Miki Morita森田　美紀

Works on Architectural Practices

Miki Morita - 森田 美紀

Skills

Architecture, Residential, Interior, Furniture, and Signage Design, Hand Drawing, CAD drawing, 3D Visualization, Sketch

Concept Developing, Project Management, Company Establishment, Trip Coordination....

Work Experience

2015- Architect / Founder: arkitekter mok, Copenhagen

Space, Product, Travel, Communication Designvv

2015 - Architect / Project Coordinator: Kontrapunkt A/S, Copenhagen

As Architect: Space and product design based on visual identity,

Design direction for Japanese market

Projects: Andersen Bakery - Shop Design Project at Aoyama, Tokyo / Tivoli, Copenhagen

Concept Development, Design, Layout Plannning, Visualization, Construction Drawing

DNP - Wayfinding & Signage Design for exterior at Ichigaya, Tokyo

Concept Development, Material Experience, Design, Visualization, Construction Drawing, Project Manager

Aarhus Letbane - Station Signage Design

Product Design, Visualization, Production Drawing

As Coordinator: PR, Business Trip Coordination, Copy writing, Company Establishment

Clients: DNP, Nissan, Isetan, Denso, Andersen Bakery, Danone,

Aarhus Letbane, Bank Nordik, Kolding Syghus.. ..

2013 - 2014 Junior Designer / Assistant Project Manager: Kontrapunkt A/S, Copenhagen

2012 Summer Internship: KATO x Victoria, Copenhagen

2012 Summer Internship: MOO (Yoshiji Takehara) Architect Workshop, Osaka

2012 Winter - Spring Internship: Tadao Ando architect & associates, Osaka

Education

2012 - 2015 Master degree: Master of Art and Architecture (MAA)

The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, Copenhagen

Institute: Architecture and Design

Program: Spatial Design, Perception and Detail

2008-2012 Bachelor degree: Housing design

Osaka City University, Yoshiji Takehara / Shihoko Koike lab., Osaka

Major: Residential Design and Research

1989 Born in Kyoto, Japan

Activities

2015 Travel Coordination for Denmark Design Council

2013 Exhibited at Milano Salone

2012 Head of PR, Graduation design exhibition,

Diploma x KYOTO (http://diplomaxkyoto.jp/) (in Japanese).

Honors and Awards

June 2015 Highest Grade (12), Master Thesis Presentation, Hotel & Lab. New Nordic

April 2012 First Prize, Bachelor Thesis show, Surround of Deliciousness

Sept 2011 Fine work prize, Busan architecture exhibition competition, 2011 spheRE.

Feb 2011 First Prize, Community Design Bridge Nishiyokobori, Osaka competition,

Dish Link Map in Nishiyokobori.

Language Skill

Japanese Mother Tongue

English Business Level

Danish Daily Conversation

Software

Adobe Creative Suites - Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign, Premiere, After Effect, Dreamweaver, Muse, Bridge

CAD - AutoCAD, Rhinoceros, V-Ray, SketchUp, Vector Works

Microsoft Office Series - Word, Excel, Powerpoint

iWork Series - Pages, Numbers, Keynote

Interest

Watercolor painting, Photographing,Wood Processing,

Short Movie Editing, Leather Work, Cooking, Football

Traveling (25 countries and areas)

Portfolio of Architecture Practice

October 2015

Miki Morita

森田 美紀

Printed in Copenhagen, Denmark

INDEX

Self Introduction

Architectture

Hotel & Lab. New Noridic

Museum Underground

Ambience of deliciousness

Furniture

Leaf Chair

Dondra Chair

Quote

During her time at Kontrapunkt, Miki has demonstrated a wide

range of professional capabilities. She has produced excellent design

project in a diverse range of areas. … Her sensitive and refined

creative approach allows her to capture the best from many cultures,

with coherent and poetic results. And creative she is! Miki is always

keen to work and learn, pushing herself to the limits.

-Bo Linnemann, Design Director & Founding Partner,

Kontrapunkt

Self Introduction

I am a Japanese architect, educated in both Japan and Denmark.

The deepest theme in my architectural practice is seeking

universal and genuine value within spaces,

as based on thelivelihoods of the people that inhabit and

experience them.

In creating this value I look to history, culture and technology,

and gather inspiration from a wide range of existing physical

places.

My school practice often focuses on the integration of historical

understandings within a modern perspective.

