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About Takashi Niwa : Takashi Niwa is a Japanese architect who established offices in Vietnam in 2018 and Japan in 2020. By the design approach of “Visualize the values”, Niwa’s firm designs from small furniture to big symbols, from interior to urban planning and from private space to public space.

The aim of the approach is to create the best environment and culture to bring more meaning for the users, clients and the society. It will reflect on our actual design and how we consider the best with supporting culture for the end users.

Beside designing many hospitality designs such as restaurants and hotels, Niwa and the team won an international competition of Saigon footbridge in 2021. The team experiences are now expanding to master planning of South-east Asia.

Niwa is Japanese but his team is international. Especially many Vietnamese architects, who are very talented and their strong points are IT skills and sense of form. In this team, we are challenging ourselves to develop skills to create our own culture, to realize “The best environment and culture” for ourselves, for buildings and for society.
STATEMENT OF ART:
We are very interested in the development of our design through a theme, "Visualize the Values". We are architect but we design from small to large such as furniture to bridge which people has a joy to use. Each project has a different background, and we cultivate each value to express and deliver to users of our design.

Design doesn’t have correct answers. Design is developed by designers with a good understanding of the backgrounds and function. Designers can make a sense of collaboration with time, site, client and designer. We are aiming to deliver more meaningful results for future age through designs.

ORGANIZATION:
Takashi Niwa Architects

EDUCATION:
2003, Architecture and Building Science, MA, Tokyo Metropolitan University, TOKYO/JAPAN

EXPERIENCE:
2005-2010, Architect, Noriaki Okabe Architecture Network, TOKYO/JAPAN
2010-2018, Director & Partner, Vo Trong Nghia Architects (VTN Architects), HANOI/VIETNAM
2018-present, Founder & CEO, Takashi Niwa Architects, HANOI/VIETNAM

PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS:
2018, “The best of environment and culture”, Nanoco Gallery, HANOI/VIETNAM

MIXED EXHIBITIONS:
2020, “Building for All. Human - Culture - Environment”,With EEN Vietnam, HANOI/VIETNAM

EVENTS:
2021, Guest lecturer, Tokyo Art University, TOKYO/JAPAN
2021, Guest lecturer, Hosei University, TOKYO/JAPAN
2020, Lecturer, Amity School of Architecture and Planning, INDIA
2020, Lecturer, Malaya University, MALAYSIA
2019, Lecturer, WY-TO connects #4, SINGAPORE
2019, Keynote lecturer, Sangakukan Koryu Kondankai, Kanazawa/JAPAN

AWARDS:
2021, Future Project of the Year, ASHUI Awards, HANOI/VIETNAM
2020, 1st prize, International Design Competition for Saigon River Footbridge, HO CHI MINH CITY/VIETNAM
2020, Merit, BCI IDA Interior Design Award, SINGAPORE
2019, Green Good Design Award, CHICAGO/USA
2019, Winner, Asia Design Prize, SEOUL/KOREA
2019, Interior of the year, ASHUI Awards, HANOI/VIETNAM
2019, Winner, FuturArc Green Leadership award, SINGAPORE
2018, International Architecture Awards(IAA), CHICAGO/USA
2018, Commercial winner, FuturArc Green Leadership Award, SINGAPORE

PRESS APPEARANCES:
2021, “Pizza 4P’s Hai Phong”, Archdaily, https://www.archdaily.com/959882/pizza-4ps-hai-pho
ng-takashi-niwa-architects?ad_source=search&ad
_medium=projects_tab, April

2021, “Pizza 4P’s Hai Phong”, Design boom, https://www.designboom.com/architecture/pizza-4ps-
by-takashi-niwa-architects-is-a-recreation-of-viet
namese-gathering-and-sharing-culture-04-08-2021/, April

2020, “IPPUDO VIETNAM”, Design boom, https://www.designboom.com/architecture/chopstick-
screens-greenery-ippudo-vietnam-takashi-niwa-01-04
-2020/, January

2020, “IPPUDO VIETNAM“, Archdaily, https://www.archdaily.com/945126/ippudo-rstaurant-
vietnam-takashi-niwa-architects?ad_source=search&a
mp;ad_medium=projects_tab, August

2020, “Takashi Niwa”, Vietcetera, https://vietcetera.com/en/takashi-niwa-the-japanes
e-architect-in-tune-with-culture-and-nature, November

2019, “IPPUDO VIETNAM”, Design Anthology, https://design-anthology.com/story/ippudo-vietnam, August

2019, “IPPUDO VIETNAM”, Ho Chi Minh Architecture Association Magazine, cover & page 32-39, January, HO CHI MINH CITY/VIETNAM

2019, “Pizza 4P’s Phan Ke Binh”, Nha Dep magazine, page 38-43, October, HO CHI MINH CITY/VIETNAM

2018, “Pizza 4P’s Phan Ke Binh”, https://www.archdaily.com/905736/pizza-4ps-phan-ke
-binh-takashi-niwa-architects?ad_source=search&
;ad_medium=projects_tab, November

BOOKS:
2018, “Going Green With Vertical Landscapes”, 240 pages, Images Publishing, ISBN978-1864707557

2016, “Vo Trong Nghia Architects”, 168 pages, A+U Publishing Co.,Ltd, ISBN978-4900211957

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
English
Japanese
Vietnamese

COURSES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS::
2018, nanoco exhibition Workshop “9 elements for architectural design”, HANOI/VIETNAM
2018, Cambodia Architect Decor "Architecture for people seminar", PHNOM PENH/CAMBODIA
2018, Vietnam Japan University (VJU) Workshop “Think about Green Building in Vietnam”, HANOI/VIETNAM,

SYMPOSIUMS AND ACADEMIC CONFERENCES::
2021, “Cross-border Architects”, Lecturer, Japan Institute of Architects(JIA) International Relations Committee, HANOI/VIETNAM
2019, “Natural environment, indigenous culture and in the era of digital technology”, Speaker, National Institute of Architecture International Symposium, HANOI/VIETNAM

MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS:
2021, LOTUS AP, Vietnam Green Building Council (VGBC), HANOI/VIETNAM
2018, Visiting researcher, Vietnam Japan University (VJU), HANOI/VIETNAM

JURY MEMBERSHIPS:
2021, Jury, Panasonic Kitchen Insight Competition, HANOI/VIETNAM
2019, Jury, Competition on Creative space for Children FAT2019 “Mini library design”, VIETNAM
2017, Jury, World Architecture Festival ”Future master planning of the year”, Berlin/Germany

HOBBIES:
Taking a walk

CLIENTELE:
2021, Takahiro Corporation, Architecture, Masterpan and Landscape Consultancy & Design
2019, Becamex Tokyu, Architecture, Masterpan and Landscape Consultancy & Design
2019, Vietnam Airlines, Masterpan and Landscape Consultancy & Design
2018, 4PS Corporation, Architecture and Landscape Consultancy & Design

WEB SITE:
https://takashiniwa.com/

REGISTRATION DATE:
2022-02-28 10:39:31

COUNTRY/REGION:
Viet Nam

ACCOUNT TYPE:
Professional

Awards received by Takashi Niwa


Hopper Chair

Bronze A' Design Award Winner for Furniture Design Category in 2021
Takashi Niwa for Takashi Niwa



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