Uchida Yoshikazu

Uchida Yoshikazu

Uchida Yoshikazu ( Japanese 内 田 祥 三 ; born February 23, 1885 in Tokyo ; died December 14, 1972 ) was a Japanese architect of the Taishō and Shōwa periods .

life and work

Uchida Yoshikazu, born in Tokyo, began his studies in the Department of Architecture at the University of Tokyo in 1904 . During his studies he was able to follow the construction of the Mitsubishi shopping street. In 1907 he graduated and joined the Mitsubishi company , where he then u. a. was busy designing building number 13.

In 1910 Uchida took on graduate studies at the University of Tokyo, where he dealt with reinforced concrete under Sano Toshikata (佐野 利; 1880-1856). In 1911 he became a lecturer at the university and in 1916 an assistant professor. In 1918 he received his doctorate, in 1921 he became a professor at the university.

After the Kanto earthquake in 1923, Uchida was entrusted with the organization of the reconstruction of the heavily damaged Hongo campus, and participated as an architect himself, occasionally together with Kishida Hideto (岸 田 日出 刀; 1899-1966). In 1924 he became chairman of the "Dōjunkai" (同 潤 会), a housing association that made modern apartment buildings in the Aoyama district in reinforced concrete.

Uchida became president of the Japanese Association of Architects (本 建築 学会, Nihon kenchiku gakkai) in 1935. In 1936 he participated in the Summer Olympics in Berlin with designs for an archery range and a swimming pool , but without being awarded a prize.

From 1943 to December 1945 Uchida was President of the University of Tokyo. After the war, he dealt with the reconstruction of the city, with the focus on fireproof architecture. In 1972 he was awarded the Order of Culture .

photos

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  Yasuda Hall

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  Central Library

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  Medical Faculty (1936)

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  Medical Institute (1937)

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  Nat. Inst. Wohlfahrt (1940)

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  Yasuda Shinjuku (1976)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1936 Summer Olympics / participants (Japan) .

literature

• S. Noma (Ed.): Uchida Yoshikazu . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993, ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 1640.

Web links

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Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Uchida is the family name, Yoshikazu the first name.