MIKKO SUMMANEN

Yosuke Hayano / MAD ARCHITECTS

Born in Aichi, Japan, Yosuke Hayano is a first-class registered Architect in Japan. Being a principal partner in MAD, Yosuke oversees and supervises all design works at MAD. His extensive professional experience and strict attention to detail and standards enable him to lead project teams on concept design, design development, materials selection, construction methods, techniques, and time management. Yosuke assures all stages of design meet and exceeds MAD’s high standards as they are transformed from design concepts into built structures. Yosuke received his Bachelor of Materials Engineering from Waseda University in Tokyo in 2000, Associate degree in Architecture at Waseda Art and Architecture School in 2001, and his post Master in Architecture at the Architectural Association of London in 2003. He was the winner of the Architecture League of New York Young Architects Award, Design for Asia award, and Kumamoto Artpolis Award.

Founded in 2004, MAD Architects has offices in Beijing (China), Jiaxing (China), Los Angeles (USA), and Rome (Italy). It is committed to developing futuristic, organic, technologically advanced designs that embody a contemporary interpretation of the Eastern affinity for nature. With a vision for the city of the future based on the spiritual and emotional needs of residents, MAD endeavors to create a balance between humanity, the city, and the environment. MAD’s projects encompass urban planning, urban complexes, municipal buildings, museums, theaters, concert halls, and housing, as well as art and design. Their projects are located in China, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United States.

HARBIN OPERA HOUSE HARBIN, 2015

The Harbin Opera House is the first and largest building that MAD has designed as part of Harbin Cultural Island, a major new arts complex among the wetlands of the Songhua River.

YIWU GRAND THEATER YIWU , CHINA UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Located on the south bank of the Dongyang River, the ‘Yiwu Grand Theater’ encompasses a 1600 seat grand theater, medium theater, and international conference center. The project’s protective canopy was made to resonate with the river and use water as its stage.

HUANGSHAN MOUNTAIN VILLAGE CHINA

Composed in deference to the local topography, each of the buildings is diverse in height and appearance, and has been conceived to ensure that the original mountain levels are maintained. Organized in a link configuration across the southern slope of Taiping Lake, the dynamic relationship that is created among the ten buildings establishes a new type of village landscape: one where architecture becomes nature, and nature dissolves into architecture.

THE STAR HOUSE LOS ANGELES, USA, 2021

«The Star», a new landmark in Los Angeles, California. Nestled in the heart of Hollywood, the Star’s reflective architecture nods the neighborhood’s glamorous characteristics and embeds nature within its structure with natural lighting, greenery, and workplaces that cater to the employees’ mental and physical wellbeing.