PORTFOLIO Selected Works 2017-2020
Kaito Ikuta
PORTFOLIO Selected Works 2017-2020
Kaito Ikuta
M.arch Student, 2020 | ©Kyoto Institute of Technology ©Kyoto Design Lab.
CV | Education
| Work Experience
April 2020 - present Toyo Ito Private School of Architecture (Japan) 10th Class
August 2019 - present Furumori Koichi Architectural Design Office (Fukuoka, Japan) Intern and Remote Part-time Model Builder & 2D, 3D Drawing Participation in Proposal Competition
April 2019 - present Kyoto Institute of Technology (KIT) (Kyoto, Japan) Master's Course of Architecture Akira Kakuda Lab. 1st-year Grade: Top April 2015 - March 2019 Hiroshima University (Hiroshima, Japan) Cluster Ⅳ , School of Engineering Bachelor degree in Architecture Mitsugu Okagawa Lab. Diploma Grade: Top April 2009 - March 2015 Matsuyama West Secondary School (Ehime, Japan) April 2003 - March 2009 Syouseki Primary School (Ehime, Japan) Study Abroad August 2017 - September 2017 Denmark and Japan Architectural Studies (Copenhagen, Denmark) 3th Team 4
September 2017 - present Studio Unbuilt (Tokyo, Japan) Remote Part-time 2D,3D Drawing June 2019 - present Kohei Kudo Architect & Associates (Tokyo, Japan) Remote Part-time Model Builder & 2D, 3D Drawing Participation in Proposal Competition April 2018 - March 2019 TK Design Office (Hiroshima, Japan) Part-time Model builder & 2D Drawing Augast 2017 UID / Principal Architect Keisuke Maeda (Hiroshima, Japan) Short Intern
Kaito Ikuta Japan | 27.12.1996 Mobile: +81-80-2985-6553 (Japan) Address: Ichihana, 33 Nakaho-chou, Nishinokyou, Nakagyou-ku, Kyoto 604-8461, Japan E-mail: kaitoikuta.kit@gmail.com
| Main Awards
| Other
September 2019, March 2020 1st Prize | Hiroshima Architectural Student Competition (Hiroshima, Japan) President's Award | Kyoto Institute of Technology (Kyoto, Japan) Project Title: Tree-shaded Pavilion
October 2019 - November 2019 Student Management Staff | ETH Zurich ×KIT Joint WS -Transition-
December 2019 1st Prize | Sankyo Architectural Student Competition (Development Department) (Toyama, Japan) Project Title: Onomatopoeia Street July 2019 Silver Medal | Atelier FTK Open Jury (Kyoto, Japan) Project Title: New Red light in Gojo February, March 2019 1st Prize | Hiroshima University (Hiroshima, Japan) Award of Exellence, Finalist | Kitakyushu Architectural Exhibition Awards (Fukuoka, Japan) Project Title: Architecture. Possible here? April 2018 Encouragement Award | Hiroshima University Architectural Awards (Hiroshima, Japan)
April 2019 - August 2019 Teaching Assistant | Kyoto Institute of Technology Aprill 2017 - March 2019 Student Chief of PR |Hiroshima University Aprill 2013,2014,2015 Japanese National Player | International KARATE Friendship, I.K.O
| Skills 2D Drawing / 3D Drawing JW CAD ARCHICAD, Rhinoceros,Grasshopper 3D Rendering / CFD Lumion, Twinmotion Flow Design Adobe Creative Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop,PremierPro Microsoft Office Physical model making
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KI Kaito Ikuta Japan | 27.12.1996 Mobile: +81-80-2985-6553 (Japan) Address: Ichihana, 33 Nakaho-chou, Nishinokyou, Nakagyou-ku, Kyoto 604-8461, Japan
E-mail: kaitoikuta.kit@gmail.com
Contents Curriculum Vitae
pp.04
Tree-shaded Pavilion
pp.08
New Red Light in Gojo
pp.18
B.Arch Diploma Project
pp.28
Tatsuda Hill Pavillion
pp.34
Motomachi 2020-2040
pp.40
Takami Sky Pavillion
pp.44
Sundholm Central Café
pp.48
Oedo Underground Gallery
pp.50
Nichigin Peace Theater
pp.52
Cover: Tree-shaded Pavilion Drawing
