Interview with Satoshi Okada
Satoshi Okada pursues intensity as design core value. He is committed in a broad variety of appointments and opportunities, ranging from residential building design to product design to the design of…
Designer Interview
23 April 2017
Staoshi Okada is the leader and founder of Satoshi Okada architecs; this firm pursues intensity as core design value throughout the daily architectural practice. Satoshi Okada architects is based in Tokyo, Japan.
Satoshi Okada engaged with design at all stages and in a broad variety of appoinments, ranging from residential to commercial architecture to building for arts and culture.
Intensity, namely the potential of a design to trigger instinctive reactions in its users and visitors.
Design shall be humble and subtly intense; it should maintain a respectful attitude towards its context and thrive the local society.
Venice, IUAV, 2016. Exhibition curated by Giovanna Zuliani and Esther GIani.
Tokyo, Japan.
Constant exchange of opinions and feedbacks in order to achieve the best possible outcome for the client.
It depends on the kind of appointment. A residential project may take one year to be designed and one year to be built.
Mostly private clients, private companies;
Satoshi Okada directs and overlooks all design brought forward by his studio members.
Throug the website and the social media, via e-mail, via direct phone call or via fax.