Hiroyasu Shoji (東海林 弘靖, born 1958) is a Japanese lighting designer.
Hiroyasu Shoji is the president of Lightdesign Inc., located in Ginza, Tokyo. He began serving as the director of the Japanese International Lighting Designers Association when it was founded.
Career Hiroyasu Shoji founded the lighting design studio Lightdesign Inc. in 2000. He has worked with architects including Zaha Hadid, Fumihiko Maki, Toyo Ito, Sou Fujimoto. He has focused on lighting design since 2011.
Inspiration He was inspired to focus his work on lighting due to the blackout following the Fukushima earthquake in 2011 and by a visit to Papua New Guinea which had no electricity at the time.
Projects and awards PJ Name Date Architects Location Lighting design award Za-Koenji2008 Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects Tokyo, JapanInternational Association of Lighting Designer - Special Citation Shimizu Performing Arts Center2012 Maki and Associates + Taisei Corporation Project Consortium Shizuoka, Japan Illuminating Engineering Society of North America - Award of Merit Galaxy SOHO2012 Zaha Hadid ArchitectsBeijing, China Illuminating Engineering Society of North America - Award of Merit Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital NICU2013 Yamashita Sekkei INC. Aichi, Japan International Association of Lighting Designer - Special Citation Wangjing SOHO2014 Zaha Hadid ArchitectsBeijing, China Illuminating Engineering Society of North America - Award of Merit Sky SOHO2014 Zaha Hadid ArchitectsShanghai, China Illuminating Engineering Society of North America - Award of Merit Futako-Tamagawa Rise2015 Design Supervision: Conran Partners [II-a Area]: Nikken Sekkei LTD, RIA, Tokyu Architects& Engineers INC. [I-a.b, II-b, III Area]: RIA, Tokyu Architects& Engineers INC. Tokyo, Japan International Association of Lighting Designer - Award of Excellence Tokyu Plaza Ginza2016 Nikken SekkeiTokyo, Japan Illuminating Engineering Society of North America - Award of Merit Sea World Culture and Arts Center2017 Maki and AssociatesShenzhen, China Illuminating Engineering Society of North America - Award of Merit Yakushi-ji Temple -Jikido Hall2017 Toyo Ito & Associates, ArchitectsNara, Japan Illuminating Engineering Society of North America - Award of Merit 'Meguri no Mori' Kawaguchi City Funeral Hall2018 Toyo Ito & Associates, ArchitectsSaitama, Japan Illuminating Engineering Society of North America - Award of Merit
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