WINDOW RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Architect. Born 1991 in Toyama, Japan. Ph.D. (Engineering). Assistant Professor at the College of Engineering at Ibaraki University since 2023. Through engaging in architectural design, research, critique, and writing, he has been exploring the possibilities of communality for supporting and encouraging the sustenance of life in post-urban conditions—namely, the suburbs and hinterlands—and locating emerging necessities for architecture therein. Notable works include In-Between (Japan Pavilion exhibition for the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, 2025); The Garden Beside Whitehouse (as a member of the architectural collective GROUP, 2021); and Fixing Garden (with Asako Fujikura, 2022–). Awards include the 2019 SD Review Merit Award for the Detached Building at Kuragano Station (with Naoki Saito).