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︎ I am an architect and designer from New York City interested in the convergence of memory, history, place, and regeneration. Working with an Engineering/Specialist in Humanities and International Services Visa within Japan, brainstorming to solve urban and social issues.
I worked in both Chicago and New York, with a variety of small to medium sized design firms on US projects and international, ranging from SOM to Leong Leong, Lynch Eisinger Design and Marvel Architects.
I currently have an expertise in facades, ground-up building design, and adaptive reuse of existing buildings. My passion projects include interdisciplinary parks (skateparks) for the social well-being of modern cities. I worked with the Tony Hawk Foundation and Gotham Park to create and reopen two of New York popular parks.
Nikkei Yonsei (2nd + 4th generation Japanese American) from Cupertino, California with an english speaking background of philosophy, design, sociology, and humanities- a mixture of studies to understand the complex modern world.
My family has historical ties to Iwate, Tokyo, and Mountain View, California, my grandfather’s side comes from a lineage of politicians, reformers, and writers, one of them being Saito Makoto, a former Prime Minister of Japan who was assasinated in a right wing uprising in the infamous February 2–26 Incident before World War II.
I’m currently interested in doing adaptive reuse projects for abandoned buildings outside of Tokyo, to convert into spaces for social gathering and youth culture to build community in the areas of population decline.
I’m interested in doing projects that mediate between the hyper-dense populations of Tokyo, connecting the global city culture back to rural areas.
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︎ I am an architect and designer from New York City interested in the convergence of memory, history, place, and regeneration. Working with an Engineering/Specialist in Humanities and International Services Visa within Japan, brainstorming to solve urban and social issues.
I worked in both Chicago and New York, with a variety of small to medium sized design firms on US projects and international, ranging from SOM to Leong Leong, Lynch Eisinger Design and Marvel Architects.
I currently have an expertise in facades, ground-up building design, and adaptive reuse of existing buildings. My passion projects include interdisciplinary parks (skateparks) for the social well-being of modern cities. I worked with the Tony Hawk Foundation and Gotham Park to create and reopen two of New York popular parks.
Nikkei Yonsei (2nd + 4th generation Japanese American) from Cupertino, California with an english speaking background of philosophy, design, sociology, and humanities- a mixture of studies to understand the complex modern world.
My family has historical ties to Iwate, Tokyo, and Mountain View, California, my grandfather’s side comes from a lineage of politicians, reformers, and writers, one of them being Saito Makoto, a former Prime Minister of Japan who was assasinated in a right wing uprising in the infamous February 2–26 Incident before World War II.
I’m currently interested in doing adaptive reuse projects for abandoned buildings outside of Tokyo, to convert into spaces for social gathering and youth culture to build community in the areas of population decline.
I’m interested in doing projects that mediate between the hyper-dense populations of Tokyo, connecting the global city culture back to rural areas.
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