Yu Sasaki

Japanese architect

“I’m a Japanese junior architect. Before the Wood Program, I was a student at Tohoku University in Japan. After the program, I came back to Japan and currently working in Tokyo and Sendai which is my hometown. The most important achievement through the Wood Program for me was to know the interestingness of working together with the other students through touching real materials. It was the great experience. Thank you for the Wood Program, teachers, and the lovely friends!”

My experiences

Architect at an office (Sendai, Miyagi, Japan)
(2022 – currently)
Going back to hometown and starting a new job from the summer of 2022. Also start studying for Architect’s license.

Architect at an office (Tokyo, Japan)
(2021 – 2022)
Considering the basic design and creating the implementation design of a restaurant and a small ice cream shop in Tokyo. Participation in the proposal for a small studio of the Expo 2025. Considering the basic design for a timber office building.

Candidate of Master of Engineering, Tohoku University (Sendai, Miyagi, Japan)
(2019 – 2020)
Continued the study in the same laboratory as in Bachelor. In the second year of Master, quitted the university to participate in Wood Program. At that time, it was impossible to go abroad while still enrolled because of Covid-19.

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Tohoku University (Sendai, Miyagi, Japan)
(2015 – 2019)
Studied “Theory for Architectural Space”. The theme of my graduate thesis was “Representation of Community of Disaster Public Housing and its Entity in the Great East Japan Earthquake”. Also got the grand prize of Diploma design in the university.