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| Introduction My research interests are architectural design competitions. As you know, design competitions are not only winning and losing but also the moments when diverse areas such as politics, economics and geography overlap. It's no exaggeration to say that this energy becomes a major background that shaped moder n architecture and cities. Thinking about architecture in terms of such plurality reaffirms that architecture is established on the basis of the social environment, and whatever the program, architecture naturally belongs to the citizens and is established as a center of life and culture. In my opinion, an architect is a citizen who can add a new "line" to it. Â Therefore, Â my design concept is "From Feet to Sun" by examining every universals that passe through the site. I draw new lines in 3D by overlapping and interfering with them. It is also a trial to capture the autonomy of architecture and users while emphasizing the active autonomy of people and the natural environment. As a trajectory of such thinking, This portfolio shows selected works of Kaito Ikuta which have done in the past about 3 years. (2017-2020) November 11, 2020
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Tree-shaded Pavilion 1st Prize, Actualization | Hiroshima Architectural Student Competition President's Award | Kyoto Institute of Technology Hiroshima, Japan 2019-2021 (Under Construction)
A competition was held for a plan to rebuild
reflects the shade of the trees while still meeting
the public toilets at Hiroshima Prefecture's
the landscape ordinance.
Shukkei-en, a scenic spot celebrating the 400th anniversary of the creation of the garden. The
This project will be completed in April 2021.
site is surrounded by a variety of trees, and is a rich place where the shade of trees sways over the
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ground. For such places, even in the public toilet sought the closure of a certain level, aimed at the space feel the natural richness of the garden. Rather than bring newness to a historical garden, it is like an arbor where visitors can enjoy the natural beauty of the place by being wrapped in a translucent roof that reflects the shade of trees that have spread over the place from the old days. Proposed a new architecture.
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The roof has a space below the eaves of 2,730
Project Title: Tree-shaded Pavilion
mm with a wooden truss made of laminated
Project Status: Under construction, competition
beams and bent laminated timber. The aim was
Project Year: 2019-2021
to create a roof frame format that is similar
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
to traditional Japanese wooden buildings that
Function: Public restroom, bicycle parking
incorporate the flexibility of wooden structures.
Architect: Kaito Ikuta, Hikaru Yuri Tutor: prof. Akira Kakuda
The final plan was to create a large "shade roof"
Collaborator: MASAA
with scissor truss structures and to support
Structure Engineer: Yasuo Yoshino
vertical loads with 19 pillars, 120mm square.
Client: Hiroshima Prefecture S p o n s o r : S O G O S H I K A K U, O H - H ATA ,
In addition, the roof glass is double-layered with
Architects&Partners, RE:FACTORY, TOTO
a bronze inner membrane on the outdoor side and
Site Area: 20㎥
a white inner membrane to create a light roof that
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New Red Light in Gojo Silver Medal | Atelier FTK Open Jury Grade A | M.Arch Design Studio, Kyoto Institute of Technology Honorable Mention | KIPA Design Competition Kyoto, Japan 2019
This is a renovation project of the Gojo Kaikan
creating a relationship in which the red space
(former Gojo Paradise Kabuki Practice Hall)
was renewed in accordance with the movement
in the center of Kyoto's Gojo district. This area
of the community. This is an architecture that
is known as the "Red Line District" because
lights up Gojo without disappearing and protects
of the remaining teahouse architecture, called
the town while being protected by the town.