Hotel and Lab. New Nordic

This project is for the new Nordic hotel and culinary laboratory on Sejerø, where is famous

for the music festival and good weather, but unnoticeable about good farming. It’s based on

the manifesto translated from the New Nordic Kitchen Manifesto into a design language and

developed into a whole architectural and experiential design. Under this manifesto, like a crea-

ting new Nordic dish, I design this architecture using local materials, thinking about Nordic

seasons and light and coexisting the new and old, Nordic and the world impulse. The layers of

architectural materials of wall make the adjustable interior environment and usages depending

on a season.

Title: Hotel & Lab. New Nordic

Program: Gourmet hotel in Summer

and culinary labolatory in winter on isolated island

Time: June, 2015

Site: Sejerø, Nordsjælland, Denmark

Size: (Summer) 30 seat restaurant, Kitchen, Banquet,

5 hotel room, Common terrace

(Winter) Tasting room and canteen, Kitchen Lab.,

Design Studio, 5 accomodations

(In Common) Green house

Instractor: Tom Mose Petersen, Merete Ahnfeldt-Mollerup,

Nicholas Thomas Lee,

Organization: KADK, Denmark

Collaborator: noma, restaurant Bror, Sejerø Municipality, Suguru Kobayashi

Grade: 12

Visualization for the view of chefs. Kitchen, Restaurant area and Landscapes.

1. Sejerø Bird eye View / Visit Denmark / 2012 2. Map Drawing of Copenhagen and Sejerø / Miki Morita / 20143. Site Plan Drawing / S=1:10000 / 2014, 4. Horizon Images / Tubakiyama Hayama / 2008 Site Research Movie Image Capturings / 2:55 / Location: Sejerø / Jan 2015

Inspiration Photos / Timber Frame / Old Barn house / Silent Spaces: The Last of the Great Aisled Barns, Malcolm Kirk, 1994

To express the purity, freshness, simplicity and ethics

we wish to associate with our region.

To reflect the changing of the seasons in the meals we make.

To base our cooking on ingredients and produce whose characteristics

are particularly excellent in our climates, landscapes and waters.

To combine the demand for good taste

with modern knowledge of health and well-being.

To promote Nordic products and the variety of Nordic producers

– and to spread the word about their underlying cultures.

To promote animal welfare and a sound production process in our seas, on our

farmland and in the wild.

To develop potentially new applications of traditional

Nordic food products.

To combine the best in Nordic cookery and culinary traditions

with impulses from abroad.

To combine local self-sufficiency with regional sharing

of high-quality products.

To join forces with consumer representatives, other cooking craftsmen, agriculture, the

fishing, food , retail and wholesale industries, researchers, teachers, politicians and

authorities on this project for the benefit and advantage of everyone in the Nordic

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MANIFESTO FOR

THE NEW NORDIC KITCHEN

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To express the purity, honesty, simplicity and ethics

we wish to associate with our region.

To reflect the changing of the seasons in the architecture we design.

To base our architectures on materials and produce whose characteristics

are particularly excellent in our climates, landscapes and culture.

To combine the demand for comfort

with modern knowledge of health and well-being.

To promote Nordic Architecture and the variety of Nordic Design

– and to spread the word about their underlying cultures.

To promote environment and resources preservation in our Earth.

To develop potentially new applications of traditional

Nordic architecture and design.

To combine the best in Nordic design method and traditions

with impulses from abroad.

To combine local self-sufficiency with regional sharing

of high-quality design.

To join forces with client, other architect, engineer, material producer, and house

retailer, researchers, teachers, politicians and authorities on this project for the benefit

and advantage of everyone in the Nordic countries and the world.

MANIFESTO FOR

THE NEW NORDIC HOTEL AND L AB.

1. Researches: New Nordic Movement2. Manifesto for the new nordic kitchen / Claus Meyer and 12 nordic chefs / http://newnordicfood.org/about-nnf-ii/new-nordic-kitchen-manifesto/3. Manifesto for the new nordic hotel and lab. / Miki Moirta / 2014

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Coastal tourism

City tourism Sours: Statics Danmark

International bednights within coastal tourism and city tourism in Denmark

"Although the trend in coastal and nature tourism has been declining in recent

years, it is still the main market for Danish tourism. Denmark's neighbouring

markets exhibit high travel intensity and constant demand for high-quality travel

and holiday products.

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VisitDenmark's tourist survey from 2011 indicates the high potential that exists

in the target group referred to as "the good life". This target group consists of young

adults and couples without children who go on holiday to enjoy life, experience

natural scenery, cultural amenities, cycle rides, gastronomy etc."

from DENMARK AT WORK -

PLAN FOR GROWTH IN DANISH TOURISM, Jan 2014

Study Model 1:50 : Boundary evaluations / Diagram Sketch / Evaluation by the manifesto for the new nordic hotel & lab.

