Lecturer

Kazuyo Sejima (b. 1956, Ibaraki, Japan) studied architecture at the Japan Women’s University. In 1987 she opened her own studio Kazuyo Sejima & Associates, and then in 1995, together with Ryue Nishizawa, she founded SANAA. SANAA’s main works include the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa, the Rolex Learning Center (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne), and the Louvre-Lens. In 2010 Kazuyo Sejima was appointed director of the Venice Biennale. In the same year, Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA were the recipients of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. She is currently a professor at the Polytechnic University of Milan, Yokohama Graduate School of Architecture (Y-GSA), and teaching at Japan Women’s University and Osaka University of Arts as a visiting professor.