teahouse architecture. In the past, this building played a central role in the district as a stage for building repairs and Geisha, projecting an enchanting red color onto the area. Therefore, the Gojo Hall, a former security base, was transformed into a complex of police and firefighting facilities and an archive center, and the color red was added as a new safe color for today. The unit of a police station instead of a police station, and a fire department instead of a fire department, is a communitylevel security base that fits the scale of Kyoto's
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narrow alleys. To preserve the span of the most distinctive great hall, the exhibition columns
Project Title: New Red Light in Gojou
were vertically placed on the refractory points
Project Status: Academic, competition
of the existing war ren tr usses to provide
Project Year: 2019
structural reinforcement and simultaneously
Period: 2 months
design the exhibition space. In addition, the red
Location: Kyoto, Japan
objects and security lights displayed along the
Function: Koban, archive center
glass surface serve as the elevation, providing
Architect: Kaito Ikuta
a Japanese and security lighting for the city.
Tutor: lecturer. Shigenori Uoya Client: Kenzo Sugiyama, Manager of Gojou Hall
The district is also an area where the guesthouse rate is increasing and the renovation of vacant houses is flourishing. At that time, the geisha tools used in the demolition and renovation of the teahouse building were stocked in this building,
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Site Area: 450㎥
Site (Gojo Hall, Kyoto) 19
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The Steamscape of Tohji 1st Prize | B.Arch Diploma Project, Hiroshima University Award of Exellence, Finalist | Kitakyushu Architectural Exhibition Awards Top 8 | JIA Diploma Award in Chugoku Ehime, Japan 2019
Thermal bathing facilities, which supported the
An ancient local program called "Tohji," which
Japanese culture of life, are becoming more and
corresponds to the rhythm of human life, will
more like theme park facilities for short-term
be newly incorporated into the town, creating a
stays, and they are increasing all over Japan as
Japanese lifestyle for the next generation.
uniform, compliant buildings in concert with the increasing number of domestic tourists. How
*Tohji (Traditional Spa in Japan)
will a typical Japanese hot spring lodging form
Tohji is the act of staying in a hot spring resort for
in the modern city and what kind of architecture
a long period of time (at least one week or more)
will it be in the future, when life is becoming
to cure a specific disease in the hot spring. This
more multi-location and kinship relationships are
hot spring resort is called a Tohji place.
dispersed? In this project, we designed a new *Tohji that overlaps the scale of future residence, which is neither tourism nor settlement, with the scale of gentle living and recuperation at a hot spring resort, which is the original landscape of Japanese life and recuperation. It changes
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delicately, creating a gentle living space parallel to the environment. In addition, by analyzing
Project Title: The Steamscape of Tohji
and calculating the mass of hot water on this
Project Status: B.Arch diploma
land, a plan for 13 houses and 32 guests can
Project Year: 2018-2019
be established by hot water thermal power
Period: 6 months
generation, with a sense of scale in response to
Location: Ehime, Japan
the land. In addition, the surplus lodgers of more
Function: Japanese Spa (Tohji)
than 13 houses in the future, when the number
Architect: Kaito Ikuta
of vacant houses increases and the number of
Tutor: prof. Mitsugu Okagawa
vacancies decreases, will become the recipients of
Site Area: 6,844㎥
lodging by renovating vacant houses and expand the scale of lodging in the city, creating a scheme in which the act of lodging is integrated into urban planning.
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Tatsuda Hill Pavilion Top 34 | Kumamoto Artpolis Design Competition Kumamoto, Japan 2020
This project is an open design competition to
which was then painted by the residents through
build a public toilet on the 152-meter-high Mount
workshops. The hill is divided into a continuity of
Tateyama, located northeast of the center of
the walkway by the difference in the level of the
Kumamoto City.
ground, creating a square. The toilets themselves were constructed with HP shell roofs, inexpensive base
The Tachi-Tateyama area is covered with various
materials and work that can be constructed by local
layers of soil with continuous ups and downs,
contractors to create a hill that echoes the shape of
such as intersecting faults and built-up hills.
