Reiko Chikada

Reiko Chikada

Lighting Designer

Designer in Chief and CEO, Reiko Chikada Lighting Design Inc.

Ms. Reiko Chikada took her career as a lighting designer in Motoko Ishii Lighting Design Inc. She set up Reiko Chikada Lighting design Inc. in 1986 in Tokyo. She has extensive range of experience in city lighting for public facilities, hotels, museums, landscapes, hospitals, commercial buildings and residences. Many awards were granted to her lighting design achievement. She is also very proactive to the academic lectures not only in Japan, but also overseas such as India, China, Korea and Mexico to transfer the methodology and spirit of her lighting design to the world. She has a certain concept in her mind as to how the project will be fascinated by the beautiful lighting design with harmony of the change of environment and elapse of time.

The fun of all projects is to travel the world with design drawings. The idea of lighting comes from looking at the outside with Gulliver's point of view and by feeling the space that is expanding inside from the viewpoint of a dwarf.

1970 Received Bachelor of Fine Arts from Tokyo University of the Arts

Architectural Lighting; Akita Arts Theater Mille Has, OTEPIA (Library in Kochi), Tokyo Metropolitan Theater Renovation, Waseda University Okuma Auditorium, Kyushu National Museum, MUZA Kawasaki Symphony Hall and St. Luke’s International Hospital. City Lighting; National Crafts Museum, Kanazawa Port, Kanazawa Castle Park, Kanazawa Station Tsuzumimon, Kanmon Area (Mojiko Retro) Night Landscape, Kanazawa City Night Landscape, Saitama New Central Zone and Shuri-jo Castle

IEIJ Lighting Design Award 2022 Award of Excellence ; Kanazawa Port Nighttime Landscape Projyect

Japan Society of Civil Engineers Design Award 2020 : "Landscape Lighting of Four Bridges over the Asano River”

2020 Design Achievement Award of the Illumination Engineering Institute of Japan

City. People. Light Award : 2011 third prize “Kanazawa City Lighting”

International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) Awards ;
2007 Award of Merit “Diana Garden Hiroo”,
2007 Special Citation “Tokyo Factory, Re-tem Corporation”

Illuminating Engineering Society of North Amerika (IES) Awards ;
2006 Edwin F. Guth Memorial Award of Excellence “Kyushu National Museum“
2005 Paul Waterbury Award of Excellence “The Heart Island Shinden”

G-mark Award (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) ; Gold prize “Shinonome Canal Court CODAN”

Lifetime member of Illuminating Engineering Institute of Japan (IEIJ), Member of Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES), Fellow Member of International Association of Lighting Designers (FIALD)
Member of Town Design Aid (TDA), Member of Japan Urban Design Institute (JUDI)
Urban Landscape Adviser : Toda City, Member of Urban Landscape Council : Kawagoe City and Tokorozawa City.

2022-10 ‘Kanazawa's Uniqueness’ Illuminating Engineering Institute of Japan Hokuriku Branch Seminar
2022-10 ‘Nighttime Landscape of the Historical City of Kanazawa’ Japan-Korea Urban Design Exchange Meeting
2018-10 ‘Revived Charm of Castle and Garden’Japan, Design Forum 2018 Ishikawa
2018-10 ‘Lighting Design Taking Advantage of Regional Characteristics’ Korea,

2018-03 ‘Urban Lighting in the World’ Japan, Kanazawa 2017-11 ‘Power of Lighting Design’ Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
2016-01 ‘Kanazawa Gyokusen’inmaru Garden Lighting Design’ Japan, Lighting Japan
2015-10 ‘Digital @ Nature Feeling’ Beijing, China, Asia Lighting Design Forum 2015
2014-09 ‘City,People,Light’ India, New Delhi , Light+Design
2014-05 ‘Renovation of Architectural Lighting’ 　China, Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition
2014-04 ‘City,People,Light’　China, Peking University
2014-03 ‘City,People,Light’ Japan, LED Next Stage Special Symposium Keynote
2013-11 ‘Lighting design to produce character in the cities’　 Korea, Sustainable H.B.I.S.
2013-06 ‘Lighting Design to connect People with Architecture’ 　Mexico, Mexico City, Light +People

Part time lecturer at Tokyo University of the Arts (2003 - 2014),
Part time lecturer at Waseda University (1998 - 2006),
Part time lecturer at Shizuoka University of Art and Culture (2001 -2004),
Part time lecturer at Tokyo Denki University (2004 - 2006),
Part time lecturer at Hiroshima City University (2002 -2005),
DE TAO Master Professer of Lighting at De Tao Shanghai Center (2012 - )

Supervision ; “Lighting Bible”, “Illumination dictionary”, Multiple authorship ; “Science of a Light and the Illumination”, “Introduction to Lighting Design”, “Quartet of the House”, “Incoherent Tool”

