Katsuhiko Muramoto (Architecture Faculty)

Katsuhiko Muramoto
Associate Professor (Tenured 1995)

Education

1979-82:Master of Architecture, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
1973-77:Bachelor of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Department of Architecture, Nihon University, Chiba, Japan

Teaching Experience

1996-present: Associate Professor (tenured 1995), Department of Architecture, Pennsylvania State University (Graduate Faculty member since 1998)
2002 (summer): Visiting Design Studio Instructor, Cornell University Department of Architecture Design-Build Summer Studio in Japan
1999 (summer): Visiting Design Studio Instructor, Department of Architecture, College of Industrial Design, Nihon University, summer design studio at PSU
1996 (winter): Visiting Design Studio Instructor, Graduate program in History and Theory, School of Architecture, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
1989-95: Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Pennsylvania State University
1992 (Summer): Visiting Design Studio Instructor, Faculty of Architecture, Technical University of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Canada
1987-89: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Pennsylvania State University
1986-87: Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
1983-86: Visiting Lecturer, School of Architecture, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
1981-82: Teaching Assistant, Architecture Department, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Professional Experience

2003- present: Co-founder of the architectural office, Cover, LLC
1995- present: Senior Vice president of Muramoto Kogyo Incorporated, Osaka
1995- present: Senior Vice president Myoken Ready Mixed Concrete Incorporated, Osaka
1999- 2003: Muramoto/Childe Architect
1989-1999: Freelance Architect
1982-83: Richard Meier and Partners, NY
1982: Peter Eisenman Architects, NY (Also worked during 1983 on part-time basis)
1977-78: Ohbayashi, Ltd., Osaka, Japan
1976: Hozumi Architects, Osaka, Japan

Publications

2003: Otto, G., Kalisperis, L., Gundrum, J., Muramoto, K., Burris, G., Masters, R., Slobounov, E., Heilman, J., and Agarwala, V.
“The VR-Descktop: an Accessible Aproach to VR Environments in Teaching and Research,” International Journal of Architectural Computing, Issue 02, Volume 01: July 2003, pp. 234-246
2002: Kalisperis, L., Otto, G., Muramoto, K., Gundrum, J., Masters, R., and Orland, B. “An Affordable Immersive Environment in Beginning Design Studio Education,” Proceeding of the 20002 ACADIA Conference, Pomona, CA. pp. 49-56
Kalisperis, L., Otto, G., Muramoto, K., Gundrum, J., Masters, R., and Orland, B. “Virtual reality/Space Visualization in Design Education” The VR-Dessktop Initiative,” Proceeding of the 20002 International eCAADe 20 Conference, Warsaw, Poland, pp. 64-71
2001: Muramoto, K. “Architectural Education: East vs. West” Ohken (architectural newsletter)
The College of Industrial Technology, Nihon University, Chiba, Japan. No.62
2000: Muramoto, K. “Technology, Japanese Tradition and Contemporary Japanese Architecture” Proceeding of the “Cross Currents: Trans-Cultural Architecture, Education, and Urbanism” 2000 ACSA International Conference in Hong Kong.
Muramoto, K. (Japanese translation) “The Paradox of Tradition: Cosmopolitanism and the Dream of a Recognizable Cultural Particularity” by Torben Berns published in Kindai Kenchiku, January 2000.
“Architectural Education at Penn State” Ohken (architectural newsletter)
The College of Industrial Technology, Nihon University, Chiba, Japan.

Invited Design Juries/Lectures

University of Pennsylvania
Cornell University
Harvard University
Cooper Union
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Technical University of Nova Scotia
Ohio University
Temple University
SUNY at Buffalo
The University of Arts
Carleton University
McGill University
Kyoto University
Seika University
Nihon University

Other Professional Related Activities

2001-2002: Member of the Municipal Building Landscape Design Advisory Committee, Borough of State College, PA
1998-2000: Member of the Municipal Building Design Advisory Committee, Borough of State College, PA
1998-2000: Member of the advisory board, FAARM (Independent, non-profit art and architecture gallery in Philadelphia)
1994-present: Member of the advisory board for Chora: intervals in the philosophy of architecture (Montreal: McGill University Press), an annual publication of the History and Theory of Architecture graduate program at McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
1987-present: External thesis advisor and examiner for the graduate program in History and Theory, School of Architecture, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Membership in Professional Organizations