EDUCATION

M.S.Arch., Columbia University, 1995
B.Arch., Kyoto Prefecture University, 1983

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Assistant Professor at Barnard and Columbia College, 1996 to 2006
Lecturer at Nagoya Institute of Technology, 2005 to present
Lecturer at Yale University, school of architecture, 2003
Adjunct Assistant Professor at Parsons school of Design, 1997
Design Consultant, Nationality room Japan section, Pittsburgh University, 1997
Principal Architect, Studio MYU Architects Co. Ltd., Tokyo, 1991 to present
Awarded Japanese First Class Architect License, Feb. 1990

ART / ARCHITECTURAL INSTALLATIONS

"Infinitation/ SESC", audio-architectural installation.
SESC PINHEIROS, San Paulo, Brazil, Sep. 28. 2006 - Jan. 14, 2007

"shinkai", audio-architectural installation.
ISE CULTURAL FOUNDATION, New York, Nov. 7 - Dec. 30. 2006

"Green Box / VT", installation.
Firehouse gallery, Burlington, Vermont, USA, June - July, 2006

"Utakata", audio-architectural installation.
Warteck, Guest atelier, Basel, Switzerland, May, 2006

"B^B", audio-architectural installation.
LMCC, Swing Space, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, Oct. 2005

"Infinitation", audio-architectural installation.
COCA, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, Jun.17 - Jul.24. 2005

"Defragmentation/iscp", installation.
ISCP, International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York, May. 2005

"Defragmentation/krems", audio-architectural installation.
Minoriten Church Kapitelsaal, Krems-Stein, Austria, Apr. - Jun. 2005

"Green Balloon", participatory / light installation.
Phatory Gallery, New York, Dec.16 - Jan.9. 2005

"Open Studio", installation.
ISCP, International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York, Nov. 2004

Recent Work, exhibition.
Barnard Hall, Columbia University, New York, Mar.25 - Apr.20. 2004

"Sho-An", architectural installation.
Ozone Plaza, Tokyo, Jan.4 - Jan.20. 2004

"Panta rhei", architectural installation.
Maison Hermes 8f Forum, Tokyo, Mar.1 - May.31. 2003

"Kura Obscura", permanent installation.
Chiba, 2002-

"Green Library", public art project. Worked as a curator.
The old Musashino public library building, Tokyo, Nov.9 - Nov.17. 2002

"Green Box", interactive installation as part of Green Liblary project.
The old Musashino public library building, Tokyo, Nov.9 - Nov.17. 2002

"Green Voice", light installation as part of Green Liblary project.
The old Musashino public library building, Tokyo, Nov.9 - Nov.17. 2002

"Machina Temporis", audio-architectural installation.
Franziskaner-Klosterruine, Berlin, Apr.20 - May.24. 2002

"Defragmentation/red", audio-architectural installation.
Kryptonale Contemporary Art Festival, Berlin, Sep.7 - Sep.24. 2000

"Defragmentation/white", audio-architectural installation.
Gallery Sigpro, Tokyo, Jul.8 - Aug.31. 2000

"Defragmentation/blue", audio-architectural installation.
Studio Five Beekman, New York, Sep.4 - Sep.25. 1999

"Within a Transition Zone", architectural installation.
Gallery La Ranne, Tokyo, Feb.24 - Mar.8. 1997

"Chi Vending Machine", sound and visual, interactive installation
Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Aug. 1994

AWARDS

Modern Living Award, MODERN LIVING, 2005
The ar+d award, The Architectural Review, London, 2002
Cityscape Award, Osaka prefecture, 2002
Housing Design Award, Tokyo Gas Living Design Center, 2002
The ar+d award, The Architectural Review, London, 2001
Outside Advertisement Award, Chiba prefecture, 2001
Architectural Cultural Award, Chiba prefecture, 2000
Tokyo Architectural Award, Tokyo Association of Architectural Firms, 1999
Housing Reform Award, Japan Reform Center, 1999
Housing Design Award, Tokyo Gas Living Design Center, 1999
Interior Planning Award, Japan Architectural Education center, 1998
Cityscape Award, Hyogo prefecture, 1998
"0123 Harappa" design competition, Musashino city, 1998
Residential Architecture Award, Tokyo Society of Architects & Building Engineers, 1997
Good Design Award, INAX Design Corporation, 1997
Passive Solar House Prize, OM Solar Organization Japan, 1996
Interior Planning Award, Japan Architecture Dissemination Center, 1992

LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS

"Designing Relationships - my Architectural Design Method-", lecture.
Sugiyama Jogakuen College, Dec. 2. 2006

"Architecture derived from Spatial Experience", lecture.
Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nov. 30. 2006

"Space, Place, and the Poetry of Light", lecture.
School of Visual Arts, New York, Nov. 14. 2006

"Infinitation", lecture.
SESC PINHEIROS, Brazil, Oct. 10. 2006

"Infinitation", lecture.
Guest corner, Basel Switzerland, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz,
Hochschule fur Gestaitung und Kunst, May. 10. 2006

"Architecture as communication device", lecture.
Universidade Sao Marcos, San Paulo, Mar. 2006

"Art and Architecture", lecture.
Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, institute of art, post graduate program, San Paulo, Mar. 2006

"Restructuring of Relations", lecture.
JIA, The Japan Institute of Architects, Dec. 2005

