A working prototype of Vice Mill VICE MILL is a portable manual coffee grinder designed to be clamped to a table, bench, or any flat edge, transforming an unstable handheld tool into a solid, dependable workstation. By fixing the grinder…
Project REGOLITH CRAFT — Reimagining Vernacular Masonry for Lunar Habitats Project REGOLITH CRAFT explores how traditional masonry culture, especially in volcanic regions such as Rome, Syria, and the Canary Islands, can be reinterpreted for building permanent human habitats on the…
In the Japanese hot-spring city of Atami, more than a thousand years of onsen culture have shaped the landscape, once cherished as a retreat for shoguns and statesmen. Atami was also known as a prominent hanamachi—second only to Kyoto as…
Reimagining how we safely and comfortably linger in the city. Ongoing Research Extending Cool Scape from climate-responsive movement to the conditions of staying, Loiterable City asks not only whether people can walk through a place, but whether they can comfortably…
Shade-first walking routes for heat-safe cities Prototype under development built on Japan’s national open 3D city model, PLATEAU, integrating building and tree geometry for Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward as a living testbed for the Cool Scape application. Due to the effects…
Research Framework / In Development Loiterable City Sandbox is the next stage of the Cool Scape and Loiterable City research trajectory. It proposes a tangible, participatory system for bringing environmental, spatial, and behavioral information into urban-design scenario testing. The current…
Pointer — Find your family, effortlessly. Family Compass is a fully functioning mobile prototype that enables family members to understand each other’s location through an intuitive arrow-based interface. Rather than relying solely on conventional maps, the app presents each person’s…
Will be available on STEAM in 2026 Spring Gravity 4 is a competitive puzzle game inspired by Connect 4, built around the theme of gravity. Players take turns placing blocks, and the first to line up four in a row—vertically,…
At midnight, long after closing time, the storefront falls completely silent. The lights are out, the doors are locked, and yet—behind the glass of the show window—multiple human silhouettes begin to move. In the darkness, their shifting outlines create the…
Selected and Commissioned Artwork, Kobe Rokko Meets Art 2024 Storks is an artwork that invites viewers to remember the Oriental Stork, a bird that once thrived throughout Hyogo Prefecture, including the area that is now Kobe. The species disappeared as…