ABOUT US
Yuichi Kodai
Director / Architect
Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
Architecture Registration Board (ARB)
He graduated from AA School in London and worked for Swiss architectural practice Herzog & de Meuron between 2005 and 2013. He worked at the company on Perez Art Museum Miami and TATE Modern and several international projects. He then founded the architecture department in SANDWICH Inc. in Kyoto in 2013. He completed KOHTEI in Fukuyama City in 2017 together with contemporary artist Kohei Nawa. He is currently based in Zurich, Switzerland and also works for HILDEBRAND STUDIO where Thomas Hildebrand is the chairman and with whom he shares a common view of architectural principals. Together they completed a gallery space, GYRE GALLERY, in Omotesando, Tokyo.
EDUCATION
1978
Born in Kyoto, Japan
2001
University of East London
2005
Architectural Association School of Architecture
PROFESSIONAL
2005~13
Herzog & de Meuron, London and Basel
2013~17
Established SANDWICH, Architecture, Kyoto
2017
Established kodai and associates
2018
Joined HILDEBRAND Studios AG
ACADEMIC
2016~17
Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)
- Visiting Assistant Professor
2013~17
Kyoto University of Art and Design,
- Architecture Course, Mix-media Course
2014~17
Kurashiki Art and Science University
- Fine Arts Course
Claudia Maggi
Founder / Architect
Architecture Registration Board (ARB)
She graduated from AA School in London and worked for American architectural practice Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) in London between 2005 and 2014. Her major achievement in the company was to work on Heron Tower, where she spent a number of years overseeing from the design stage to the completion of the project, at the time the tallest skyscraper in London. She also worked on a number of high rise and confidential commercial projects developing a broad experience in all stages of work. She is currently based in Zurich, Switzerland and she runs kodai and associates GmbH, working alongside Yuichi Kodai, carrying out projects in London, Madrid, Tokyo, and Kyoto.
EDUCATION:
1978
Born in Harrogate, United Kingdom
2001
University College London,
The Bartlett School of Architecture
2005
Architectural Association School of Architecture
PROFESSIONAL
2005~14
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, London
2017
Established kodai and associates