Interview with Masahiko Sato

I did not went to architecture school so i mostly learned everything by myself. working in a firm pass an examination and established my own company.

Careful listening to what client wants and find a best solution to fit the needs.

It is always exciting to design eachtime because each project is unique

Harsh education from workplace, family support, and strong motivation

To be able to design not in japan but many place in the world and spread inspiration.

Be bold and creative.

Keep pushing the boundaries of design by making something pleasing and extraordinary.

Morning briefing, designing and managing the office, meeting the clients, go to the site, making each time worth living.

I always check latest design trend via architectural websites fom all over the world.

Where function and aesthetic meet both ends

We always have a deadline and make every design to be done on time.

I dont know what would be the biggest but I house is my favorite

Ando Tadao

I believe design can change society, the way how people live and appreciate aesthetic aspect of design is something interesting about design to me.

In japan hardworking is part of culture, we do what we must.

Inspire people with good design

Meeting alot of people and broaden my vision.

Was impressed at how interesting architectural could be when working at work site.

It was by my own will

Architectural design, not only houses, we expected to design any kind of building.

Explore various kind of skills and experience architecture more.

Their qualifications.

Design that able to increase the quality of its surrounding environment

A design that able to satisfy its user and people around it. Good design educate people and make society have a good standard of life.

I design that gives satisfaction to wide range of people.

To design not only inside japan, we want to provide our service to clients around the world.

I dont considered myself as a success person yet.

Le corbuzier

I always have interest in any kind of design, regardless of what or who designed it.

I house (House of horizon)
The harmonization of nature and design of the building.

Travel to many place around the world, witness and experience the plurality and endless posibilites of design.

I cant think a better option than to be designer.

Its reflection of civilization and culture of human.

Its my wife

A courages to make a decision and believe in it.

Realization of design that match the expectation.

By paying attention and show how the design will elaborate will the environments

Currently we are designing a shopping mall complex, several private houses design and collaborate with firm from europe in international architecture competition.

To create a design firm from japan that able to practice and compete globaly.

Endless creativity and improvement to create a much better architectural design that able to realize peoples dream and happiness.

By providing a solution and at the sametime stimulate more ideas.

Our collaboration with firm from italy on some architectural competition for school design.
Its interesting to collaborate with other designer, it gave us chance to learn more about other culture and thinking approach.

I still expect it to come in the future.

Design wont become a product of certain individual anymore ,instead it will be a result of collaboration of many people and ideas.

Design that will pay more attention to relation of human and the sustainability of its environment.

It different for each project depends on the scale and the requirements.

It start from careful observation of the site and environment.

To consider not only the present but the future.

Both thing is possible

To simulate space and its relation with human

CAD software and 3d modeling software

It helps create a desired condition that stimulate certain spatial experience

Anything that comes to their mind.

To learn good things from it and create a better design.

I trust all my staff in the office. They are my ideal design partner.

Its hard to tell.

The history of design from all around the world

Never stop thinking and wondering.

Le corbuzier

Its still to early to feel satisfied, i will keep working hard to produce better design and aim for more prestigious recognition.

White , blue, sea, ramen , spring , winter ,porsche

There are too many of them, difficult to explain

I always say to my sel that i could do it no matter what.

Not even a bit

Everything will absolutely become more easy and convinient.

I hope that more people could think not only for the sake of themselves or presenttime, we need to think more about the better future and next generation.

We are a small scale firm with 5 staff based in Fukuoka City Japan

A way to shape society and something i love to do

Anything we love to design anything especially house

Ando Tadao, he is kind a figure that i admire for a very long time

I think its a house

I dont know thats difficult question

Practical use of the design

I always try to position myself as a future user of the end product.

Sometime feel satisfied sometime feel i could have done better

The satisfaction of its inhabitant an how it change society to better future

Practical use and efficiency of the design

To give a proper example on how human should give consideration to the environment

Design in the future will be absolutely more mesmerizing, more playful and reflect the lifestyle of modern civilization

Germany February this year

To constantly check on the evolving design industry

My design is simple

Fukuoka, Japan

I work with several companies

Find one that have enough experience

Never thought of it

When it comes to design precision comes first speed come second. Sometimes we are chased

I dont think there are negatives of being designer, everyone is designer of their life

I dont have one

good judgement

DRA cad 8

I dont do anything else beside design

About 3-4months

where the inspiration come from

Every experience has important value to my life, there are so many of them, and they are equally precious to me.

Mostly Doctors (physician)

i enjoy any kind of design work

We try to expand business abroad, always looking forward for a new challange from a new client in somewhere we have never been.

I design it by myself and make the team do the rest

We cant exposed details on on going project

By mail through my website or phone

no not really