nextstations / architects team

architects and founder members:
Yasuyuki KAWANISHI + Yoshihiro KURITA + Shintaro YANAGI

Curriculum vitae for nextstations as team
2002  nextstations was established as the research team.
2003  1st. prize: the research project for Urbanism and Architecture (sponsored by Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and Japanese Architecture magazine: Shin-Kenchiku)
2010  the renovation project for Nakamura Station, Tosa Kuroshio Railway

Prizes for Nakamura Station
Good Design Award 2010: the special prize from the minister of The Small and Medium Enterprise Agency
Japan Railway Award 2010: the special prize
JCD (Japanese Commercial Environment Designers Association) award 2010: the new face award
anåd other prizes.

Yasuyuki KAWANISHI (Left)

1976  born in Nara, JAPAN
1999 graduated from the department of architecture engineering, the University of Chiba, JAPAN
2001  graduated from the Master of design and architecture, the University of Chiba, JAPAN
2001  the guest student of the Royal Danish Academy of Art: school of Architecture Copenhagen, DENMARK
2002  DRFTWD office, Amsterdam, the NETHERLANDS
2005  SNCF-AREP ville (French National Railway research and design institute), Paris, FRANCE
2007  Akira KURYU architects office, Tokyo, JAPAN
2007  the Lecturer of the University of Chiba, JAPAN

Yoshihiro KURITA (Right)

1976  born in Hamamatsu, JAPAN
1998 graduated from the department of architecture engineering, Musashi Institute of Technology (Tokyo City University), JAPAN
2000  graduated from the Master of design and architecture, the University of Chiba, JAPAN
2001  graduated from the Master of architecture, The Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), Los Angeles, the United States of America
2001  DRFTWD office, Amsterdam, the NETHERLANDS
2004  the chief of Kengo KUMA architects office, Tokyo, JAPAN

Shintaro YANAGI (Centre)

1976  born in Saitama, JAPAN
1999 graduated from the department of architecture engineering, the University of Chiba, JAPAN
2001  graduated from the Master of design and architecture, the University of Chiba, JAPAN
2008  the president of Yanagi architects office, Saitama, JAPAN