GENETO is an architects office based in Kyoto and Tokyo in Japan. GENETO consists of three main architects, Koji Yamanaka, Yuji Yamanaka and Asako Yamashita.
They are active in a range of city, architecture and furniture with a cross-sectoral manner, and are seeking a new way of public.
Koji Yamanaka
2000 Kyoto Seika University, Architecture course, Jury’s special award awarded for graduation project
2002 Research student in Kyoto Prefecture University
2004 Establish GENETO Architects office
2007-2009 part-time professor in Kyoto Seika University
2014- Associate professor in Osaka Seikei University
Yuji Yamanaka
2003 Kyoto Prefecture University, living environment course
2004 Establish GENETO Architects office
2006 Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture and Building Engineering, Master’s degree
2008- Part-time professor in Tokyo University of Science, part-time professor in ICS College of Arts
2013- Part-time professor in Nippon Institute of technology
Asako Yamashita
2004 Kyoto Prefecture University, living environment design course
2007 Konstfack InteriorArchitecture Course, MFA.
Department Scholarship, Konstfack awarded for Final exam.
2007-2008 Part-time professor in Kyoto Design School
2016- Part-time professor in Osaka Seikei College and Kyoto University Art & Design
Award
OPUS DESIGN AWARD 2001, Winning piece of work
Dupont Imagineering Design Competition 2003-2004 Japan, Special prize
Abita style Furniture Design Competition 2008, encouraging prize
GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2008
JCD Design Award 2009 a prize 2009
JCD Design Award 2010 gold prize 2010
Design for Asia Award 2011, Bronze award
JID AWARD 2012 BIENNIAL, Interior Space Prize
International Design Award 2013, Honorable award
Architizer A+Awards 2014, Popular Choice Award/Jury Award
Design For Asia 2014, Silver award
SD Review 2015
Main works
KAGUKA(2004)
SCAN(2006)
UE-HOUSE(2007)
TANADA piece gallery(2009)
KD-HOUSE(2010)
AZB apartment(2010)
JIDAIYA ARASHIYAMA(2011)
ART MOBILE(2012)
L’angolino(2013)
YOC restaurant(2014)
aTokyo office renovation(2015)