Mount Tatenda. The high foundation of the building
Also, in contrast to a busy festival plaza with
frame creates a chimney effect with negative pressure in
playground equipment scattered throughout the
the ventilation openings, which provides good insulation
large undulating grassland, the subject site is a
and encourages natural ventilation.
quiet place dotted with large trees and surrounded by trees.
Respecting the fertile environment of the Tateyama Mountain, we designed the toilet to be a continuum of
Therefore, we considered the trees as a place not
the landscape.
only for discharge but also for relaxation, and we aimed to create a "built-up mountain and a small roof" which is a landscape in continuity with the
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landscape, where all the users, such as runners, children and adults, can sit down and spend their
Project Title: Tatsuda Hill Pavillion
time under the roof and feel comfortable, which
Project Status: Competition
is different from the usual restrooms.
Project Year: 2020 Period: 3 weeks
In contrast to the given plan, which uses the entire site in a small total floor area, we made use
Function: Public restroom
of Kumamoto's fertile local "soil" to protect the
Architect: Kaito Ikuta, Kohei Kudo, Hikari Oguro
total area of 50㎥ , and by devising ways to move
Site Area: 50㎥
the soil, we created a peaceful plan that uses the entire site as a whole as a unified architecture and landscape. Specifically, we used construction soil from the ring road development to build the embankment,
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Location: Kumamoto, Japan
Site (Mt.Tatsuda Park, Kumamoto) 35
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Motomachi Metabolism 2020-2040 Winning |Japan Architectural Student Competition, Architectural Institute of Japan Top 40, Recommended Works | Historical Space Redesign Competition Hiroshima, Japan 2019
This project is a design competition of the Architectural Institute of Japan held under the
generational students and new families, renewing the way of living for the next generation.
theme of "Rethinking *Danchi". In this way, Motomachi Apartment, which The "Danchi" developed during the high
inherits the DNA of Motomachi and Danchi and
economic growth period as a modern living
repeats its metabolism, becomes a living student
utopia are one after another being turned into
town, creating a peaceful landscape.
bad stock throughout Japan.The Hiroshima Motomachi Danchi is a typical example of such
*Danchi (Old housing complexes)
a situation, where the emptiness of housing
It refers to a cluster of residential or industrial
complexes is remarkable as a shadow left behind
zones or areas with similar purposes and uses. In
in the light of urbanization. I wondered if it
Japan, many of these buildings were constructed
would be possible to position the formality of a
during the 1950s and 1960s, when the Japan
housing complex and the memory of the danchi,
Housing Corporation (now the Urban Renaissance
which is being buried, organically in the daily life
Agency) was actively supplying housing.
of the city. Therefore, we will turn the entire Motomachi
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Danchi into a public art university-residential complex, which we will edit while overlaying the
Project Title: Motomachi metabolism 2020-2040
changing timeline of Motomachi. Specifically, the
Project Status: Competition
slabs will be extended and stacked as terraces in
Project Year: 2019
the large surplus space hidden in the conventional
Period: 3 weeks
mid-rise apartment complex, and the horizontal
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
axis of art will be added to the horizontal axis of
Function: Housing conversion to art public
the rigid home. In contrast to the skeleton infill
university and dormitory
construction method, which is the embodiment
Architect: Kaito Ikuta, Daiki Yoshimoto
of Metabolism, the residential and public spaces
Site Area: 81,100㎥
of the high-rise apartment complex intersect with the rich natural environment of the Seto Inland Sea by reducing the infill. In the midst of the grid of the building frame, the core system, a highrise housing complex, forms a fusion of multi-
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Takami Sky Pavilion Top 9 | Hiroshima Architectural Student Competition Hiroshima, Japan 2018
This project is a student design competition to build a public restroom at Takami-san (Mt.
prepared for each one of them at each moment, and get a sense of comfort beyond the purpose of excretion.
