PAN- PROJECTS

PAN- PROJECTS We are collaborative architectural design studio based in London, UK. The studio dedicates one’s creation to celebrate the diversity of our living world.

We create architecture, Interior, Installation, product and graphic designs through multidisciplinary collaborations. PAN- PROJECTS is an architectural design studio led by Japanese architect duo based in London, UK. Since co-founded by Kazumasa Takada (MArch, RIBA, ARB), & Yuriko Yagi (MArch, Arkitekt MAA) in 2017, the studio has been actively engaging international projects with multi-cultural i

nspirations and interdisciplinary collaborations. The duo conceiving architecture as a creation formed by fabricating complex elements. Manipulating the relationships of various factors, the studio creates another harmony in diversity for humanity.

21/10/2025

Honoured to share that Yuriko Yagi, Co-founder of PAN-PROJECTS, has been selected as one of the RIBA Rising Star Winners 2025.

The recognition celebrates emerging architects redefining how we build today.
Through pavilions, mobile structures, and installations, Yuriko’s work with PAN-PROJECTS continues to explore how architecture can remain a public voice — even when built on smaller grounds.

Thank you to the RIBA Journal team and to everyone who has supported this journey.

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We’re excited to share that PAN- PROJECTS has been shortlisted for RIBA Rising Stars 2025, with both co-founders — Yurik...
02/10/2025

We’re excited to share that PAN- PROJECTS has been shortlisted for RIBA Rising Stars 2025, with both co-founders — Yuriko Yagi and Kazumasa Takada — individually recognised this year.

PAN- PROJECTS is a London-based design studio working internationally across architecture, interiors, installations, and arts. The studio combines experimental approaches with spatial practices. Its approach is described as an “art of fabrication” — treating making not only as ex*****on but as a framework for design thinking. Starting from materials, local conditions, and cultural narratives, projects range in scale from temporary pavilions to residential works and large cultural regeneration.

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Swipe through for a selection of projects:

1. Paper Pavilion — A temporary pavilion in Copenhagen, exploring a sustainable approach called "appropriate durability" and using paper as a building material.
2. Entwined Matters — An installation transforming textile off-cuts into resilient ropes, rethinking how discarded fragments can become powerful material.
3. FOS — A large-scale fabric installation reusing an abandoned factory space, conceived as a protective safety net to invite new uses into the site.
4. mum — A furniture series upcycling discarded fishing nets and ropes.
5. Super Reuse — A design unit at the RCA reframing reuse as a design methodology.
6. Floating Pavilion — Imagining new forms of public space on water by activating canals through floating structures.
7. Earthboat — A mobile CLT cabin series in Japan, designed for living with nature.

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Being shortlisted encourages us to keep exploring new contexts, collaborations, and possibilities.

More info in bio — follow us for future updates.

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Entwined Matters is now on view at EMERGE @ FIND 2025, part of Singapore Design Week at Marina Bay Sands, curated by Edw...
12/09/2025

Entwined Matters is now on view at EMERGE @ FIND 2025, part of Singapore Design Week at Marina Bay Sands, curated by Edwin Low of and .anthology founder and publisher Suzy Annetta.

Open until 13 September — presented alongside works from over 70 Asian designers.

Fabrics for this London version were provided by

More info in bio.

"Touch the Hatch"This is an invited competition proposal for a collective housing project in Japan.The design began by e...
11/06/2025

"Touch the Hatch"

This is an invited competition proposal for a collective housing project in Japan.
The design began by examining how balconies in many Japanese apartments have become uninviting, secondary spaces—used for air conditioning units or emergency access rather than daily life. Shaped by market logic and regulation, these areas are often excluded from what counts as “valuable” floor space. As sale prices are based on interior area, developers tend to maximise indoor space, leaving balconies marginalised.

Instead of rejecting this system, the project introduces a subtle shift: by moving the balcony opening 50cm inward, the balcony transforms from a technical fixture into a space for staying.
Through this minimal intervention, Touch the Hatch reclaims architectural margins and opens new possibilities for everyday life within standardised housing frameworks.

Client: FUKUOKA JISHO CO.,LTD.

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"Touch the Hatch"–This is an invited competition proposal for a collective housing project in Japan.The design began by ...
11/06/2025

"Touch the Hatch"

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This is an invited competition proposal for a collective housing project in Japan.
The design began by examining how balconies in many Japanese apartments have become uninviting, secondary spaces—used for air conditioning units or emergency access rather than daily life. Shaped by market logic and regulation, these areas are often excluded from what counts as “valuable” floor space. As sale prices are based on interior area, developers tend to maximise indoor space, leaving balconies marginalised.

Instead of rejecting this system, the project introduces a subtle shift: by moving the balcony opening 50cm inward, the balcony transforms from a technical fixture into a space for staying.
Through this minimal intervention, Touch the Hatch reclaims architectural margins and opens new possibilities for everyday life within standardised housing frameworks.

