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Hiroe Yoshida

    • Architecture - Kyoto

      • Adjunct Assistant Professor

        Programs

        • Undergraduate

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Architectural design, urban and rural design, sustainability studies, environmental management and community development

TEACHING INTERESTS

Hiroe’s teaching interests lie at the design of living spaces through experience-based learning. As an architect and "cultural landscape" guide, she uncovers invisible cultural value by offering comprehensive, tangible experiences, such as tours and workshops. Inspired by her scholarly work on cultural landscapes, which are defined as the combined works of nature and humans that serve as records of human history, culture, and interaction with the environment, she encourages students to view architecture holistically. These unique, contextual experiences allow students to develop a critical eye for the given conditions, inspiring them to discover innovative, sustainable designs.

RESEARCH

Hiroe’s research focuses on the evolution of cultural landscapes. Drawing from her experience with different styles of social architecture, she examines the intersection of architecture, rural landscape design, and historical geography. From a sustainable perspective, she is interested in updating cultural landscapes for future generations and developing research-based design practices.

PUBLICATION

Yoshida. Hiroe (2020) Interrelationship among communal units in the irrigation system before the land replotting in Japan: Sampling a Jori-grided village, Harie at the Ado Alluvial Plain (Kozuno manor, Shiga Prefecture), Jounal of the City Planning Institute of Japan, 55(3) 1197-1204
https://doi.org/10.11361/journalcpij.55.1197 New Tab

Yoshida. Hiroe (2019) A study on characteristics of relationships on arable land ownership in a Jori-grided village, Harie, in the land replotting: Sampling settlements at the Ado Alluvial Plain (Kozuno manor, Shiga Prefecture), Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan, 54(3) 321-328. https://doi.org/10.11361/journalcpij.54.321 New Tab

Odani. Hiroe (2017) A study on characteristics of a ‘cultural landscape’ from the medieval era in settlements on the Jori-grid system: Sampling settlements at the Ado Alluvial Plain (Kozuno manor, Shiga Prefecture), Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan, 52(3) 1191-1198. 
https://doi.org/10.11361/journalcpij.52.1191 New Tab

EDUCATION

  • PhD of Environmental Science in Environmental Design 2018
    University of Shiga Prefecture
  • Master of Architecture (post-professional program) 1998
    Yale University
  • Master of Engineering in Architecture 1996
    Kyoto University
  • Bachelor of Engineering in Architecture 1994
    Kyoto University

TEACHING APPOINTMENTS

Adjunct Professor 
Graduate School of Art and Environment, Kyoto University of the Arts (2024- present)

Adjunct Faculty 
Graduate School of Art and Environment, Kyoto University of the Arts (2020-2022)
Dept. of Living Design Studies in School of Human Cultures, University of Shiga Prefecture (2013)
Dept. of Spatial Design, Seian University of Art and Design (2004-2025)
Dept. of Design, Kyoto University of the Arts (2002-present)

ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICES

3--lab. architects Co.,
CEO, Founder, Principal architect (2024-present)
Founder, Principal architect (2005-2024)

Itsuko Hasegawa Atelier Co.,
Architect, Workshop Designer (1998-2001)

PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS

Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture
The City Planning Institute of Japan