本期人物：柯林?岡下勝美

責(zé)任編輯：沈少娟

本期人物：柯林?岡下勝美

PERSONAGE OF THE EDITION

責(zé)任編輯：沈少娟

簡介：1982年，柯林?岡下勝美博士從加拿大渥太華圭爾夫大學(xué)載譽(yù)畢業(yè)。之后，他在美國夏威夷一家名為貝爾高林（Belt Collins）的公司工作了13年。在此期間，該公司在亞洲設(shè)立幾家代表處；后來，柯林?岡下勝美博士成為地區(qū)總裁兼常務(wù)董事，主要負(fù)責(zé)新加坡、馬來西亞及泰國業(yè)務(wù)。1996年，柯林?岡下勝美博士成立了自己的公司Colin K. Okashimo and Associates，該公司面向新加坡以外的亞洲地區(qū)，主要業(yè)務(wù)包括區(qū)域土地利用規(guī)劃、城市總體規(guī)劃及景觀建筑?？铝?岡下勝美博士接下來全身心地投入美術(shù)事業(yè)，1999年，他在英國倫敦切爾西大學(xué)完成美術(shù)（雕塑）碩士學(xué)位課程。為了追求更加嚴(yán)苛且有意義、讓人難以忘懷的作品，柯林?岡下勝美博士于2007年在英國倫敦藝術(shù)大學(xué)完成博士學(xué)位課程。他的一篇登記論文保存在英國圖書館，名為《Art as Contemplative Place with Reference to the Sited Works of Isamu Noguchi》。作為一名規(guī)劃大師、景觀建筑師及雕塑家，他將激情和注意力集中到研究、冥想、朝圣地以及創(chuàng)造令人難忘的寧靜之地上。他寫了一本書，名為《制造寧靜：柯林?岡下勝美藝術(shù)作品集》。

Biography: Dr Colin Okashimo graduated with honors from the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada in landscape architecture in 1982. He was then employed for 13 years by Hawaiian frm, Belt Collins, to set up offces in Asia and later became the regional president and managing director responsible for Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. In 1996 he set up his own practice, Colin K. Okashimo and Associates, based out of Singapore specializing in regional land use planning, masterplanning and landscape architecture. Dr Okashimo then followed a lifelong passion of fne arts and completed a Masters in Fine Arts (Sculpture) at the Chelsea College in London, UK, in 1999. In pursuit of doing more critical and rigorous work that is both meaningful and memorable, he then completed a PhD at the University of the Arts (London) in 2007. A copy of his registered thesis is with the British Library and is titled ‘Art as Contemplative Place with Reference to the Sited Works of Isamu Noguchi’. As a master planner, landscape architect and sculptor his passion and focus are on researching, meditating, sacred sites/pilgrimages and creating memorable places of powerful calm. His book is titled ‘Provoking Calm: The Artworks of Colin K. Okashimo’ and the frm’s website is www.ckoa.com.sg and www.colinokashimo.com .