Koichiro SUGIYAMA
Born in Hamamatsu. Class-1 registered architect. He studied architecture at Nihon University (Takamiya studio) and Tokyo University of the Arts (Kitagawara studio). He also studied abroad at ETH Zurich (Peter Maerkli Studio). In 2014, he trained at Atelier Peter Zumthor under the Overseas Training Program for New Artists by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, and worked there until he founded his own practice «atelier tsu» together with Hirona Tsuchiya in 2021.
«Having experienced several trips in my school days slowly and surely broadened my horizons. Traveling to India for the first time by myself. Crossing Turkey to Egypt on buses. Traveling around the Iberian countries for two months. A pilgrimage of 1,400 km from mid-west France through the Pyrenees to the end of the Iberian Peninsula. I want to value the words that come from my experience, rather than just good words. And I try every day to broaden my sensitivity so that I don’t overlook things that are plenty in the world but hard to notice.»