Takami) located at 283m above sea level on Mukaishima Island in Onomichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture. Takamiyama, located at 283 m above sea level in Onomichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture. We wondered whether a toilet for simple excretion would be appropriate for a new toilet in a modern nature park, and reconsidered the act of rest and the creation of a delicate place among the public. A restroom as a stage set was planned at the top of Mukojima and Takami. We thought it would be appropriate as a restroom adjacent to the observatory to create a resting area for each person next to the observatory, a viewing space
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for all. The slab up to the toilet bowl is skipped to create an uplifting atmosphere, while at the same
Project Title: Takami Sky Pavilion
time ensuring adequate ventilation and underfloor
Project Status: Competition
airflow for the restroom, and a floor level that
Project Year: 2018
allows a luxurious view of the Seto Inland Sea
Period: 3 weeks
area without being obstructed by the external
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
view or the adjacent water purification fence. In
Function: Public restroom
addition, a Teflon membrane roof was applied to
Architect: Kaito Ikuta, Kazuki Okuno, Ryoya Uomori
wrap the roof, shortening the construction period
Site Area: 20㎥
and providing natural light, while creating a soft and generous artificial structure like an andon in the large landscape of the nature park. The users feel comfortable through the scenery cut out of the rectangular shape of the windows
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Sundholm Central CafĂŠ Encouragement Award | Hiroshima University Architectural Awards Copenhagen, Denmark 2017
This is a public facility renovation project
building on the second floor of the RC building, and
for architecture students in Japan and the
designed and proposed a renovation plan that is both
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts to make
relational and airy circulatory device that can help with
design proposals to the city of Copenhagen in
the routine of life in small operations.
Sundholm. With Denmark's transition to a social welfare state, the policy of making Sundholm a site for the redevelopment of poor neighborhoods has been in effect since 1996: from a forced labor facility built in 1908, it was transformed into a vocational training center and in 2000 became a homeless support area. In 2000, it became a support area for the homeless. It has gradually opened up from the state where the poor and drug addicts were isolated from society and a hospital was set up so that they could complete their lives inside, and now the public and private sectors are
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working together to support them. Project Title: Sundholm Night CafĂŠ In this design, the "Central Cafe", which is used as the entrance and youth hostel in Sundholm,
Project Year: 2017
was planned as a place for indirect rehabilitation
Period: 3 weeks
of users, mainly by improving the living
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
environment from the management side, based
Function: Rehabilitation facility
on the requests of the administrative clients and
Architect: Kaito Ikuta, Marika Saito, Mune Muraoka
users. Through fieldwork, we found that poor
Tutor: R.A. Takumi Yano etc.
living conditions on the administrative side,
Site Area: 120㎥
not the users, led to a stagnation or decrease in activities, so we carried out renovations that were both for the staff and for the users. Specifically, we focused on the entrance, dead space, and courtyard of the existing closed-off historic
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Project Status: Japan and Denmark Architectural Studies
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Oedo Underground Gallery Honorable Mention | SRF (Super Rainforcement with Frexibility) Competition Tokyo, Japan 2018
This project is a structural competition to create
reinforcement as well as a new subway experience.
a safer society using a strip of reinforcement called *SRF.
*SRF (Super Rainforcement with Flexibility) SRF is also known as "bandage reinforcement". It
In recent years, reinforcing and renewing
is a method of reinforcement in which flexible and
infrastructure built during the high economic
unbreakable polyester fiber reinforcement is attached to
growth period has become a problem in Japan.
and wrapped around reinforced concrete (RC) and steel
Especially for subways, the focus is on how to
reinforced concrete (SRC) columns, walls, and main
reinforce and renew the infrastructure to maintain
wooden members using an adhesive.
