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Reiko Chikada

Lighting Designer
Designer in Chief and CEO, Reiko Chikada Lighting Design, Inc.

1946 Born in Saitama, Japan
1970 Received Bachelor of Fine Arts from Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music
1970-1986 Worked as a lighting designer at Motoko Ishii Lighting Design, Inc.
1986 Established Reiko Chikada Lighting Design, Inc.
Also, a part-time lecturer at Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music


Professional Member of International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD)
Professional Member of Illuminating Engineering Institute of Japan (IEIJ)
Member of Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA)
Member of Japan Urban Design Institute (JUDI)
Member of International Dark-Sky Association (IDA)
Scope of Works Wide range of design experiences in city lighting, public facilities, landscapes, museums, hospitals, offices, hotels, commercial buildings, and residences.

City Lighting;
Toyota City, Shinagawa Inter-City and Shinagawa Central Garden, Kanazawa-jo Park, Saitama New Central Zone, Kyushu-Okinawa Summit 2000 Social Dinner at Shuri-jo Castle, JR Chiba Station Square

Architectural Lighting;
Kyushu National Museum, Hokkaido Hotel, Hotel SAN-YO-AN, Muza Kawakaski, Kutaniyaki Art Museum, Meiji University, Ibaraki Prefectural Office, St. Luke's International Hospital
Public Speaking Experience Shintoshin Coalition University, Saitama (Japan), September 2006; “Learn, Understand, and Design the Lights”

Kogakuin Evening Seminar at Kogakuin University, Tokyo, June 2006; “Learn the Lights” and “Consider the Lights”

Chubu District Urban View Conference, Mie (Japan), October 2005; “Urban Lighting”

Japan LED Association Founding Anniversary Symposium, Tokyo, November 2004; “How to Use LED in Architectural Space”

ELDA Light Focus 2001, Milan, May 2001; “The Difficult Role of the Designer when Creating the Lighting Master Plan of a 47.4ha All New Central Zone of a City”
Prizes
2010 Won IES Illumination Award / Award of Merit
Gifu Station North Plaza
2009 Won IES Illumination Award / Award of Merit
Chinzan-so, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so
Won IES Illumination Award / Award of Merit
Ginza Takamoto Building
Won IES Illumination Award / Award of Merit
Kogakuin University Hachioji Campus Student Center
Won IES Illumination Award / Award of Merit
The Cascades Jingumae
2008 Won IEIJ Good Lighting Design Award
Waseda University, The Okuma Auditorium
Won IEIJ Good Lighting Design Award
Sky Hall TOYOTA
Won IIDA / Award of Merit
Sky Hall TOYOTA
Won IIDA / Award of Merit
Toshima-ku Medical Center
Won IIDA / Section Award
Nezu Shrine
2007 Won IALD Lighting Design Award
Diana Garden Hiroo
Won IEIJ Good Lighting Design Award
Diana Garden Hiroo
Won IIDA / Award of Merit
Diana Garden Hiroo
Won IIDA / Award of Merit
COCONE Kamifukuoka
Won IIDA / Award of Merit
Retem Corporation Tokyo Factory
Won IALD Lighting Design Award
Retem Corporation Tokyo Factory
2006 Won AACA Yoshinobu Ashihara prize
Retem Corporation Tokyo Factory
Won Edwin F. Guth Memorial Award for Interior Design / Award of Excellence
Kyushu National Museum
Won IIDA / Award of Merit
Shinonome Canal Court CODAN
Won IIDA / Section Award
Saitama Prefectural Martial Arts Center
Won IIDA / Section Award
Ajinomoto Group Takanawa Training Center
Won IIDA / Section Award
Toyota-shi Station East Square, West Square, Toyota Ohashi Bridge and Toyota Stadium
Won IEIJ Good Lighting Design Award
Kyushu National Museum
Won IEIJ Good Lighting Design Award
Honda Wako Building
Won Good Design Award / Good Design Architecture
Proud City Oizumi-Gakuen
Won CS Design Award Grand-Prix
Hiroo Complex
2005 Won IIDA / Paul Waterbury Award of Excellence
The Heart Island, Shinden Ichibangai
Won IIDA / Award of Merit
Oi Keibajo
Won IIDA / Section Award
Academy Common, Meiji University Surugadai Campus
Won Good Design Award / Good Design Architecture
Shinonome Canal Court CODAN
2004 Won IIDA / Award of Merit
Izumi City Plaza
Won Osaka Urban Design Awards
Izumi City Plaza
Won IEIJ Quality Lighting Design Award
Izumi City Plaza
Won IEIJ Good Lighting Design Award
Muza Kawasaki
Won IEIJ Good Lighting Design Award
Shinonome Canal Court CODAN
Won Good Design Award / Good Design Architecture
Kichijoji Sunroad Shopping Mall Arcade
2001 Won IDA Award for quality outdoor lighting
Clean-Topia Marugame
22th Good Architect in Tohoku
Asahimachi Eco-museum Core Center
2000 Won the 12th Japan Housing Industry Development Association Award Grand Prix
Heart Hills 21 Asaka no Mori
Won IEIJ Quality Lighting Design Award
Mutsu Municipal Library
Won IIDA / Award of Merit
Toyota Ohashi Bridge
Won IIDA / Award of Merit
Ibaraki Prefectural Office
Won IIDA / Award of Merit
Ibaraki Prefectural Development Corporation Building
1999 Won IIDA / Award of Merit
Shuri-jo Park
Won IIDA / Section Award
Yoyogi no Mori Park Mansion
Won IIDA / Section Award
Seiyu no Ie
Won IIDA / Section Award
Yano-minami Elementary School
Won IIDA / Section Award
Hotel Meridian Grand Pacific
1998 Won IIDA / Award of Merit
Headquarters of the Public Health Department of Yamaguchi Prefecture
Won IIDA / Award of Merit
Kumagaya Funeral Pavilion
1997 Won IIDA / Award of Merit
The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama
1996 Won IEIJ Good Lighting Design Award for Architecture
JR Chiba Station Square, East Gate
Won Yokohama Urban Design Award
Sotsu Yokohama Headquarters
Won the Most Outstanding Display Design of the Year
Mikimoto Christmas Illumination
Won IIDA / Award of Merit
Sotsu Yokohama Headquarters
Won IIDA / Award of Merit
Hokkaido Hotel
Won IIDA / Award of Merit
Act City Hamamatsu Zone A
Won IIDA / Award of Merit
Mikimoto Christmas Illumination
Won IIDA / Award of Merit
Tokachi Ohashi Bridge
1995 Won IIDA / Award of Merit
WISH: Energy Efficient Housing
Won IIDA / Award of Merit
Housing Connected to the Community
Won IIDA / Award of Merit
Hisago Tokyo Headquarters
Won IIDA / Award of Merit
STEP: 85th Anniversary Memorial Hall of Chuo Institute of Technology
Won IIDA / Award of Merit
Yokohama Portside
1994 Won Ministry of International Trade & Industrial Good Design Award / Good Design Architecture
Floating Sukiya: Kobe Konishi Headquarters and Circulation Depot
Won IIDA / Award of Merit
Prismatic Cube
1993 Won Japan Display Design Association Award
Mikimoto Christmas Illumination
1992 Won IIDA / Award of Merit

Meguro Gajoen
Won IIDA / Award of Merit

Eau de Ciel: Daikin Tateshina Mountain Resort
1991 Won IIDA / Award of Merit
Itako Water Gate
Won IIDA / Award of Merit
Hotel Seashore
1990 Won IIDA / Award of Merit
A Prefabricated House for Senior Citizens
(August, 2007)

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