Inspiration Photos1. Niels Bohr's Summer House Denmark, 1957, WOHLERT ARKITEKTER2. Nordic materials / wood, stone, brick

Diagram Images Visualization of door movements between winter and summer

Ground floor and site plan drawing / S=1:2000

Section Drawing / S=1:2000Cutting on guest room and banquet / Elevation drawing of Lounge areaCutting on reception, library and green house / Elevation drawing of restaurant

1. Visualization of guest room, common terrace and garden in morning 2. Visualization of lounge space in sunset

3. Plan Detail Drawing / S=1:60 / Cutting on guest room and banquet / Elevation drawing of Lounge area4. Section Detail Drawing / S=1:75 /Cutting on restaurant and kitchen

1. Visualization of restaurant seating in summer2. Visualization of tasting area and press room in winter

1, 3, 5. Site Model / S=1:2000 / Made by styrol form, modeling paste, acril plate, PVC sheet, walnut stick and Balsa stick2, ,4,6. Building Timber Model / S=1:200 / Made by lazer cutted 1mm paper, marble, PVC sheet and MDF board

Restaurant Partial Section Model / S=1:50 / Made by balsa stick and plate, styrol form, paper, walnut sheet, PVC sheet and blass stick1, 2. Door Movement between summer and winter3, 4. Elevation5. Section, restaurant, corridor and preparation kitchen6. Interior, 2 openings

Museum Underground

This is the proposal for new museum located under Sønder Boulevard, using the left over

area of the metro construction.

Now 2014, at many places in Copenhagen, we can see the green walls for the construction

works. In Sønder Boulevard, these are for 2 new lines which open in 2019 and these have

worked since 2011. there is not the site for new station but for their functional shaft spaces

and for emergency staircase.

I re-arranged the usage of space, but remain the feeling of underground and narrow path

using the sky light, and create new museum for installation art.

Title: Museum Underground

Program: Installation Museum

Time: January, 2015

Site: Sønder Boulevard, Copenhagen V, Denmark

Size: 10 Exhibition Rooms

Instractor: Merete Ahnfeldt-Mollerup, Jens Overbye,

Nicholas Thomas Lee, Anne Berthelsen

Organization: KADK, Denmark

Collaborator: SLA A/S, Metroselskabet A/S

Grade: 10

1. New metro line drawing / Metroselskabet A/S / 2014 2. Construction site on Sønder Boulevard, Plan drawing / Miki Morita / 20143. Photo of construction site for emergency staircase and ventilation opening on Sønder Boulevard / Metroselskabet A/S / 2014 4. Ventilation opening for metro line on Søtrovet / Miki Morita / 2014 Photo of construction site for new metro line / Miki Morita / 2014

Site Analysis 1. Site Research Photos2. Space Analysis a. Metroselskabet's Planning b. My ProposalPhoto by Miki Morita, 2014

Gallery

Gallery Level (-8.800 m)

Technical Level (-15.500 m)

Platform Level 1 (-20.750 m)

Platform Level 2 (-29.750 m)

Ventilation

Public

Function

Tranportation

Rail

Void (40%)

Technical Level 1 (-4.500 m)

Technical Level 2 (-11.500 m)

Platform Level 1 (-20.750 m)

Platform Level 2 (-29.750 m)

Ventilation (25%)

Function 25%)

Tranportation (10%)

Rail

Inspirations and Sketches1. Metro line and stone gap in Jordan, 2. Inspirations of textures and Light, 3. Image sketches 4. Model examination for sunlight movementPhoto and Sketched by Miki Morita, 2014

Plan Drawings / S=1:750 / Depth=-1000mm, 2. Depth= -6500mm, Both start from top to bottom. Drawing and Visualizations1. Site Plan Drawing, S=1:2000 2. Space Analysis a. Metroselskabet's Planning b. My Proposal

Section Drawing1. Diagrams and Typology of each exhibition rooms2. Section Drawing / S=1:500 / Cutting on Main Path

Earth Outside Gallery Room

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Sønder Boulevard

Machinary room for metro

Handrail: Aluminium, black lakker painted ø=50mm

+1600

FRP water ploofing

Mortar flooring finish, t=30mm

Styrofoam for heat insultance, t=30mm

Waterproofing membrane (Welded)

