ABOUT

About Endo Architectural Atelier

Endo Architectural Atelier is a design office headed by Kenichiro Endo, an architect hailing from Otaru City in Hokkaido.
From days of old, human beings have built buildings and cities in their quest to actualize all sorts of different spaces, seeking to create a Natural Life Style.
Architecture started from the desire for safety in the form of shelters and has evolved into its current incarnation along a journey aiming for ever more comfortable environments. Planning in architecture requires the consideration of an array of elements. And these elements change dramatically depending on the people who will live in or use the building.
- Easy to use and streamlined, including energy usage
- High quality spaces highlighting the unique qualities of Japanese culture
- A comfortable and form fitting sense of scale and spatial composition
- A relaxing environment as your lifestyle base
- We create ideal and unique structures valuing the above elements and with full consideration given to the people we have met in various situations as well as the relationship to and power of the building site.
By pursuing perfection with the above elements in the forefront of our minds, we infuse each location with meaning and construct strong spaces and buildings that bring locations and people together.
There are many pathways to ideas for creating a unique and high quality space that resonates with all of the five senses, a "Live Space" that fully takes into consideration the strengths of the building site environment.
In addition to creating space designs, Endo Architectural Atelier also organizes the points requisite to each specific building, soars above the physical solutions to those points into the realm of creative production, and offers planning that is comprehensively balanced.
We offer ideal proposals within an optimal cost balance from the customer viewpoint and build designs based on those proposals.

Company Profile

Name
Endo Architectural Atelier Co., Ltd.
Date founded
March 1994
Headquarters
20-1-18, Kita4-jo Nishi, Sapporo Shi Chuo Ku, Hokkaido, 064-0824, Japan
Registration number
Level 1 Architect Design Office, Hokkaido Governor Registration No. 4584
Telephone number
+8111-644-0070
Fax number
+8111-644-0070
Services
Home design-inspection, project management, planning, design, and supervision
Architecture design-inspection, project management, planning, design, and supervision
City planning -inspection, project management, planning, design, and supervision
Interior design-inspection, project management, planning, design, and supervision
Exterior planning -inspection, project management, planning, design, and supervision
Furniture, furnishings and sign design

Access

20-1-18, Kita4-jo Nishi, Sapporo Shi Chuo Ku, Hokkaido, 064-0824, Japan

Car: 57 minutes on the Hokkaido Expressway from New Chitose Airport
Car: 10 minutes by car from JR Sapporo Station

Representative profile

Kenichiro Endo

1959
Born in Otaru
1978
Graduated from Hokkaido Otaru Choryo High School
1983
Graduated from the Department of Architecture at Musashi Institute of Technology
(currently called Tokyo City University)
1985
Completed the Masters Course in the Department of Architecture at Musashino Art University (Advisor: Minoru Takeyama)
1985
Entered Minoru Takeyama Architectural Organization Office
1994
Launched First Class Architect Office Endo Architectural Design Office, Y.K.
2000
Changed office name to Endo Architectural Atelier, Y.K.
2006
Transitioned from a limited company to a stock company
Certifications and memberships
  • Class One Minister of Construction Registration, No. 221159
  • Japan Institute of Architects (JIA) Registered Architect, No. 20401109, Head Office Director, Hokkaido Branch Head
  • BIS (Building Insulation Specialist) Certification
  • Association of Risk Management Certified Risk Manager
  • Hokkai Gakuen University, Part Time Lecturer
  • Architectural Institute of Japan, Hokkaido Branch, Member
  • Hokkaido Association of Architectural Firms, Member
  • NPO Otaru Works Representative
2004–2009
Japan Institute of Architects, Hokkaido Branch Secretary General
2010–2015
Japan Institute of Architects, Hokkaido Branch Assistant Branch Chief
2016 onward
Japan Institute of Architects, Head Office Director, Hokkaido Branch Head
Committee memberships, activities, etc.
2013–2014
Architectural Institute of Japan Hokkaido Branch Permanent Council Member
2014–2015
Higashikagura Town Urban Design Scenery Committee Member
2014 onward
Otaru History and Nature Centered Urban Design Scenery Council Member

Staff

  • Honma

    遠藤建築アトリエの設計デザインは常に新しいデザイン、構造、素材、設備を積極的に取り入れ、チャレンジ精神で臨みます。常に新しい事に挑戦し続けることはとても大変で強い精神力が必要ですが、完成した建築とお客様の喜ばれる姿は格別です。スタッフ一同精一杯お手伝いさせていただきます。

  • Arakida

    ｢最良のデザインで応える｣設計をしているとき、頭の中にある言葉です。

  • Hasegawa

    「デザイン」することは、人間の日常生活において必要不可欠なことです。デザインの意味はとても広く、形を創造することだけではなく、行為やルールなどのソフト面もその対象となると思います。「建築デザイン」においても同じで、ハードとソフトの両方を考えることが重要です。私が設計をする上で最も大切にしていることは、関わる人とのコミュニケーションや、その人達の将来を想像することです。建築は目に見える形としてはっきり現れますが、そこに込められた思いこそが建築物の本質であり、豊かさを生み出すものであり、個性をつくるものだと考えています。その思いをくみ取り、整理し、付加価値をつけて意匠的にまとめることが私達の仕事です。また近年の画一的な都市形成には疑問を抱いており、もう少し人や地域に寄り添ったデザインを構築できるような仕事もしてみたいと考えています。

  • Yokoki

    建築の持つ力に興味があります。 創ることはいろいろな”きっかけ”をつくることができますが、より多くその”きっかけ”をご提案して オーナー様へのクオリティはもちろん、それを超える良い意味での想定外が生まれるようにご協力できればと考えております。

  • Ishizuki

    建物を建てるという行為は、一人では出来ません。オーナー様、施工者、メーカー、スタッフ、接する人全てを信じて前に進む事こそが、より良い建築を創る上で一番大事だと思います。設計を通して出会う人達に、日々感謝の気持ちを持って業務に取組みます。

  • Shirato