Ryuki Taguma
Taguma was born in Tokyo in 1992. In 2017 he graduated from Waseda University’s Nakatani Norihito Lab with his masterʼs in architectural history. During his time off from graduate school, he traveled around villages and folk houses in 11 Asian and Middle Eastern countries (his essays about this trip are serialized on the Window Research Institute website as “Travelling Asia through a Window“). In 2017, he began working under Huang Sheng-Yuan at Fieldoffice Architects in Yilan County, Taiwan. In 2018 he was accepted to the UNION Foundation for Ergodesign Culture’s overseas training program, and in 2019 he was accepted to the artist overseas training program promoted by the Agency for Cultural Affairs. He is based in Yilan, where it rains for the majority of the year, from which he designs various public buildings such as parks, cultural facilities, parking structures, bus terminals, and more.
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Contemporary Taiwan through a Window
Issue 12: A Small Church for the Indigenous (Taitung)
20 Jun 2024
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Issue 11: Joined Somewhere, Connected Throughout—Chen Chi-Kwan, Tunghai University Methodist Hall
04 Mar 2024
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Issue 10: The Billowing School—Chen Ren-He, Wave Building, San Sin High School of Commerce and Home Economics (Kaohsiung)
10 Jan 2024
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Issue 9: The Windy County Office—Yilan County Hall (Atelier Zo)
31 Oct 2023
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Issue 8: The Town of Floating Pigeon Lofts
17 Aug 2023
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Issue 7: The Slate Village Down the Mountains: Pingtung
09 Mar 2023
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Issue 6: Beckoning Qilous
27 Oct 2022
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Issue 5: The Matsu Islands: Small Windows on the Frontier (Part 2)
20 Jul 2022
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Issue 4: The Matsu Islands: Small Windows on the Frontier (Part 1)
25 May 2022
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Issue 3: Where the Pavilions Went : Orchid Island (Part 2)
12 Jan 2022
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Issue 2: The Buried Black Roofs : Orchid Island (Part 1)
11 Nov 2021
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Issue 1: Windows Visited by Spirits: Pingdong
14 Sep 2021
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Final Issue: Asia, Traveled through a Window
07 Jul 2021
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Life in the Holy Land: Jerusalem, Israel
22 Mar 2021
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Rushing Along the Nile: Egypt and the Nile
10 Dec 2020
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Facing the Arches: Cairo, Egypt (part 2)
15 Sep 2020
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A Combining City: Cairo
15 Jul 2020
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Sensing Mother Earth: Petra, Jordan
02 Apr 2020
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Religion and Cities: Isfahan, Iran
19 Feb 2020
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Shifted Windows: Masuleh, Iran
03 Dec 2019
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Breathing in the Desert:
Yazd, Iran01 Oct 2019
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Starting by Surrounding: Takht-e Soleymān, Iran
03 Jul 2019
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The City Is a Bazaar: Tabriz, Iran
08 May 2019
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“Placing” a Home: East Gilan, Iran, part 2
07 Feb 2019
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“Placing” a Home: East Gilan, Iran (Part 1)
14 Dec 2018
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Kibber, India : The Hidden Hole (part 2)
15 Oct 2018
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Kibber, India : The Hidden Hole (part 1)
25 Jul 2018
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Kinnaur District, North India: The Overhanging Village (Part 3)
15 Jun 2018
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Kinnaur District, North India: The Overhanging Village (Part 2)
19 Apr 2018
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The Overhanging Village : Kinnaur District, India, Part 1
14 Mar 2018
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Floors and Floods: Siem Reap, Part 2
08 Feb 2018
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Floors and Floods: Siem Reap, Part 1
11 Jan 2018
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The Red Earthenware Bowl: Eastern Tibet, Ser thar, Part 2
07 Dec 2017
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The Red Earthenware Bowl: Eastern Tibet, Ser thar, Part 1
01 Nov 2017
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Memories of a Skylight: Tashqurqan Part 3
19 Jul 2017
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Memories of a Skylight: Tashqurqan Part 2
28 Jun 2017
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Memories of a Skylight: Tashqurqan, Part 1
31 May 2017
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A Desert below Sea Level — Turpan, Part 3
19 Apr 2017
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A Desert Below Sea Level—Turpan, Part 2
22 Mar 2017
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A Desert Below Sea Level — Turpan, Part 1
08 Mar 2017
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Zhangcun: The Needs of the Underground Part 3
26 Jan 2017
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