Kyoto／Tokyo

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mail : contact@sunaki.jp
instagram : @sunaki.inc

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First-Class Architect Office
Registered with the Kyoto Prefectural Governor (04A) No. 03376

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A collaborative studio led by architect Toshikatsu Kiuchi and artist/programmer Taichi Sunayama, specializing in the planning, design, and execution of projects that merge architecture and contemporary art. While primarily focused on architectural and spatial design, their work spans various artistic disciplines, including installation art, sculpture, and conceptual art, as well as performing arts. They approach a wide range of projects through experimental research utilizing advanced digital technologies, such as 3D scanning and digital fabrication, reflecting cutting-edge production techniques. Each project blends technical expertise with creative innovation, resulting in multidisciplinary and forward-thinking outcomes. Recent projects include:

• Web space design for the online art book fair held in 2020 and 2021 by "TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR," one of Asia's largest art book fairs, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• "Double Object" (2023), a project embedding Z-Fighting, a glitch characteristic of digital 3D space, into furniture through 2.5D special printing, giving it a material tactile quality.
• "Shodoshima House" (2022), a project attempting the digital fabrication of structural repairs and transferring existing finishes onto new materials through 3D/2D scanning.
• The Japan Pavilion at The 17th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, "Co-ownership of actions: Trajectories of Elements," curated by architect Kozo Kadowaki, where Sunayama and Kiuchi participated as artists, constructing digital databases and exhibiting installations.

Ongoing projects both domestically and internationally, including the Japan Pavilion exhibition "In Between" at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, curated by architect Jun Aoki and featuring SUNAKI as a participating artist, scheduled to open in May 2025.

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Toshikatsu Kiuchi

Architect. Specializes in architectural design and digital fabrication, with a focus on the field of informatics within architecture and urban studies.
After completing a Master degree in Architecture at the University of Tokyo in 2004, he worked at Diller Scofidio + Renfro from 2005 to 2007, and at R&Sie(n) Architects from 2007 to 2011. Following his roles in research and education, including as an assistant professor in Architecture at the University of Tokyo from 2015 to 2018, he has served as an associate professor at the Future Design Engineering Organization at Kyoto Institute of Technology since 2022.

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Taichi Sunayama

Artist and programmer. His work spans production, design, planning, and critique, focusing on information and materiality in the fields of architecture and art.
In addition to his creative activities, he serves as the director of the web service [Shinkenchiku Data] and is involved in various corporate DX projects.
In 2016, he earned a doctoral degree in the field of Architecture (Structural Planning) from the Graduate School of Fine Arts at Tokyo University of the Arts. Since 2014, he has been a lecturer in the Department of General Art Studies at Kyoto City University of Arts, and since 2020, he has been an associate professor in the same department.