Studio Details

Location
Tokyo, Japan

Date
14 July-25 July, 2025

Studio Directors in Tokyo
Kengo Kuma (Founder, Kengo Kuma and Associates)
Rita Topa (Partner, Kengo Kuma and Associates)
Andrea Toccolini (Chief Project Director, Kengo Kuma and Associates)
Hirotaka Mashiko (Chief Project Director, Kengo Kuma and Associates)

Studio Project
Reimagining the Urban Village in Sangenjaya (Urban regeneration and Mix-use development)

Field Trips and Site Visits
The Kengo Kuma and Associates office, Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo
Sunny Hills, Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo
Asakusa Culture and Tourism Centre, Asakusa, Tokyo
Zuisho-ji Temple, Shirokanedai, Tokyo

Studio Project

coming soon…

Kengo Kuma was born in 1954. He established Kengo Kuma & Associates in 1990. He is currently a University Professor and Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo and a member of the Japan Art Academy after teaching at Keio University and the University of Tokyo. KKAA projects are currently underway in more than 50 countries. Kengo Kuma proposes architecture that opens up new relationships between nature, technology, and human beings. His major publications include Kengo Kuma Onomatopoeia Architecture Grounding (X-Knowledge), Nihon no Kenchiku (Architecture of Japan, Iwanami Shoten), Zen Shigoto (Kengo Kuma – the complete works, Daiwa Shobo), Ten Sen Men (Point Line Plane, Iwanami Shoten), Makeru Kenchiku (Architecture of Defeat, Iwanami Shoten), Shizen na Kenchiku (Natural Architecture, Iwanami Shinsho), Chii-sana Kenchiku (Small Architecture, Iwanami Shinsho) and many others.

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Internships

Students accepted into the Kengo Kuma and Associates Studio at Venice Studio may be considered for available internship or job opportunities at Kengo Kuma and Associates. Selection of candidates is at the sole discretion of the studio directors and Kengo Kuma and Associates. Places are not guaranteed.

Program Information