WINDOW RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Associate Professor, Faculty of Design, Kyushu University. Director, Environmental Design Global Hub (EGHUB). Completed a master’s degree in architecture at The University of Tokyo. Previously held positions as a research associate and associate professor at Kyushu University. Specializing in building construction and building production, his research focuses on how buildings work, are made, and are used. In addition to his work with digital archiving and digital reconstruction at the Kyushu University Shoei Yoh Archive, he is also engaged in digitally archiving Yoshichika Uchida’s buildings in Kyushu. As Director of the EGHUB, he is focused on developing collaborative research and educational partnerships with international universities. He is also involved in projects to date vernacular architecture from the British colonial era through “steel-beam archaeology” and to develop an archive of drawings of the Assam Bengal Railway.