Kumamoto Exhibition Explores Shoei Yoh’s Pioneering Timber Structures and Computational Design | ArchDaily

Save this picture!Misumi Port Ferry Terminal in 2017. Image © そらみみ via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0Written by Antonia PiñeiroPublished on March 04, 2026 Share ShareFacebookTwitterMailPinterestWhatsappOrhttps://www.archdaily.com/1039339/kumamoto-exhibition-explores-shoei-yohs-pioneering-timber-structures-and-computational-design Clipboard "COPY" CopyThe Contemporary Art Museum of Kumamoto and the Shoei Yoh Archive at Kyushu University are honoring the late Japanese architect Shoei Yoh with an exhibition on view at the museum through March 9. The architect, who passed away on January 8, 2026, was born in Kumamoto in 1940 and, throughout his career, worked across product design, interiors, and architecture. He is recognized as a pioneer of contemporary timber construction and for his early contributions to computational design. The exhibition revisits his projects in Kumamoto through drawings and models from the Shoei Yoh Archive at Kyushu University.+ 19 Save this picture!Oguni Dome, 1988. Japan’s first large-scale timber structure over 3,000 m², structurally optimized through computer analysis. Photo by Hajime Inoue. Image Courtesy of The Shoei Yoh Archive"Revisiting Shoei Yoh" celebrates the life and work of one of Japan's leading postwar architects. Born in Kumamoto in 1940 and based in Fukuoka, he helped shape Japan's modern design scene. From early works that treated light as a primary architectural medium to the Oguni Dome, completed in 1988 as Ja...