Alan Burden
Alan Burden
DEng MSc DIC MICE MIStructE
principal

date of birth : 1960
nationality : British
practice address :
1-8-6-401 nishiazabu minato-ku tokyo Japan T106-0031
T : +81 3 3478 5108 F : +81 3 3478 5138
e-mail : alan@structured-environment.com
education
1971 - 1978 : Chichester High School for Boys, West Sussex, UK
1978 - 1981 : London University (Imperial College), BSc(Eng) Civil Engineering
1985 - 1986 : London University (Imperial College), MSc Structural Steel Design
1988 - 1991 : Tokyo University, DEng (doctoral research in bridge design)
employment
1981 - 1984 :
British Airports Authority; Design Engineer working on airport facility design - roads, building structures, runways, drainage
1986 - 1988 :
Dewhurst Macfarlane & Partners, London; Associate in medium-sized structural engineering firm - design/project management of about 40 building projects
1987 - 1988 :
Architectural Association, London; Technical Tutor Diploma Unit 4 (Raoul Bunschoten)
1988 :
Ove Arup & Partners, Resident Structural Engineer, site supervision of seven-storey office building in central London for six-month period
1991 - 1992 :
Kimura Structural Engineers, Tokyo; structural design of steel and glass atrium for Kyoto Station redevelopment (architect: Hiroshi Hara)
1992 - 1993 :
Structural Design Group, Tokyo; structural design/supervision of following projects:
Tokyo International Forum (architect: Rafael Vinoly)
Makino Memorial Museum, Kochi Prefecture (architect: Hiroshi Naito)
Jong-Ro Building, Seoul, Korea (architect: Rafael Vinoly)
Gifu Kitagata Housing, Gifu Prefecture (architect: Diller and Scofidio)
Princeton University Stadium, New Jersey, USA (architect: Rafael Vinoly)
Yokohama Port Terminal (architect: Alejandro Zaera-Polo/Farshid Moussavi)
1997 - 2008 :
Kanto Gakuin University; Professor (structural design), research topics included structural glass, wind engineering, structural design history, I also managed my own laboratory and supervised research students. Also took charge of international exchanges with universities in Russia and Thailand.
1997 - pr. :
Established own design practice, Structured Environment Limited (SE), registered in the UK, branches in Tokyo and London; recent projects include:
Villa in Karuizawa, SD Review Prize 1997 (architect: Ryue Nishizawa)
Shimizu Port Tower, 20m high monument in aluminium (architect: Meiji Watanabe)
Remodelling of restaurant, Seagram Building, New York (architect: Diller and Scofidio)
Taiwan National Science Museum, Kaohsiung R9 Metro Station (architect:CDI, Tokyo)
Apartment block in Sendai, RC structure housing 30 units (architect: Itsuko Hasegawa)
Ulsan Baseball Stadium (presently basic design), Korea (architect: POS-AC, Seoul)
Keith Haring Museum, Kobuchizawa, Japan (architect: Atsushi Kitagawara),
Kumamoto Station Entrance Roof (architect: Ryue Nishizawa)
qualifications
Chartered civil engineer (UK), since 1988
Chartered structural engineer (UK), since 1990
Registered architect, Japan
Registered structural engineer, Japan
prizes
Institution of Civil Engineers Overseas Premium in both 1991 and 1993
British Construction Industry Award 1997, Yurakucho Glass Canopy (joint entry)
Goree Slave Museum Competition (UIA), Senegal, 1997; second prize (joint entry)
Murano Tougo award 2008, Keith Haring Museum
Japan Structural Design Prize,2010
Many industry prizes received jointly for built projects, including the Japanese Good Design Prize on five occasions
activities
Representative Institution of Civil Engineers, UK in Japan
Japan Society of Civil Engineers International Committee Member
Architectural Institute of Japan Structural Design Committee Member
writing on architecture and engineering - published in various Japanese and British journals (over 70 publications in Japanese and English)
Hiroki Osanai (adjunct staff)
Hiroki Osanai
engineer

e-mail : osanai@structured-environment.com
education
1984 - 1988 : BSc in Mathematics, Chiba Univ.
employment
2000 - 2006 : engineer, Ikeda Structural Design Office Co.
2006 - pr. : freelance engineer (2007- engineer, structured environment)
Kayoko Machida
Kayoko Machida
engineer
e-mail : machida@structured-environment.com
education
2004 - 2007 : BSc Architectural Engineering, Kanto Gakuin University, Yokohama
employment
2007 - pr. : engineer, structured environment
Hiroaki Inukai
Hiroaki Inukai
engineer
e-mail : inukai@structured-environment.com
education
2003 - 2007 : BSc Architectural Engineering, Hosei University
2007 - 2009 : MSc Civil Engineering, Hosei University
employment
2009 - pr. : engineer, structured environment
qualifications
2011 : First Class Resistered Architect
Graham Starling
Graham Starling
associate
e-mail : graham@structured-environment.com
education
2000 - 2004 : MEng (Hons) Architectural Engineering : University of Leeds (including 1 year at Penn State University, USA)
employment
2005 - 2009 : engineer MHI, Nottinghamshire
2009 : engineer Barton Engineers, London
2009 - pr. : associate, structured environment
Ed Hollis
Ed Hollis
engineer

e-mail : ed@structured-environment.com
education
2006 - 2010 : MEng (Hons) Structural Engineering and Architecture: University of Sheffield
employment
2011 - pr. : engineer, structured environment
Mario Diaz Badra
Mario Diaz Badra
engineer

e-mail : mario@structured-environment.com
education
employment
2011 - pr. : engineer, structured environment
Yuko Sugeta
Yuko Sugeta
engineer
e-mail : sugeta@structured-environment.com
education
2005 - 2007 : University of Shiga Prefecture, environment science
employment
2007- 2010 : Azusa construction company
2010 - 2012 : FyFe Japan
2012 - pr : engineer, structured environment
qualifications
2012 : First Class Resistered Architect
