Specializes in architectural history, urban history, and conservation. Graduated from the Department of Architecture at the University of Tokyo in 1978. Taught at the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo as a research assistant from 1988 and a professor from 2008. Professor at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature from 2009 to 2014. Currently a professor at the Institute of Industrial Science of the University of Tokyo. Co-representative of the World Naka-naka Heritage Site Committee. Chair of the YʼAvant-Garde Architecture Society. Authored and edited books include Shanhai [Shanghai*], Chuka chudoku [Chinese Addiction*], Ajia kenchiku kenkyu [Asian Architecture: Trans-Architecture/Trans-Urbanism*], and Mega shitii [Megacity*] (six volumes).

* Asterisked titles have been translated from Japanese.

【Research Exhibit at the Windowology Exhibition】

【Speaker at the Windowology Symposium on October 3】