Koichi Kawana (Japanese: 川名孝一, born March 16, 1930, in Hokkaido – September 13, 1990) was a post-war Japanese American garden designer, landscape architect and teacher. He designed gardens in San Diego, Los Angeles, Denver, Colorado, Chicago, Illinois, Memphis, Tennessee, and St. Louis, Missouri.[1] Some of his major works include the Seiwa-en Japanese Garden in the Missouri Botanical Garden, the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden and a dry landscape garden at Sawtelle, Los Angeles. He designed the bonsai collection for the Pavilion of Japanese Art at LACMA in the 90s.
Biography
[edit]In 1930, Kawana was born in Hokkaido, Japan. He graduated from Yokohama Municipal University in 1951 and got a US citizenship in 1971.[2] Kawana became a college professor and lecturer for 24 years at UCLA on Japanese art, environmental design, and Japanese landscape/architecture. Dr. Kawana founded his own design practice, Environmental Design Associates, a Los Angeles-based design firm in 1966. Dr. Kawana died on September 13, 1990.[3]
Aside from lecturing at UCLA, Kawana designed gardens at several parks in the United States, mainly having a Japanese style.
Selected works
[edit]- Redesign of the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden (Shikyo-en), 1969
- Seiwa-en Japanese Garden in Missouri Botanical Garden, 1977
- Sansho-En in the Chicago Botanic Garden, 1972
- Shofu-en, the Garden of Wind and Pines, at Denver Botanic Garden,1979
- Suiho-En, the Garden of Water and Fragrance, at the Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant, 1984
- Seisui-Tei at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, 1985
- Sand and Stone Garden at the Bloedel Reserve, 1987
- Seijaku-En at the Memphis Botanic Garden, redesigned, 1989
- Dry landscape garden in Stoner Park, Sawtelle. 1989
- Pavilion of Japanese Art bonsai collection at LACMA, 1900
References
[edit]- ^ "Koichi Kawana". Retrieved March 8, 2012.
- ^ "Kawana Koichi (1930-1990)". Archived from the original on 2020-02-09. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
- ^ "Koichi Kawana; Designed Gardens". Los Angeles Times. 1990-09-19. Retrieved 2022-07-19.