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Contributors

竹山 聖　Kiyoshi Sey TAKEYAMA
Kiyoshi Sey Takeyama, born in 1954, received an undergraduate degree from Kyoto University and both a Master’s and a Doctor’s from The University of Tokyo. He established his own firm AMORPHE in 1979 in Tokyo. He was selected as a finalist of the Andrea Palladio Awards 1991. He participated in the 1996 Milan Triennale as both an invited architect and the commissioner of Japanese pavilion. He was an Associate Professor and then Professor at Kyoto University from 1992 to 2020. He was the President of Architectural Design Association of Nippon from 2014 to 2024. He is the Principal of AMORPHE Takeyama & Associates.

黒川 俊二　Shunji KUROKAWA
Shunji KUROKAWA is a Professor at the Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University. Specializing in Weed Science, his research focuses on the relationships between environment, crops, weeds, and human activities. Drawing on his previous experience as a researcher at NARO (National Agriculture and Food Research Organization) addressing weed issues in agricultural fields, he has a particular interest in weed risk management and exploring sustainable ways for humans to coexist with weeds.

小林研究室　Global Environmental Architecutre Lab
The Global Environmental Architecture explores “sustainable human living environment” by understanding local culture and local environment in the rapidly changing modern societies. We learn about global environmental conditions ranging from enhancing nature to natural disaster, and sustainable human living. Lessons from researches are aimed to create and develop practical policy, plan and designs implemented into society. We focus on various aspects of Human Environmental issues including people, livelihood, shelter and community in our research.

柳沢研究室　Yanagisawa Lab
Our research is rooted in a deep interest in human habitation and respect for the diversity of the living spaces. Focusing primarily on regionality, lifestyle culture, and their relationship with the era, we conduct investigative research into the specific composition, formation processes, and usage of urban space, architecture, and dwellings. Additionally, we are engaged in the development, implementation, and evaluation of experimental projects.

笹谷 匠生　Takumi SASATANI
Takumi SASATANI is a first-year doctoral student at the Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Kyoto University, specializing in the architectural planning and management of care facilities for the elderly. He is a Research Fellow of the Kyoto University Division of Graduate Studies (DoGS). After gaining professional experience in design and nursing care, he returned to graduate school to continue his research.

岸 政彦　Masahiko KISHI
Professor at the Graduate School of Kyoto University, in 2023. Specializes in social research methodology and life history. Since 2020, has been conducting life history projects across Tokyo, Okinawa, and Osaka, recruiting over 100 volunteer “listeners”. Also wrote novels : “Plastic Umbrella” (2016) , “Library” (2019) and “Lillian” (2021).

四十坊 広大　Kodai SHIJUBO
Kodai SHIJUBO is a Master’s student at the Kanki Laboratory, Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Kyoto University. In his diploma design “Kumano Dormitory for Humanity – Story of Diverse Intentions and Interpretations -”, he proposed a future for the self-managed student dormitory based on his residential experience there since his freshman year. His research interest focuses on spaces where diverse actors intertwine and where the distance between people and architecture is intimate.

野上 乃愛　Noe NOGAMI
Noe NOGAMI graduated from the Undergraduate School of Architecture and completed the Master’s program at the Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Kyoto University. She currently works in the interior design section of a major construction company’s design department.

根城 颯介　Sosuke NESHIRO
Born in Hokkaido, Sosuke NESHIRO is a second-year Master’s student at the Komiyama Laboratory, Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Kyoto University. He received the Goichi Takeda Award for his graduation project, Monument of Tomorrow. He is drawn to temporary structures, festivals, light, the inexplicable, and beauty.

村上 凌　Ryo MURAKAMI
Ryo MURAKAMI is a first-year Master’s student at the Komiyama Laboratory, Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Kyoto University. Having loved manual works since childhood, his interests evolved from craftwork to architecture.

小見山研究室　Komiyama Lab
We are reexamining the history of modern architecture and designing architectural prototypes from the perspective of architectural construction system that rethink the mechanisms of architectural creation, and architectural information that crosses over into other fields. Through making full-scale models and open discussions beyond the laboratory, we aim to clarify the connections between architecture, the environment, and society, and provide clues for thinking about new architecture.

遠藤 治郎　Jiro ENDO
Born in Tokyo. Festival Architect, Lightning Designer, Scenographer, Artist, CEO of SOIHOUSE inc. D2021, ex-miraikan and ex-lecturer SOA+D, Architecture & Exhibition Space Director, “Future of Life” Pavilion, Expo 2025 Osaka.

林研究室　Hayashi Lab
Hayashi Lab develops innovative architectural/structural design methods through novel computational techniques for safety, efficiency, sustainability, and aesthetics.

大崎 純　Makoto OHSAKI
Makoto OHSAKI is a Professor at Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Kyoto University. He is a member of the Executive Council and Treasurer of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS). His research fields include structural optimization and the design of shell/spatial/tension structures. His recent work focuses on shape design using discrete differential geometry and the application of machine learning to structural design.

