Prof. SHINOHARA, Hiroyuki (筱原宽之) Assistant Professor

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



Introduction Hiroyuki Shinohara is Assistant Professor at the School of Architecture of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Prior to joining CUHK, he was Assistant Professor in Architecture and Built Environment at the University of Nottingham, Ningbo.
Previously, Hiroyuki had worked at international architecture firms as lead designer. At AECOM, Shanghai, he was Associate Director and had led teams in Architecture and Urbanism for integrated architecture and urban design projects. At Perkins & Will, Shanghai, he was Director of Design Practice and responsible for quality assurance and project delivery, apart from designing architectural projects.
With diverse experiences in practice, Hiroyuki has also been engaging in teaching and academic research.
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Research Interests Types and the Idea of City
Architectural Pedagogy
Knowledge Transfer of Traditional Craftsmanship
Material and Making
Japanese Language and Architecture

Publications Loo, YM., Shinohara, H., Wang, Y., Xiang, Y., 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, 2021, DOI: 10.1080/17508975.2021.1952398
Shinohara, H., Sun, X., Elamin, A., Cheshmehzangi, A., Enhance Novice Student Learning in Architectural Design- A Digital-Manual Mixed Method Approach, a book chapter, Byrom, T. (Ed.), Meeting the Teaching and Learning Challenges in 21st Century Higher Education: Universal Design, 96-108, 2020.12, Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Shinohara, H., Yiu, M., Collective Form for Post-developmental Inner-city Regeneration, XJTLU International Conference: Architecture across Boundaries, Knowledge E, Social Sciences, 168-81, DOI 10.18502/15, 2019. Open access.
Shinohara, H., Kitagawa, K., Kurata, S., Shinohara, R., “Embodied Aspects of Architecture and Mimetic Word Expression in Text Description of Buildings”, Journal of Architecture and Planning, Vol.83 No.747, 2018.5, Architectural Institute of Japan.
Shinohara, H., Kitagawa, K., Tahara, S., “Material Aspects of Architecture and Mimetic Word Expression in Text Description of Buildings”, Journal of Architecture and Planning, Vol.82 No.737, 2017.7, Architectural Institute of Japan.
Shinohara, H., Yiu, M., “Patchwork City”, 10th Conference of the International Forum on Urbanism – The Entrepreneurial City, pp.351-59, 2017.12.
Shinohara, H., “Custom Bike Urbanism”, Interview, City Thinker, Urban China, no.45, pp.112-17, November 2010.
Shinohara, H., “Custom Bike Urbanism”, Materia Arquitectura #02, pp.66-76, March 2010.
Shinohara, H., “Mutation of Tianzifang Taikang-lu Shanghai”, 4th Conference of the International Forum on Urbanism – New Urban Question – Urbanism beyond Neo-Liberalism, pp.749-52, 2009.11.
Shinohara, H., “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, 2008.9, Architectural Institute of Japan.
Shinohara, H., Chen, H., “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, pp.857-59, 2006.10.

Honours and Recognitions 2nd Prize, Wenzhou Kean University Library and Student Center, International Architectural Design Competition, Wenzhou, China, 2015 (with Perkins + Will)
Shortlisted, The Vanke Sales House, Architizer A+Awards – Residential Low Rise (1-4 Floors) Category, 2014 (with AECOM)
1st Prize, Daming Museum Complex, International Architectural Design Competition, Xian, China, 2009 (with PTW Architects)