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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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A form arises to lay the departed

The moon waxes and

The perpetual care grave at Fukuden-ji Temple

Upon its mirrored waters, the sky gathers

House of 33 Years

Its design/fabrication process has been an academic research

Glass House Ver.2023

IT IS A GARDEN

The moon waxes and wanes

The Blind Dream

In the room dedicated to the moonlight,

Commissioned and produced by Yamaguchi Center

ABSENT CITY

The story is accompanied by the

Seeing Red [scenography]

What’s involved in

Megumi Matsubara & Nástio Mosquito

The speculative thoughts and emotions involved in

After the architecture is built, having the

Good-For-All-Weather Camouflage Pattern

Its appearance elsewhere includes ASSISTANT Original Silk Scarves,

Ghost House

Ghost House now stands

Windscape

This made it possible

House of 33 Years

After five years since the project’s inception,

VOID

The space is designed to carefully intervene the

Korogaru Pavilion

The project was commissioned by YCAM

Obscure Architecture

Built into the exhibited architectural structures are glass

Diary for Simultaneous August 2008

The background system was technically supported by computer

ABSENT CITY

It includes an original essay by Yoshikazu Nango

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

You can enjoy

Air Library

The total amount of materials to

17_StringLeaf

HAPPY CITY

A field-based experiment with Happy City was performed

Woven Marionette

It shows the frozen moment where all

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.

In an interview while the work was

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