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1. http://www.century21.com/property/810-locust-street-roselle-park-nj-07204-ERA3217881
2. 810 Locust Street Roselle Park, NJ 07204
3. $179,128

Architect Project - Personal History

     My name is Kazuo Shinohara and I am a modern Japanese architect. I was born on April 2, 1925 in Shizuoka, Japan. When I was first heading off to college, I planned on majoring in Architecture to revolutionize the idea of modern Japanese architecture. I have been active since 1925, designing over 60 residential buildings and a few commercial/public buildings as well. I studied at TIT (Tokyo Institute of Technology) and graduated in 1953, later on becoming a professor in 1970 to teach other generations about different architectural ideas. The idea of modern Japanese came from a group of other Japanese architects, including myself, after World War II. We believed in building for the future to leave the past behind. There is nothing specific that is included in this style; it is all just ideas drawn out and later designed in a greater scale. It can be intricate, organized, random, etc., as long as it has very little to do with the well-known traditional style. Overall, I am capable of designing any structure that is put on my shoulders, as long as the idea is there.

Architect Project - Description

Kazuo Shinohara designed a museum that I used as the basis of what I would design in terms of his architectural style. I decided to design an art gallery. The art gallery was designed with intricate shapes and materials to coincide with Shinohara’s ideas. The front of the building I decided to make mostly glass to let in natural light as well as the side curved walls of the top of the building. With this, I used his idea of combining metal and glass by making metal bars to separate sections of the glass. Most of the building was made with metal material, which I was very skeptical about because not a lot of structures are built mainly with metal. The sole purpose of this building is mentioned in the building type—an art gallery. In order to figure out certain dimensions, I searched up other art galleries and estimated dimensions in order to fit the standard qualities of an art gallery. Overall, the design was very simple and ordinary but it stands out from other gallery structures because of the certain materials I used.