Client: FUKUOKA JISHO CO.,LTD.

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Traces left not by design, but by weather, use, and time.We’re collecting textures and fragments that don’t appear in dr...
06/06/2025

Traces left not by design, but by weather, use, and time.

We’re collecting textures and fragments that don’t appear in drawings—but reveal how a space has aged, settled, and shifted.

These marks, cracks, and surfaces aren’t just remnants; they’re signals—small clues for how to move forward with care.
Sometimes, design begins not with a concept, but with close observation.

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A process is taking shape within the remains of an abandoned structure.We’re working with the existing conditions of an ...
05/06/2025

A process is taking shape within the remains of an abandoned structure.

We’re working with the existing conditions of an abandoned structure—one that has gradually been reclaimed by time, vegetation, and weather.

Using point cloud data from a previous 3D scan, we’re exploring how to read, interpret, and respond to this layered site. Not to restore it entirely, nor to return it to the past, but to reframe it as a new kind of landscape, where built and grown elements quietly intersect.

More to come as the process unfolds!

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Village of New Gourna, Egypt–Starting a new series: Through places we visit—be it cities, buildings, or details—we’ll s...
02/06/2025

Village of New Gourna, Egypt

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Starting a new series:
Through places we visit—be it cities, buildings, or details—we’ll share quiet moments and spatial impressions that stay with us.
Not our works, but what shapes the way we work.

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A visit to one of Hassan Fathy’s works—a village conceived not as a nostalgic replica of the past, but as a structural and spatial reimagining of tradition.

We were guided by a local architect who now lives in the village and works to preserve what remains. From the theatre to the market—now supporting artist residencies and a small hotel—to shaded arcades and vaulted homes built in sun-dried mud brick, the settlement reads as a system grounded in climate, material logic, and communal use.

What stayed with us was not only the architectural clarity but also its quiet resistance. In a country where much of the housing stock now leans on concrete frames and brick infill—with air-conditioning units clinging to the façades—Fathy’s work proposed another trajectory: one in which temperature, comfort, and culture are resolved through shadow, mass, and the continuity of earth.

Gourna, Egypt – March 2025

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PROJECT: Entwined MattersReimagining discarded materials into something new.—Entwined Matters repurposes textile off-cut...
02/06/2025

PROJECT: Entwined Matters
Reimagining discarded materials into something new.

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Entwined Matters repurposes textile off-cuts from a clothing factory in Estonia, giving them a new life as distinctive and durable ropes. This project stems from a desire to reveal the hidden potential of these materials—once overlooked, now reborn with unique textures and practical applications.

Exhibited in Valga, Estonia, as part of Tartu 2024 – European Capital of Culture, these ropes demonstrate how materials can be transformed into a medium for design.
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Design & Production: PAN-PROJECTS
Organiser: VARES
Project Partner: Tartu 2024, European Capital of Culture
Collaborator (Material provider): Aclima
Photography: Yuta Sawamura

Earthboat V2 is on its way.The design of Earthboat V2 began with an image of landscapes where people and nature start to...
30/05/2025

Earthboat V2 is on its way.

The design of Earthboat V2 began with an image of landscapes where people and nature start to blend. These in-between spaces have long been where people sought connection with nature, shaping places to stay and the landscapes around them.

While V1 focused on remote natural environments, V2 shifts to a gentler setting, emphasising the harmony between human presence and the natural world.

Retaining the core elements of the series—CLT construction and wide openings to frame the view—V2 introduces a flat roof and a light outdoor canopy. Together, they create a horizontal connection with the surroundings, offering a generous outdoor living space and a closer relationship to the landscape.

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Design: PAN- PROJECTS
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Timber Consultant: Shinmirai Inc.
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The signature of Earthboat is its open view to the landscape.Each version features a generous main opening directly faci...
30/05/2025

The signature of Earthboat is its open view to the landscape.

Each version features a generous main opening directly facing nature—forest, snowy landscapes, or sky. From inside, you don't just observe the outdoors—you feel part of it. The large window blurs the line between interior and landscape, allowing nature to shape the atmosphere within.

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Design: PAN- PROJECTS
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Timber Consultant: Shinmirai Inc.
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More than just a cabin, Earthboat extends its life outdoors.The roofed outdoor area creates a generous, semi-sheltered s...
30/05/2025

More than just a cabin, Earthboat extends its life outdoors.

The roofed outdoor area creates a generous, semi-sheltered space that invites long meals, quiet conversations, and rest under the open sky. It blurs the line between interior and landscape, offering a way of living that is both grounded and free.

This layered use of space allows Earthboat to adapt naturally to its environment, supporting everyday rituals in close dialogue with the seasons.

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