Nankyo Bensho

Designer / Architect

Architecture // Designer // Product Design // Graphic Design // 3D Modeling. Constant change vs. dynamic balance. iThink-iThing }[:]

Resume

TOOLSTUDIO - www.toolstudio.net
Architect, Barcelona, Spain, September 2010 – Present

Professional responsibilities: feasibility studies, details developing, 3D modeling, presentation drawings, drafting, diagrams and renders. , Work closely with the studio’s manager developing concepts and solutions for actual projects.

Selected projects:
- Espriu 27, Barcelona. Interior design, 150sqm: design to construction. WIP.
- DAMM beer factory, Barcelona. Renovation of access and plaza. WIP.



SAYA - www.sayarch.com
3d illustrator and animator, remote collaboration. March 2010- Present

Selected projects:
- Field of Memory, 2nd prizewinner, Atlanta Holocaust Memorial competition, 2010.
- Peace is Possible, Visual Concept website. WIP.



MIQUEL VIDAL PLA - arquitectes.coac.net/mvidal.art/defaulte.html
Architect, Barcelona, Spain, September 2007 – September 2008

Professional responsibilities: site analysis, design development, 3D modeling, presentation drawings, diagrams and renders, details development.

Selected projects:
- Landscape development at GERRI DE LA SAL, Lérida, Catalunya.
- Landscape rehabilitation, trash site at prullans area, Caralunya.



INTEL ISRAEL - www.intel.com
GUI designer and UX developer, Haifa, Israel. September 2006 – September 2007

Professional responsibilities: teamwork in HFE group, GUI design, flow and wireframe development, hi-fi look and feel, HTML/CSS coding, mediate with programmers, implantation design in AJAX, usability testing, icons and graphic preparation.



HB DESIGN STUDIO
Founder, Director, Architect and Designer, Israel, 2000 - Present

Professional responsibilities: concept and design development, construction documents preparation, contracts /proposals development, construction management, 3D modeling, drawings and renders, illustrate, UX and usability consultant, print production, creative, branding, and project manager.

Architecture selected projects:
- Agranov House, Alone’Aba, Israel.Interior design,100sqm: design to construction 2003.
- Lachmi House, Nesher, Israel. Interior design, 90sqm: design to construction, 2005.
- GTS HQ. Haifa, Israel. Interior design, 36sqm: design to construction, 2007.

Design selected projects:
- Magazine cover design, Israel. 2006-2008.
- Shavkol identity and web, Israel. WIP.
- Baordspring logo, USA. 2010.
- Peep Door, rights of production was sold to COCIF, Italy. 2006.



EDUCATION

TECHNION – Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa, Israel)
Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, B.Arch, 2009.

ETSAB, School of Architecture at the UPC, Barcelona, Spain.
International student exchange program, September 2007 – July 2008



TEACHING
SEED, Barcelona, Spain – www.seed.cat
Teacher of Rhino, 3D Studio, Vray and photoshop. Summer 2010 – Present

CAVIM School of interior design, Haifa, Israel
Teacher of Sketchup and 3d studio. Winter 2005 – Spring 2006



AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

* Selected work; “Design for all”, Designboom, 2010. [L]
* Finalist in “Reiskin prize” for final projects in architecture, 2010.
* Selected work; “les cravates par Hermès”, Designboom, 2010. [L]
* Two selected works; “Green life”, Designboom, 2009. [L1 , L2 ]
* Selected work; “MADE IN MACEF” International Competition, 2009. [L]
* Selected Work; “Imagine the home in 2020”, Designboom, 2006. [L]
* Selected Work; "A Door to paradise", Designboom, 2006. [L]
* 3rd Place in “Garden on a roof”, an invited competition, 2004.
* Work of Excellence; "Place of Living", Japan Design Foundation, 2004. [L]



LANGUAGES

Hebrew - native | English - Fluent | Spanish – Advanced level | Catalan – basic



WRITING

ACHBAR OLAM magazine, Haarets editorial, Israel
Writer and reviewer. October 2010 – Present

FACTOR, student magazine,Israel
Writer and music reviewer, October 2006 – February 2009



PUBLICATIONS

// Bensho, H. ReadOn, Seoul Design International Competition 2010 book, p. 171.
// Bensho, H. “Micro City = Block”. AMC web magazine, 2010. [L]
// Bensho. H. “Livink”, 1st IAAC architectural competition book, 2004, p. 312.



SOFTWARE & DIGITAL TOOLS

Windows and Mac environments
3D visualization: 3D Studio max, Rhino 3D, Vue Xtreme, Sketchup, Cinema 4D
BIM and CAD: Archicad, Autocad
Rendering engines: Maxwell, V-ray, Mental-ray, Vue
Parametric design: Xfrog, Grasshopper
Graphics: Adobe suite - Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Flash and Premier pro
UI/UX: Balsamiq, Visio
Code: HTML, CSS.

Location

Barcelona, Spain

Specialties

  • Architecture
  • Industrial Design
  • Print

Experience

9 years

Education

Technion- Israel Institute of Technology

Awards

2010 - Selected work; “les cravates par Hermès”. 2009 - Selected works; “Green life”. - Selected work; “MADE IN MACEF” 2006 - Selected Work; “Imagine the home in 2020”. - Selected Work; "A Door to paradise".