孫 安陽　Anyang SUN
Anyang SUN is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Kyoto University. Specializing in Fire Safety Engineering for timber buildings, he utilizes both experimental and numerical analysis to clarify the behavior of timber structural components during fires.

神田 崇行　Takayuki KANDA
Takayuki KANDA is a Professor at Kyoto University Graduate School of Informatics (2018–present) / Visiting Director, ATR Interaction Science Lab. A specialist in Human-Robot Interaction, he has been involved in the research and development of the communication robot “Robovie.” His work focuses on autonomous dialogue mechanisms, social intelligence, and the unique communicative potential of humanoid robots, working toward their practical social implementation in everyday human environments.

蓮沼 岳人　Gakuto HASUNUMA
Born in Hyogo Prefecture, Gakuto HASUNUMA is a first-year Master’s student at the Miura and Sakatani Laboratory, Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Kyoto University. He is interested in the evolution of VR technology and the new possibilities it unfolds.

水﨑 恒志　Koshi MIZUSAKI
Born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Koshi MIZUSAKI is a first-year Master’s student at the Yanagisawa Laboratory, Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Kyoto University. His interests lie in the images evoked by fictional visual spaces and the nature of their perception.

森 翔一　Shoichi MORI
Born in Osaka Prefecture, Shoichi MORI is a first-year Master’s student at the Kanki Laboratory, Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Kyoto University. He is fascinated by the moments when virtual entities, such as thoughts and information, manifest into reality.

里中 栄貴　Eiki SATONAKA
Eiki SATONAKA is a Master’s student at the Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Kyoto University, majoring in Architectural History. His interest lies in how the passions of people who appreciate historic and traditional buildings influence architectural history research and the preservation of cultural properties.

大槻 一貴　Kazuki OTSUKI
Kazuki OTSUKI is a first-year Master’s student at the Taji Laboratory, Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Kyoto University. In his graduation project, How to Layer Small Steps, he focused on the small glimmers in daily life to reinterpret the nature of the everyday. In this essay, he reflects on the concept of “rapport/interval” defined in his project.

福田 伊織　Iori FUKUDA
Born in Hirosaki, Aomori in 1994, Iori FUKUDA earned his PhD from Tohoku University in 2024. His doctoral dissertation was supervised by Professor Kohju IKAGO, an alumnus of the Nakamura–Uetani Laboratory and a senior scholar in the same academic lineage as Professor Yoshikazu ARAKI. Having arrived at Kyoto University through serendipitous professional connections, he remains slightly apprehensive about overlooking the subtle intricacies of “Kyoto manners.”

宮田 大樹　Hiroki MIYATA
Hiroki MIYATA is a second-year Master’s student at the Kobayashi and Ochiai Laboratory, Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Kyoto University. He co-founded a startup producing architectural products and operating “Kenchizu,” a platform for sharing graduation projects on the map. His accolades include the dxk’24 Best 8 selection and the Award for Shining Students by Kyoto City.

石井 美保　Miho ISHII
Ishii Miho is a Professor at Kyoto University, specializing in cultural anthropology, African and Asian studies. Her current research focuses on the relationship between spirit worship and environmental movements in southern India, and oral history of the Battle of Okinawa, Japan. Her publications include Modernity and Spirit Worship in India: An Anthropology of the Umwelt (Routledge, 2020), “The Code of Pangolins: Interspecies Ethics in the Face of SARS-CoV-2” (Current Anthropology, 2021), and Nature, Disaster, and Animism in Japan: Anima Philosophica (edited with Tatsushi Fujihara, Bloomsbury, 2025).

猪股 圭佑　Keisuke INOMATA
Keisuke INOMATA is an Associate Professor at the Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Kyoto University. He specializes in architectural design and theory. His research analyzes churches and paintings. The complex interior space created by overlapping ceremonial spaces, tombs with extensions, is integrated by the meaning of paintings.

布野 修司　Shuji FUNO
Born in 1949, Dr. Shuji Funo graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1972 and became an Associate Professor at Kyoto University in 1991. He is currently a Project Professor at Nihon University. He has been deeply involved in urban and housing issues in South East Asia for the last forty years. He is well recognized in Japan as a specialist in the field of human settlement and sustainable urban development affairs in Asia. His Ph.D. dissertation, “Transitional process of kampungs and the evaluation of kampung improvement programs in Indonesia” won an award by the AIJ in 1991. In 2025, he received the Grand Prize of the Architectural Institute of Japan. He designed an experimental housing project named Surabaya Eco-House and in his research work, he has organized groups on urban issues all over the world and has published several volumes on the history of Asian Capitals and European colonial cities in Asia. Apart from his academic work, he is well known as a critic on architectural design and urban planning.