On June 6, 2017, Voluntary Architects Network (VAN) signed a disaster agreement with the Ohta Ward, Tokyo to supply partitioning...
Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition

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Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
After 18 years, for the second time at Gallery Ma, the exhibition housed projects in progress, revealing the design philosophy...
Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
This is a prototype of a 50㎡ home that can be built in onemonth for approximately 5 million yen, excluding...
On January 18, 2016, Voluntary Architects Network (VAN) signed a disaster agreement with the Oita Prefecture to supply partitioning systems...
Year:
2016
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design

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Year:
2016
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design
Year:
2016
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design
The Kumamoto earthquake was an earthquake with a seismic intensity of 7 observed on April 14 and 16, 2016, causing...
Year:
2016
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design
Year:
2016
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition

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Year:
2016
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2016
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Collaboration work with Jae Eun Choi...
Year:
2016
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Drawing inspiration from Shiro Kuramata’s umbrella stand—where a cane supports a floating ring. Here, the umbrella becomes the support for...
This bench was created for the Ōita Prefectural Art Museum using shichitō-i—a rush plant traditionally cultivated in Ōita for making...
Broader paper tubes form the backrest and seat between wooden frames, allowing the chair to be stacked. Individual cushions are...
By subtracting identical circular segments from each tabletop, the tables can be connected together—either paired through shared curves or arranged...
Year:
2015
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design
On January 16, 2015, Voluntary Architects Network (VAN) signed a disaster agreement with the Kyoto City, Kyoto to supply partitioning...
Year:
2015
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design
Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition

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Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design

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Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design
Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design
On 20th August 2014, heavy rainfall struck Hiroshima City, Japan which caused huge landslides forcing over 1600 residents to evacuate...
Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design
Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition

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Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Mountain hut built in the National park of Yakushima Island. The hut was rebuilt on the foundation of the previous...
Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
House
Feature:
Furniture House

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Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
House
Feature:
Furniture House
Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
House
Feature:
Furniture House
Instead of being supported by conventional columns and walls, this “Furniture House” is supported structurally by the furniture itself, creating...
Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition

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Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
This is the first large scale individual exhibition, consisting of not only small models images, and photographs, but of full...
Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2012
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition

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Year:
2012
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2012
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
This exhibition was designed to display sketches and posters produced by Irving Penn, in collaboration with Issey Miyake. The exhibition...
Year:
2012
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2011
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Feature:
Container Structure

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Year:
2011
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Feature:
Container Structure
Year:
2011
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Feature:
Container Structure
By stacking the container temporary housing on the site, wide building intervals were achieved, and the design for the community...
Year:
2011
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Feature:
Container Structure
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Year:
2011
Status:
Completed
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
The concept of the pavilion was to create a nomadic exhibition structure easy to assemble and disassemble; all the structure...
Year:
2011
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design

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Year:
2011
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design
Year:
2011
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design
Iwate / Miyagi / Fukushima / Yamagata / Niigata / Nagano / Tochigi, JapanThe evacuees of the great Japan Earthquake...
Year:
2011
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Product Design
Year:
2011
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Interior
Program:
Cafe / Restaurant

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Year:
2011
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Interior
Program:
Cafe / Restaurant
Year:
2011
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Interior
Program:
Cafe / Restaurant
Located in the Daimaru department store in Osaka Station. The façade is veiled in an ethereal white string curtain that...
Year:
2011
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Interior
Program:
Cafe / Restaurant
Year:
2010
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
House
Feature:
Picture Window House

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Year:
2010
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
House
Feature:
Picture Window House
Year:
2010
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
House
Feature:
Picture Window House
The site is located at the top of a sloped street on the corner of an L-shaped bend. Looking back...
The site for the house is on typical developed land, with an alleyway to the south and a highway to...
This was a design project for a wooden house in Tokyo. In response to conditions of the site, located next...
This site is located on the northern slope of a villa area in South Hakone. The scenery to the north...
Year:
2008
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition

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Year:
2008
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2008
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
The Paper tea house is made of square paper tubes. Walls are connected by a steel rod and the roof...
Year:
2008
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition
Year:
2007
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Retail Store
Feature:
Glass Shutter Façade

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Year:
2007
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Retail Store
Feature:
Glass Shutter Façade
Year:
2007
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Retail Store
Feature:
Glass Shutter Façade
The entire facade facing Ginza Street is covered with a glass shutter, allowing a three floor atrium to transform into...
Year:
2007
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Retail Store
Feature:
Glass Shutter Façade
Year:
2007
Location:
Japan
Program:
Religious Facility

Year:
2007
Location:
Japan
Program:
Religious Facility
10 years after its completion, “Paper Church – Kobe” (1995) originally built after the Kobe earthquake 1995, was moved to...
Year:
2007
Location:
Japan
Program:
Religious Facility
“Maison E,” a 1,200 m2 residence planned for a family of two generations, borders a busy thoroughfare on one side...


