WT Tape

Protective membrane

Roof t=1600 mm

Lean concrete for membrane

Waterproofing packageProtective geotextile≥900gr/m2Waterproof membranceGeotextile 500gr/m2PE film

Rough surface concrete

Waterproofing packageConcrete Panel

Metal Grating

L type metal membrane for drainage

Sealing between drainage and floor

Drain Opening

+0,000

Gallery Level -8,800

1200 200

Section Drawing1. Opening Room's Visulalization, Detail Drawing 2. Section Drawing / S=1:500 / Cutting on exhibition rooms

Model Photo: from Goal to StartS=1:50 / 1600 mm x 40 mm x 25 mm / 65 kg

Model Photos1. Over view2. Detail, depth of staircases

Ambience of deliciousness

Title: The Ambience of Deliciousness

-the proposal of housing complex which shares various dining rooms-

Kind: Bachelor Thesis Project

Program: Complex residence and shared dining room

Time: March, 2012

Site: Maiko, Hyogo, Japan

Size: 2625 m2 (11 Families flat, Restaurant, Cafe)

Instractor: Yoshiji Takehara, Shihoko Koike

Organization: Osaka City University, Japan

Award: Grand Prize

The family's table was decided by the rule whose seat cannot be seen. This was decided although

father's seat, my seat, and the name are not necessarily attached. When taking a meal at the place

occasionally different from one's seat, the scenery which is different also in when is in sight. There

is the taste which is a little different also in dinner and when.

Moreover, eating becomes a cause which produces relation with people. Congratulation has

certainly delicious entertainment, and if a meal is delicious, I will feel that it becomes friendly

with those who eat together.

As for this, the thing of a site, the thing of the place about the delicious, the relation between

people and a person, etc. were considered, and this construction was produced.

Choosing a table can lead to choosing the site in the surroundings of it, or it can choose relation

with people and a person.

If there is a mechanism in which exchange with such people and nature takes place in a natural life

style flow, is a pretty scene more produced in everyday life, and can we live happier?

Sketch drawing of the site, Maiko, Hyogo Photo of the family room, light scape / Miki Morita / 2012

Plan Drawings / S=1:200 / 1. Ground Floor 2. 1st Floor / Yellow floors are Shared Dining Space

1. Sketch Drawing / Shared dining room's atomospheres2. Diagram Drawing / Organic shape surround private garden / Private flat cross each other and make shared common dining room3, Model Photo

Section & Elevation Drawings / S=1:200 / 1. A-A’ 2. B-B’ 3. C-C’ 4. North Elevation 5. Sounth Elevation1. Model Photo / from top and garden2. Image Drawing / 11 doors, 11 stories / Model Photo of entrances

Leaf Chair

Title: Leaf Chair

Program: Chair for Wood Furniture Competition

Time: November, 2013

Size: 38 cm x 52 cm x 75 cm 38 cm seat hight

Organization: Personal Work

Collaborator: Satoko Kikuchi from PP Møbler

Dondra Chair

Swing yourself back to your childhood.

Inspired by the movement of a classic swing, we focused on making an uncommon moving chair

that allows you to experience one of the simplest of joys from your childhood.

“DONDOLA” comes from “DONDOLO” which is the italian word for “swing”.

The ash wood frame supports a classic wooden swing seat, suspended from polyester ropes. You

are not going to be able to swing in large sweeping arcs, but you can certainly muster a gentle

back and forth motion, similar to a rocking chair.

Mimicking the form of traditional Windsor chair, the back rest, originally composed of wooden

sticks, has been replaced by strings. This provides a flexible surface against ones back, and allows

the user to make enjoyable movements while seated. The strings surrounding the body create a

space within everybody can feel protected and in intimacy with himself.

Title: Dondra Chair

Program: Chair ”Look back Typical ”

Time: April, 2013

Site: Vatura Lambrate, Milan Salone Furniture Fair

Size: 70cm x 80cm x 115 cm, 45 cm seat hight

Instractor: Andreas Lund, Nikoraj de Gier, Michael Lyse Mose

Merete Ahnfeldt-Mollerup, Nicholas Thomas Lee

Organization: KADK, Denmark

Collaborator: Tiziana Ponzio

Grade: 10

Photo1. Side View 2. Joint Detail of wood and strings

1. Detail Photo for wood layers on arm2. Image from Design Blog of Poltugal / http://shoppingvisadron.blogspot.pt/2014/02/tall-sometimes-dark-and-always-handsome.html3. Exhibition photo / Miki Morita / 2013

Food Styling : love for daily life