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Assistant is an architecture studio founded in 2002 by Megumi Matsubara, Hiroi Ariyama, Motohiro Sunouchi, to push the boundaries of architectural practice through activating interdisciplinary and international perspectives at every phase.

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Un/Maze

Un/Maze is a representation of

It is a threshold where one may

This unbroken rhythm of light, to

The perpetual care grave at Fukuden-ji Temple

Upon its mirrored waters, the sky gathers

House of 33 Years

Each work was also

Glass House Ver.2023

IT IS A GARDEN

The sun rises and sets

The Blind Dream

It consists of nine

Designed by Hiroi Ariyama of the Japanese architecture

ABSENT CITY

The publication was edited by

Seeing Red [scenography]

Jung Young Doo (Korea): Choreographer Jung’s

Megumi Matsubara & Nástio Mosquito

Nástio Mosquito, who was

They pick up objects scattered on the

Good-For-All-Weather Camouflage Pattern

The pattern keeps reappearing

Ghost House

Ghost House is a part

Windscape

A big window

House of 33 Years

The House of 33 Years is a

VOID

The title of

Korogaru Pavilion

The circular shape dilutes one’s sense

Obscure Architecture

For Matsubara, one of the clients is her

Diary for Simultaneous August 2008

Public/image, an online visual art magazine

ABSENT CITY

“ABSENT CITY : the city

It's a Tasty World - Food Science, Now!

The theme of the

Air Library

All the furniture

17_StringLeaf

HAPPY CITY

ABSTRACT: We developed city-use applications to automatically

Woven Marionette

It shows the frozen moment where all masonry

You were not where I was when I was there. We were in completely different places. <br>So you did not see anything and I could not show anything to you.

Although Matsubara created many of the works on

22_NewYearCards2012

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