Prof. SHINOHARA, Hiroyuki (篠原寬之)

Introduction

Hiroyuki Shinohara is an Assistant Professor at the School of Architecture of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Before joining CUHK, he was an Assistant Professor in Architecture and Built Environment at the University of Nottingham, Ningbo.

Before joining academia, Hiroyuki practised at international architecture firms as a lead designer. At AECOM, Shanghai, he was an Associate Director and led teams in Architecture and Urbanism for integrated architecture and urban design projects. At Perkins & Will, Shanghai, he was the Director of Design Practice in charge of architectural design, quality assurance, and delivery of projects.

With diverse experiences in practice, Hiroyuki engages in teaching and academic research at CUHK. His current research direction brings together craft, material, and technology to evaluate and upgrade the use of local materials and traditional making techniques for contemporary architectural design. He also researches on type and typology and the idea of the city, examining the dominant architectural types of cities and their social implications. In his Ph.D., Hiroyuki studied Japanese architects’ uses of onomatopoeias in their textual descriptions. The research points to the Japanese architects’ use of the ordinal sound-based words particular to the Japanese language that results in the production of sensible and tangible spaces in Japanese architecture. The research contributes to the study of language in architecture by connecting the study of language to materiality instead of formality.

Research Interests

Material and Making
Knowledge Transfer of Traditional Craftsmanship
Language and Architecture
Types and the Idea of City
Architectural Pedagogy

Publications

Designing for Vulnerabilities. The Definition of Public Spaces as a Strategy for a Sustainable Renovation of Beijing Heritage Sites

Mangi, E., & Shinohara, H. (2022). Designing for Vulnerabilities. The Definition of Public Spaces as a Strategy for a Sustainable Renovation of Beijing Heritage Sites. In Giorgi, E., Cattaneo, T., Herrera, F. A. M., & Tarango, A. V. D. S. (Eds.). Design for Vulnerable Communities (1st ed., pp. 201-224). (The Urban Book Series). Springer.

Dominant Type and Migrant Spaces in Chinese Cities: Architectural Transformation of the Tower-Podium Typology of a High-Rise Housing Block into Hybrid Living Place in Ningbo, China

Loo, YM., Shinohara, H., Wang, Y., & Xiang, Y. (2021). Dominant Type and Migrant Spaces in Chinese Cities: Architectural Transformation of the Tower-Podium Typology of a High-Rise Housing Block into Hybrid Living Place in Ningbo, China. Intelligent Buildings International. DOI: 10.1080/17508975.2021.1952398

Enhance Novice Student Learning in Architectural Design- A Digital-Manual Mixed Method Approach

Shinohara, H., Sun, X., Elamin, A., & Cheshmehzangi, A. (2020). Enhance Novice Student Learning in Architectural Design- A Digital-Manual Mixed Method Approach. In Byrom, T. (Ed.), Meeting the Teaching and Learning Challenges in 21st Century Higher Education: Universal Design (1^st ed., pp. 96-108). Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Collective Form for Post-developmental Inner-city Regeneration

Shinohara, H., & Yiu, M. (2019). Collective Form for Post-developmental Inner-city Regeneration. XJTLU International Conference: Architecture across Boundaries, Knowledge E, Social Sciences, 168-181, DOI 10.18502/15, Open access

Embodied aspects of Architecture and Mimetic Word Expression in Text Description of Buildings

Shinohara, H., Kitagawa, K., Kurata, S., & Shinohara, R. (2018). Embodied aspects of Architecture and Mimetic Word Expression in Text Description of Buildings. Journal of Architecture and Planning, Vol.83 No.747, 967-977

Material aspects of Architecture and Mimetic Word Expression in Text Description of Buildings

Shinohara, H., Kitagawa, K., & Tahara, S. (2017). Material aspects of Architecture and Mimetic Word Expression in Text Description of Buildings. Journal of Architecture and Planning, Vol.82 No.737, 1829-1837

Patchwork City

Shinohara, H., & Yiu, M. (2017). Patchwork City. 10th Conference of the International Forum on Urbanism – The Entrepreneurial City, 351-359

In Between the Suburb Masterplans

Yiu, M., & Shinohara, H. (2017). In Between the Suburb Masterplans. 10th Conference of the International Forum on Urbanism – The Entrepreneurial City, 58-66

Interview- City Thinker: Custom Bike Urbanism

Shinohara, H. (2010). Interview- City Thinker: Custom Bike Urbanism. Urban China, no.45, 112-117

Custom Bike Urbanism

Shinohara, H. (2010). Custom Bike Urbanism. Materia Arquitectura, no.2, 66-76, 94-95, Universidad San Sebastián, Chile (Spanish)

Mutation of Tianzifang Taikang-lu Shanghai

Shinohara, H. (2009). Mutation of Tianzifang Taikang-lu Shanghai. 4th Conference of the International Forum on Urbanism – New Urban Question – Urbanism beyond Neo-Liberalism, 749-752

Square Pentagon – Another American SOM

Shinohara, H. (2008). 四角いペンタゴン: もうひとつのアメリカSOM” [Square Pentagon – Another American SOM (trans.)]. Journal of Architecture and Building Science, 123(1580), 83

City Planting – Production and Consumption of City Images – A Case Study of Hangzhou City China

Shinohara, H., & Chen, H. (2006). City Planting – Production and Consumption of City Images – A Case Study of Hangzhou City China. 2006 International Forum on Urbanism – Modernization and Regionalism – Re-inventing Urban Identity, vol.2, 857-59

Honours and Recognitions

2015 SECOND PRIZE, Wenzhou Kean University Library and Student Center, International Architectural Design Competition, Wenzhou, China, (with Perkins + Will)

2014 SHORTLISTED, The Vanke Sales House, Architizer A+Awards – Residential Low Rise (1-4 Floors) Category (with AECOM)

2009 FIRST PRIZE, Daming Museum Complex, International Architectural Design Competition, Xian, China (with PTW Architects)

Assistant Professor

PhD in Architecture (Nagoya Institute of Technology)
MArch (Harvard GSD)
BEng in Architecture (Nagoya Institute of Technology)
Architectural Institute of Japan

Rm. 204, Lee Shau Kee Architecture Building, CUHK

3943 6573
hiroyukishinohara@cuhk.edu.hk

Webinar for MPhil-PhD Application: Direction, Proposal and Supervision