Embassy BUILDING I MINAMI-AZABU I Tokyo I Japan 2005 : Competition 2nd phase I Louis Vuitton flagship store I Omotesando I Tokyo I Japan 2004 : Competition 2nd phase I the Romain Rolland School I ARGENTEUIL I Paris I France 2003 : Competition LAUREATE I the Hakuju Hall I TOMIGAYA I SHIBUYA I Tokyo I Japan 2002 : Competition LAUREATE I the TR apartment building I NISHI-AZABU I Tokyo I Japan 2001 : Competition finalist I the Nissan Design Center I AtsugI I KANAGAWA I Japan 2001 : Competition LAUREATE I LycEe Franco-Japonais Extension Building I FUJIMI I Tokyo I Japan
LATEST EXHIBITIONS / SYMPOSIUMS / CONFERENCES / WORKSHOPS MAY 16 ~ 17, 2016 KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THE “SMART SKYSCRAPERS SUMMIT” IN DUBAI I UAE UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF DUBAI AND DUBAI MUNICIPALITY “Hybrid Buildings in Hybrid Cities” MARCH 18TH, 2015 WORKSHOP SUSTAINABLE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SECTOR IN JAPAN AND ANALYSIS OF THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EUROPEAN FIRMS AT THE DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION TO JAPAN I “Positioning of Architectural Firms and Procurement of Construction Materials & Technologies in Japan” Sept 3rd, 2013 Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo I Japan “Bio-Climatological Architecture, Impact on Building Permit filings in the EU” July 24th, 2013 Renewable Energy Forum, AT Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo I Japan “Bio-Climatological Architecture, Impact on Building Permit filings in the EU”
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LATEST EXHIBITIONS I SYMPOSIUMS I CONFERENCES I WORKSHOPS June 22nd, 2011 Yonsei University FACULTY OF MEDECINE, Seoul I Korea “Hybrid Buildings in Hybrid Cities” May 8th, 2011 Build Tech Bangkok I Thailand “Hybrid Buildings in Hybrid Cities” Feb 25th, 2011 National University of Singapore FACULTY OF URBAN PLANNING & ARCHITECTURE “Hybrid Buildings in Hybrid Cities” Jan 12th, 2011 HIS EXCELLENCY The Environment Minister OF KOREA, MANNEE LEE, Seoul I Korea “Hybrid Buildings in Hybrid Cities” Nov 24th and 26th 2010 Ville du Futur Vietnam HCMC & Hanoi I Vietnam “Hybrid Buildings in Hybrid Cities” Oct 13th, 2010 France Green-Tech Bangkok I Thailand “Hybrid Buildings in Hybrid Cities” Oct 1st, 2010 Architecture Contemporaine et Nouvelles Technologies “Saint-Gobain building in Tokyo 30% energy efficiency” Jan & Feb, 2010 French Embassy Tokyo I Japan “TENONETEN/SENS UNIQUE/No Man’s Land ART Exhibition” Sept 19th ~ 20TH 2005 Universal Expo 2005 Aichi I Japan, Commisariat GEnEral of the French Pavillion “Mediating for Sustainable Development” Oct 5th ~ 11th 2004 Tokyo Designers Week 2004 exhibition Tokyo I Japan “Esprit Design France at Junko Koshino in Kotto Dori” OCT 28TH ~ 29TH 2004 ENGINEERING SYMPOSIUM AT THE ENGINEERING ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN TOKYO I Japan on “EDO 21 OR THE TOKYO URBAN RENEWAL” 2004 Urban & Interurban mobility TeleviZed Conference in Nagano I Japan on “two ex-olympic cities : Grenoble & Nagano” 2002 ~ 2005 Kyoritsu University Tokyo I Japan Conferences on “Urban Planning, Architecture & Citizenship” 2000 ~ 2007 Gateway to Japan Organized by the Delegation of the European Union Tokyo I Japan “Latest construction Trends in Japan”
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PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND 1991 ~ today Founding Principal, ALBERT ABUT ARCHITECTURE I Tokyo & Hong Kong 2015 ~ TODAY Adjunct Lecturer I New York University I School of Professional Studies 1990 ~ 2009 Founding Principal of Atlantis Associates Co., Ltd. Architects . Planners I Tokyo I JAPAN 1996 ~ 2001 Chairman of the Construction Committee of the EBC (European Business Council in Japan) 1986 ~ 1990 Founder and Head of the Architectural & Urban Planning division I The Design Studio I Tokyo I Japan 1983 ~ 1986 Architect at the Environment Design Institute (Architect Mitsuru Senda) I Tokyo I Japan 1980 ~ 1983 Architect - Founding Partner in “Groupe Climats” Architects I France and The Netherlands 1980 ~ 1983 Assistant Professor at the Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Architecture and Construction I The Netherlands : “Human – Ecological and Energetical Aspects of Buildings” 1978 ~ 1980 Associate Architect with Didier Morax I Paris I France 1975 ~ 1977 Architect at Swedish Civil Engineers and Architects Corporation I Stockholm I Sweden
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND 1978 Post graduate programme : Industrialized Construction Systems, Resistance of Materials in Water and on Land I ICI@Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers I Paris I France. 1975 Architecte D.P.L.G. (State Diploma) Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, Department of Architecture I UPA No.1 I Paris I France.
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