About side by side architects
We side by side architects collaborates with various people starting from architectural design,
aims to make proposals and realize the global environment, including the social system, including the living environment of humans.
For each building, environmental simulations of heat, light, energy, and air are performed using software based on unique conditions.
We create a comfortable living environment from the perspective of design and science.
Recent projects by side by side architects
Ushimaru Restaurant Chiba, Japan 2023
Expansion&Renovation
after
before
Building Type： Restaurant
Structural System： Wood / Steel（Partial）
Number of Floors： 1 Story
Site Area： 793.44m²
Building Area： 229.91m²
Total Floor Area： 277.25m² (including Expansion area 84.24m²)
design collaboration with Axel Vansteenkiste Architecture
Ouidah Hospital Quidah, Benin, Africa 2020
Detail design finished but construction unfinished
Building Type： Hospital
Structural System： Reinforced Concrete
Number of Floors： 2 Story
Total Floor Area： 9,100m²
Note : side by side architects was entrusted design of these buildings by AET&Associates.
Who are side by side architects
Chiharu Moriyama co-founder
Ayako Matsumiya co-founder
Professional Affiliations
Registered Architect (senior), Japan
Education
2003 Bachelor, Dep. of Housing and Architecture, Japan Women's University
2005 Master, Dep.of Architecture and Building Engineering,
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Teaching / Researching Career
2012-2022 Lecturer, Nihon University
2021- Lecturer, Kanagawa University
Major Project and Working Carrer
2005-2011 ToyoIto and Associates, Architects
( * are projects in charge in TIAA)
* Exhibision "The New 'Real' in Architecture",
* Gavia Park(Madrid),
* SUMIKA Project by Tokyo Gas (Utsunomiya),
* Yaoko Kawagoe Museum (Kawagoe)
* National Taiwan University, College of Social Sciences (Taipei)
2015 House W
2018 Nursery School Under Elevated Railway in Machiya
Award
2002 Masako Hayashi Award
2009 Environmental and Equipment Design Award *
(* SUMIKA Project by Tokyo Gas (Utsunomiya))
2022 KIDS DESIGN AWARD
(Nursery School Under Elevated Railway in Machiya)
Publication
Professional Affiliations
Registered Architect (senior), Japan
Education
Bachelor, Dep. of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University
2003 Bachelor, Dep. of Housing and Architecture, Japan Women's University
2005 Master,Division of Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences,The University of Tokyo
Teaching / Reserching Career
2013-15 Coordinator,Special Research Committee on Making of Urban Restructuring Model for Population Declining Phase,the Architectural Institute of Japan
2014-15 Researcher,Division of Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences,The University of Tokyo
2019- Lecturer, Japan Women's University
2019- Lecturer, Nihon University
Major Project and Working Carrer
2005-19 NIHON SEKKEI, INC.
2014-15 member of Public Facility Reconstruction Promotion Council,Narashino City
2020- Vice Chairman, Implementation Plan Review Committee of Public Facilities Management,Wako City
Bunkyo GARDEN_Residential,Commercial,Bunkyo-ku,Tokyo
Ao_Commercial,Minato-ku,Tokyo
Akasaka Intercity AIR_Office,Commercial,Minato-ku,Tokyo
TIA new building,The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology_Laboratory,Tsukuba,Japan
Vietnam National Space Center,Hanoi,Vietnam
Kosugi 3rd Avenue_Commercial,Residential,Kawasaki,Japan
Chugai Life Science Park_Laboratory,Yokohama,Japan
（all projects in charge in NIHON SEKKEI, INC.）
Publication
有限責任事業組合サイドバイサイド一級建築士事務所 東京都千代田区富士見1-3-1 上田ビル206
side by side, architects Tokyo, Japan info@sidebyside.jp