Yoshiharu Tsukamoto: We have to avoid treating people just like numbers

Abstract

Yoshiharu Tsukamoto, established Atelier Bow-Wow together with Momoyo Kaijima in 1992 in Tokyo. This architecture Studio has been worldwide recognized by its work focused on domestic practices, cultural issues and idiosyncratic forms, also by its strong academic performance with a rigorous research practice, which has allowed them to explore micro-architecture conditions in the city reflecting the complexity of urban life and how architecture is involved in it. Atelier Bow-Wow has released more than a dozen publications, among them Pet Architecture Guidebook (2001), Made in Tokyo (2001), Graphic Anatomy Atelier Bow-Wow (2007), Behaviorology (2010), and Commonalities (2014).
Yoshiharu Tsukamoto is Professor of Tokyo Institute of Technology. He has taught at Harvard GSD, UCLA, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Barcelona Institute of Architecture, Kyoto Seika University, Cornell University, and Rice University.