a safe transportation network due to their unique site conditions. We propose a new structural reinforcement proposal using SRF for the subway system in Tokyo, the world's largest underground city, and at the same time, create an attractor to add color and use to a subway system that functions only as a transportation system. Specifically, we propose
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to protect the narrow space of the Oedo subway system from earth pressure and shear force
Project Title: Oedo Underground Gallery
during an earthquake by using a new type of belt
Project Status: Competition
reinforcement called "ring-shaped SRF decorative
Project Year: 2018
reinforcement". Depending on the speed of the
Period: 1 week
subway system, the traditional patterns printed
Location: Tokyo, Japan
on the SRF will look like abstract paintings, and
Function: Station renovation
depending on the speed at which the subway
Architect: Kaito Ikuta
system is moving, the SRF will be transformed
Site Area: 40.7km
into a high-resolution Japanese patterned wall, turning the subway system into a dynamic gallery like a Japanese picture scroll. This renovation is a Japanese approach to urban renewal that provides a safe infrastructure
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Nichigin Peace Theater Winning, Actualization | Hiroshima Contemporary Art Exhibition Hiroshima, Japan 2020- 2021 (In Progress)
This project is an open call for art that produces
peaceful and prosperous state.
the fascination of the A-bombed architecture of Hiroshima.
By actively listening to the weathering, the scars of the bombing, and the three-dimensional sounds of
Through this exhibition, we hoped to create a
flora, fauna, and infrastructure, viewers of this theater
time and opportunity to think together about the
can sense the invisible harmony of the Nichigin and
peaceful and prosperous urban environment of
leave with a new perspective on the city. Moreover, as
Hiroshima, from its past to its future, through
sounds from inside and outside come and go through
the architecture of the A-bombed city, which has
the windows, the virtual and real environments interfere
been buried under urbanization. Furthermore,
with each other, creating an urban installation where
based on the given theme of "Art and Design to
a new fascination is born every minute and second of
Draw out the Appeal of a Place," we thought we
the 15 days. After the exhibition, we hope to create
could capture the appeal of a place and reflect
a permanent location where the archived data of the
it by capturing the environment of the former
former Bank of Japan will be accessible from all over the
Bank of Japan, Hiroshima Branch (Nichigin) as
world as a virtual theater to present "the living image of
it was, and collecting three dimensions in three
Nichigin".
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Project Title: Nichigin Peace Theater
density using a 3D laser scanner and recorder. As
Project Status: Installation
a characteristic of this 3D laser scanner, the sky,
Project Year: 2020-
glass, and shadowy areas are rendered in black,
Period: 3 months
so to compensate for these invisible areas and
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
the actual city situation, we mixed the measured
Function: Public Art
audio and various recorded data to create a video
Architect: Kaito Ikuta, Jun Kawahata
work that looks at "the breathing of the former
Site Area: 17㎥
Bank of Japan". This is because we believe that the black shadows are the spaces where the light and shadows of urbanization are projected, and at the same time, the state of constant activity of animals, plants, and nature lurking in these gaps is the basis of the city's appeal and creates a
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Contact Details ph: +81-80-2985-6553 (Japan) enail: kaitoikuta.kit@gmail.com
My research interests are architectural design competitions. As you know, design competitions are not only winning and losing but also the moments when diverse areas such as politics, economics and geography overlap. It's no exaggeration to say that this energy becomes a major background that shaped modern architecture and cities. Thinking about architecture in terms of such plurality reaffirms that architecture is established on the basis of the social environment, and whatever the program, architecture naturally belongs to the citizens and is established as a center of life and culture. In my opinion, an architect is a citizen who can add a new "line" to it. Â Therefore, Â my design concept is "From Feet to Sun" by examining every universals that passe through the site. I draw new lines in 3D by overlapping and interfering with them. It is also a trial to capture the autonomy of architecture and users while emphasizing the active autonomy of people and the natural environment. As a trajectory of such thinking, This portfolio shows selected works of Kaito Ikuta which have done in the past about 3 years. (2017-2020)
Kaito Ikuta M.Arch Student, KIT
Š Nov. 2020 Kaito Ikuta Printed in Japan