Japanese architect Kengo Kuma will display his interior design and jewelry design at ONES in Qianhai.

    One special exhibit is a carpet made up of silk and wool, which looks like moss.

    Kuma is a professor at the Graduate School of Architecture at the University of Tokyo. Frequently compared to contemporaries Shigeru Ban and Kazuyo Sejima, Kuma is also noted for his prolific writing.

    Kuma was born in Yokohama, and attended Eiko Gakuen junior and senior high schools. After graduating with a degree in architecture from the University of Tokyo in 1979, he worked for a time at Nihon Sekkei and the Toda Corporation. He then moved to New York in the United States for further studies at Columbia University as a visiting researcher from 1985 to 1986.

    In 1987, he founded the Spatial Design Studio, and in 1990, he established his own office Kengo Kuma & Associates. He has taught at Columbia University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Keio University, where in 2008, Kuma was awarded his Ph.D. in architecture.

    As a professor at the Graduate School of Architecture at the University of Tokyo, he runs diverse research projects concerning architecture, urbanity and design within his own laboratory, Kuma Lab. His office Kengo Kuma & Associates employs over 150 architects in Tokyo and Paris, designing projects of diverse types and scales throughout the world.

    His key projects include the Suntory Museum of Art in Tokyo, Bamboo Wall House in China, LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy) Group’s Japan headquarters, Besancon Art Center in France, and one of the largest spas in the Caribbean for Mandarin Oriental Dellis Cay.

    Exhibition period: June 6-20

    Venue: ONES, Block 19, Qianhai Enterprise Hall, 63 Qianhai Road 1 (前海一路63号前海企业公馆19栋前海壹会艺术空间)

    Metro: Luobao Line, Liyumen Station (鲤鱼门站), Exit A, and then take a free Qianhaixing shuttle bus(SD News)