Reiko Hayama (architect)
Reiko Hayama (Japanese: 早間玲子, romanized: Hayama Reiko; November 9, 1933 – January 20, 2025) was a Japanese architect. She became the first architect from Japan to work in France.
Biography
Reiko Hayama was born in Tokyo in 1933.[1] She attended Yokohama National University from 1952 to 1958.[2]
From 1959 to 1965, she worked for Kunio Maekawa, who had collaborated with the Swiss French architect Le Corbusier.[2][3]
Hayama left Japan in 1966 and moved to Paris thanks to a Franco-Japanese collaboration scholarship issued by the French government.[2] She became the first Japanese architect authorized by the French state to work in France.[4][5]
In France, she spent three years collaborating with Charlotte Perriand, then spent 1969–1976 working with Jean Prouvé.[2][3] The latter encouraged her to add a French degree to her Japanese credential, which she obtained.[3]
In 1975, Hayama was named a member of the French Order of Architects.[2] From 1976 to 2013, she ran her own architecture studio, Hayama & Associates.[2][3] She often designed factories and offices for Japanese companies operating in France.[4]
France named her a knight of both the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and the Legion of Honour.[5] In 2011, she was named 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette, in the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun.[4]
Hayama died in Paris in 2025 at age 91.[1][5]
Major projects
- 1975: Bank of Tokyo[6]
- 1976: Maison du Japon at the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris (exterior renovation)
- 1978: Maison du Japon at the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris (interior renovation)
- 1978: Dupuis house, Chaville[2]
- 1984 and 1994: Canon Bretagne S.A.S., Brittany
- 1990: Yamaha Music France S.A., Marne-la-Vallée
- 1990: Institut Culturel Franco-Japonais, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines[2][4]
- 1992: Konica-Minolta Lorraine S.A.S., Vosges[2]
- 1992: Hitachi Computer Europe S.A.S., Orléans[2]
- 1992: Domaine de Belesbat Neuf (restoration, hotel renovation), Essone[2]
- 1992: Ogura S.A.S., Valenciennes
- 1992: Akebono Brake S.A.S., Gonesse[2]
- 1992: Noritsu France S.A., Évry[2]
- 2000: Sanden Manufacturing Europe S.A.S., Brittany[2]
- 2001: Japanese Ambassador's Residence (renovation), Paris
- 2012: Yamagata Toyopet S.A., Yamagata[2]
References
- ^ a b "HAYAMA Reiko". État civil sur le fichier des personnes décédées en France depuis 1970 (in French). Retrieved 2025-04-21.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Chevroulet, Irène Vogel; Zenno, Yasushi (December 2014). "Reiko Hayama, Between the Acts: Legacies from Le Corbusier and Kunio Maekawa". Dearq. 15: 62–83. doi:10.18389/dearq15.2014.06. ProQuest 264929025.
- ^ a b c d Témoignage de Reiko Hayama (Video) (in French). Ville De Nancy. 2012-08-31. Retrieved 2025-04-21 – via YouTube.
- ^ a b c d "Remise des insignes de l'Ordre du Soleil Levant, Rayons d'Or avec Rosette, à Madame Reiko Hayama à la Résidence de l'Ambassadeur le 28 février 2012". Ambassade du Japon en France (in French). 2012-02-28. Archived from the original on 2023-02-01.
- ^ a b c "Deuils - Reiko HAYAMA". Le Figaro (in French). 2025-02-08. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
- ^ Prouvé, Simone; Seidel, Muriel (2023). Simone Prouvé: tisser la lumière. Saint-Gervais: Selena Éditions. ISBN 979-10-94886-37-3.