Growing up under multi-cultures environment, I love to communicate with people around the world in different languages. Therefore I chose to start many study in interior architecture first in Japan with a senmonshi degree then continue my study in the United Kingdom finishing with a bachelor degree. This way I experience both western and eastern style of culture and design that extend my vision and sense in designing spaces. Currently I own a secondary class architect license in Japan. I was trained with skills in model making and technical drawings in Japan and 3D modeling and visual/graphic presentation in the United Kingdom during my education. The softwares such as Vectorworks, AutoCAD, Rhinoceros, SketchUp, Adobe packages are my tools when it comes to my study process. I’ve worked on projects from furnitures to urban planning which let me consider the space from human scale.
Skills- Vectorworks in 2D & 3D
- Photoshop + Illustrator
- InDesign
- Lightroom
- Rhinoceros
- SketchUp
- Premiere Pro + After Effect
- Mandarin, English, Japanese
Walking on the Strings
Walking on the Strings is a residential and semi-public design setting at the target of the international transients artists as site inhabitants. The location is set in the Smithfield Market which our aim is to bring a series of programme to make the connection between our design and the future market to fulfill the project theme Home Future 2.0. Keywords: transients, artists, journey, connection, networks, dimensionality, art gallery, artists residence
See ProjectBlending Boundaries
Blending Boundaries is a landscape and urban planning project focusing on revitalizing the unused riverfront area located in Ochanomizu, Tokyo, Japan. I have designed the minimal pedestrians crossing the vegetation area beside Kanda River which has the extreme topography from GL ±0 to GL+20m. Visitors of the site could access from several entrances to reach to the riverfront square as the new boat terminal for commuting. The overall is to aim for getting back the life close to the water.
See ProjectThe Journey of Third Culture Kids in the Search of Home
The dissertation focuses on Third Culture Kids (TCKs) and how space could shape their sense of home. Unlike most people, TCKs experiences several cultures which shape their personality, thoughts, and sense in a more globalized way. “Where is home?” is one of the question that TCKS could hardly answer since they would either have “many” or “none”. In this research, the meaning of home is specified into four phases as TCKs grew up searching for the meaning of home.
See Project