2022	IEIJ Lighting Design Award 2022 Award of Excellence	Kanazawa Port Nighttime Landscape Projyect
2020	Japan Society of Civil Engineers Design Award 2020 Encouragement Award	Landscape Lighting of Four Bridges over the Asano River
2019	Won IEIJ / Good Lighting Design Award	Santa Shimbun kan Museum
	Won IEIJ / Good Lighting Design Award	OTEPIA
	Ishikawa Landscape Award	Asanogawa River Historic Bridge
2017	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	Okayama Korakuen
2016	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	Toin Hall
	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	Jyozaiji Temple
	Won IEIJ / Good Lighting Design Award	Kanazawa Gyokusen’in maru Garden
2015	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	Rikkyo Gakuin St. Paul's Chapel Renovation
	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	Lions Ichijo Residence Shonan C-X
	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	The Proud Tower Shinonome Canal Court
2014	Won IES Illumination Award / Award of Merit	Shosuke no yado Takinoyu, Hotel Interior and Exterior
2013	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Renovation
	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	Bungotakada City Library
	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	SHARE yaraicho
2012	Won IES Illumination Award / Award of Merit	Sky Hall Toyota Sub Arena
	Won IES Illumination Award / Award of Merit	Tohoku University Center Hall and Book Cafe
2011	Won IES Illumination Award / Award of Merit	The Kanazawa Castle Park
	Won IES Illumination Award / Section Award	Nouvelle Akabanedai
2010	Won IES Illumination Award / Award of Merit	Gifu Station North Plaza
2009	Won IES Illumination Award / Award of Merit	Chinzan-so, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so
	Won IES Illumination Award / Award of Merit	Ginza Takamoto Building
	Won IES Illumination Award / Award of Merit	Kogakuin University Hachioji Campus Student Center
	Won IES Illumination Award / Award of Merit	The Cascades Jingumae
2008	Won IEIJ Good Lighting Design Award	Waseda University, The Okuma Auditorium
	Won IEIJ Good Lighting Design Award	Sky Hall Toyota
	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	Sky Hall Toyota
	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	Toshima-ku Medical Center
	Won IIDA / Section Award	Nezu Shrine
2007	Won IALD Lighting Design Award	Diana Garden Hiroo
	Won IEIJ Good Lighting Design Award	Diana Garden Hiroo
	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	Diana Garden Hiroo
	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	COCONE Kamifukuoka
	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	Retem Corporation Tokyo Factory
	Won IALD Lighting Design Award	Retem Corporation Tokyo Factory
2006	Won AACA Yoshinobu Ashihara prize	Retem Corporation Tokyo Factory
	Won Edwin F. Guth Memorial Award for Interior Design / Award of Excellence	Kyushu National Museum
	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	Shinonome Canal Court CODAN
	Won IIDA / Section Award	Saitama Prefectural Martial Arts Center
	Won IIDA / Section Award	Ajinomoto Group Takanawa Training Center
	Won IIDA / Section Award	Toyota-shi Station East Square, West Square, Toyota Ohashi Bridge and Toyota Stadium
	Won IEIJ Good Lighting Design Award	Kyushu National Museum
	Won IEIJ Good Lighting Design Award	Honda Wako Building
	Won Good Design Award / Good Design Architecture	Proud City Oizumi-Gakuen
	Won CS Design Award Grand-Prix	Hiroo Complex
2005	Won IIDA / Paul Waterbury Award of Excellence	The Heart Island, Shinden Ichibangai
	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	Oi Keibajo
	Won IIDA / Section Award	Academy Common, Meiji University Surugadai Campus
	Won Good Design Award / Good Design Architecture	Shinonome Canal Court CODAN
2004	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	Izumi City Plaza
	Won Osaka Urban Design Awards	Izumi City Plaza
	Won IEIJ Quality Lighting Design Award	Izumi City Plaza
	Won IEIJ Good Lighting Design Award	Muza Kawasaki
	Won IEIJ Good Lighting Design Award	Shinonome Canal Court CODAN
	Won Good Design Award / Good Design Architecture	Kichijoji Sunroad Shopping Mall Arcade
2001	Won IDA Award for quality outdoor lighting	Clean-Topia Marugame
	22th Good Architect in Tohoku	Asahimachi Eco-museum Core Center
2000	Won the 12th Japan Housing Industry Development Association Award Grand Prix	Heart Hills 21 Asaka no Mori
	Won IEIJ Quality Lighting Design Award	Mutsu Municipal Library
	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	Toyota Ohashi Bridge
	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	Ibaraki Prefectural Office
	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	Ibaraki Prefectural Development Corporation Building
1999	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	Shuri-jo Park
	Won IIDA / Section Award	Yoyogi no Mori Park Mansion
	Won IIDA / Section Award	Seiyu no Ie
	Won IIDA / Section Award	Yano-minami Elementary School
	Won IIDA / Section Award	Hotel Meridian Grand Pacific
1998	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	Headquarters of the Public Health Department of Yamaguchi Prefecture
	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	Kumagaya Funeral Pavilion
1997	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama
1996	Won IEIJ Good Lighting Design Award for Architecture	JR Chiba Station Square, East Gate
	Won Yokohama Urban Design Award	Sotsu Yokohama Headquarters
	Won the Most Outstanding Display Design of the Year	Mikimoto Christmas Illumination
	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	Sotsu Yokohama Headquarters
	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	Hokkaido Hotel
	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	Act City Hamamatsu Zone A
	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	Mikimoto Christmas Illumination
	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	Tokachi Ohashi Bridge
1995	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	WISH: Energy Efficient Housing
	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	Housing Connected to the Community
	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	Hisago Tokyo Headquarters
	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	STEP: 85th Anniversary Memorial Hall of Chuo Institute of Technology
	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	Yokohama Portside
1994	Won Ministry of International Trade & Industrial Good Design Award / Good Design Architecture	Floating Sukiya: Kobe Konishi Headquarters and Circulation Depot
	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	Prismatic Cube
1993	Won Japan Display Design Association Award	Mikimoto Christmas Illumination
1992	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	Meguro Gajoen
	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	Eau de Ciel: Daikin Tateshina Mountain Resort
1991	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	Itako Water Gate
	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	Hotel Seashore
1990	Won IIDA / Award of Merit	A Prefabricated House for Senior Citizens