Wolf Prize Architecture Award 2022, Made in Tokyo, Momoyo Kaijima, Winner
Wolf Prize Architecture: Momoyo Kaijima
24 Feb 2022
Wolf Prize Winner 2022
Momoyo Kaijima has held the position of Professor of Architectural Behaviorology at ETH Zurich since 2017. (Photograph : ETH Zurich)
Made in Tokyo – Momoyo Kaijima, Wolf Prize in Architecture Winner News
Tokyo native, Momoyo Kaijima, Professor of Architectural Behaviorology at ETH Zurich and her partner Yoshiharu Tsukamoto have been honoured with this year’s Wolf Prize for their ethnographically inspired approach to architecture and sensitivity towards local contexts and the social impact of architecture.
In 2001, Kaijima and Tsukamoto published the well-received ban “Made in Tokyo”. (Photograph : ETH Zurich)
The Gae House in Tokyo exterior. (Photograph : Takashi Homma)
The Gae House in Tokyo interior. (Photograph : Takashi Homma)
Kaijima has had a number of visiting professorships to include Harvard University, the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, and Columbia University, in New York City before setting up shop at ETH Zurich – the top ranked university in continental Europe. She is only the third woman to receive the Wolf Prize in Architecture since the awards inception in 1978.
Mini House exterior. (Photograph : Takashi Homma)
Mini House interior. (Photograph : Tatsuya Hiraga)
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Wolf Prize
The Wolf Prize is an international award granted in Israel, that has been presented most years since 1978 to living scientists and artists for “achievements in the interest of mankind and friendly relations among people … irrespective of nationality, race, colour, religion, sex or political views.”
The prize is awarded in Israel by the Wolf Foundation, founded by Ricardo Wolf, a German-born inventor and former Cuban ambassador to Israel. It is awarded in six fields: Agriculture, Chemistry, Mathematics, Medicine, Physics, and an Arts prize that rotates between architecture, music, painting, and sculpture.
Made in Tokyo – Momoyo Kaijima, Wolf Prize in Architecture Winner
Text by Christoph Elhardt
Momoyo Kaijima, Professor of Architectural Behaviorology at ETH Zurich, and her partner Yoshiharu Tsukamoto have been honoured with this year’s Wolf Prize for their ethnographically inspired approach to architecture. According to the jury, the work produced by their studio, Atelier Bow-Wow, is characterised by a great sensitivity towards local contexts and the social impact of architecture.
Momoyo Kaijima has held the position of Professor of Architectural Behaviorology at ETH Zurich since 2017. (Photograph : ETH Zurich)
When Momoyo Kaijima took an unusual call from an Israeli number on the evening of 7 February, she couldn’t believe her ears at first and had to let the news sink in. Dan Shechtman, Council Acting Chairperson of the Wolf Foundation, had just congratulated Kaijima on winning this year’s Wolf Prize in Architecturecall_made together with her partner Yoshiharu Tsukamoto, who is a Professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology,.
The Wolf Prize has been awarded to outstanding scientists and artists every year since 1978. Previous laureates in the architecture category include greats such as Frank O. Gehry, Jean Nouvel, Peter Eisenman and David Chipperfield. With the addition of Kaijima and Tsukamoto, this pantheon of award winners now includes an architectural duo whose projects and publications, according to the jurycall_made, are characterised by a great sensitivity towards local contexts and the social impact of architecture.
Kaijima is only the third woman to receive the Wolf Prize in Architecture. She has held the position of Professor of Architectural Behaviorology at ETH Zurich since 2017.
Read more at https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2022/02/made-in-tokio.html
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