" Architecture " lecture.
Nagoya Institute of Technology, Dec. 2005

"Infinitation", lecture.
INARCH, Institute of Architecture, Rome, Mar. 2005

"Infinitation", lecture.
COCA, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, Jun. 2005

"Incessant Exploration", lecture.
Sekisui House Architecture Seminar, Mar.22. 2004

"Panta Rhei", gallery talk.
Maison Hermes Forum, Jun. 2003

"Architecture that discovers Nature", lecture.
Architectural Institute of Japan, Dec. 2002

"Accumulating fragments", lecture.
JIA, The Japan Institute of Architects, Jul. 2002

"Incessant Exploration", lecture.
Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Oct.14. 2001

"Architecture as third human skin", architectural presentation.
Takanawa Prince Hotel / Sunwave, Feb.13. 2000

Works introduction
The Lifestyle Society, Architectural Institute of Japan, Jun. 1999

"Hidden possibilities in Architecture", lecture.
Tokyo Human Inquiry, Tokyo Metropolitan Television, Mar. 1996

Works introduction
Nikken gakuin satellite Television, Aug. 1996

"Frame, Frontality, Flow", architectural presentation.
Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Oct.11. 1996

"Recent Projects in Relation to the Japanese Tradition"
Long Island University, Dec.1. 1995

"Imagination and Space", architectural presentation.
Sugiyama Joshigakuen University, Nov.25. 1995

"Demodel Project 2" (Interior Planning Prize Project), presentation.
Architectural Institute of Japan, Jul.12. 1994

"Housing in the Next Generation", presentation.
Mitsubishi Electric Company Design Research Center, Feb.6. 1993

"PUPPY-SKILLS" ( Sally Silvers & Dancers )
PS122, New York, Nov.17 - 20. 2005

"Scrambles" ( Sally Silvers & Dancers )
The Construction Company, New York, Apr.23,24. 2005

"Spaced Out" ( Sally Silvers & Dancers )
Dance Theater Workshop, New York, Feb.18,19,27,28, Mar.8,9. 2003

"shinkai" (2006)

The Architectsnewspaper 2006.11.3

"Green Box / VT" (2006)

The Burlington Free Press 2006.7.10

"Infinitation" (2005)

Seattle Times, TICKET 2005.7.1
The Stranger vol.14 2005.7.7

"Sho-An" (2004)

Jutaku Kenchiku No.364 2005.7 p.74
Jutaku Kenchiku No.363 2005.6 pp.134-136

"Green Balloon" (2004)

New York Times 2004.12.19
New Art Newspaper, Japan 2005.2.21

"Panta rhei" (2003)

Web Designing 2004.4 pp.60-61
The Asahi Newspaper 2003.6.12
Comfort No.65 2003.6 pp.75-77
Gunzo No.58 2003.5 p.364
Invitation No.3 2003.5
Harper's BAZAAR No.32, Japan version, 2003.5
Maple 2003.5 p.21
Comfort No.64 2003.5
Mrs. No.579 2003.5
GINZA 2003.5
Casa BRUTUS 2003.5 p.31
Ryuko Tushin 2003.5 p.145
Asahi Towns, newspaper 2003.4.19
New Art Newspaper 2003.4.10
Shin Kenchiku 2003.4 p.49
BRUTUS 2003.4 p.129
ELLE DECO No.65 2003.4
The Asahi Shimbun Newspaper 2003.3.27
The Daily Yomiuri, Washington Post, 2003.3.20
Nikkei Architecture 2003.3.17 p.133
Woman's Wear Daily Japan 2003.3.17
Woman's Wear Daily Japan 2003.3.10
Pen No.102 2003.3.15
The Asahi Shimbun Newspaper 2003.3.7
Herald Tribune, 2003.3.6
The Asahi Shimbun Newspaper 2003.3.5
Gallery 2003.3

"Green Library" (2002)

Comfort No.65 2003.6 pp.78-79
AERA 2003.2.17 p.80
Comfort No.61 2003.2 p.110
Art pocketbook 2003.1 p.165
Shin Kenchiku 2002.12 p.33
Shitsunai 2002.12 p.163
The Daily Yomiuri 2002.11.16
The Asahi Shimbun Newspaper 2002.11.15
The Asahi Shimbun Newspaper 2002.11.13
The Japan Times 2002.11.13
The Yomiuri New Paper 2002.11.10
Asahi Towns 2002.11.9
Metropolitan Politics new report 2002.11.1
Kichijoji Walking Vol.008 2002.11
Musashino City report No.1657 2002.10.15
Musashino City report No.1650 2002.7.1
Musashino Digest Vol.9 No.2 2002.7 pp.1-4
Shitsunai 2002.7
Gallery 2002.7
Nikkei Architecture 2002.6.24 p.154
Asahi Towns 2002.6.22
Musashino City report No.1649 2002.6.15
The Yomiuri Newspaper 2002.6.14

"Machina temporis " (2002)

Jutaku Kenchiku 2002.11 pp.64-67

"Defragmentation / red" (2000)

The Architecture Review, UK, No.1258 2001.Dec p.62
Comfort No.65 2003.6 pp.80-81
Jutaku Kenchiku 2001.3 pp.34-38
Berlin Live 2000.9.20

"Defragmentation / white" (2000)

Jutaku Kenchiku 2001.3 pp.39-41

"Defragmentation / blue" (1999)

Comfort No.65 2003.6 pp.82-83
Jutaku Kenchiku 2001.3 p.41

"Within a Transition Zone" (1996)

Jutaku Kenchiku 1998.3 p.29