Works
Works
From Yakushima Island, we practice regenerative architecture and landscape design informed by a 1,500-year timescale — from award-winning projects recognized in Japan and abroad, to the works we have built on the island and beyond.
Award-Winning WorksAward-Winning Works
Regenerative Vegan House
Yakushima, Japan
A fully off-grid home built primarily from plant-based natural materials, shaped around the site's existing terrain, spring water, and vegetation. Free of fossil-derived and chemical materials — a "vegan house" — it shows a form of regenerative architecture where the act of living helps the land renew itself.
Awards
5 awards in Japan and abroad (★ = top prize)
Sumu Yakushima
Yakushima, Japan
Its name layers the Japanese words for "to live" and "to become clear" — a home where human dwelling makes the landscape clearer, not poorer. A fully off-grid residence powered almost entirely by micro-hydro from the island's abundant rainfall, it reimagines the relationship between human habitation and nature.
Awards
13 awards in Japan and abroad (★ = top prize)
Selected WorksSelected Works
Temple Grounds Regeneration
Japan
Regenerative works across the grounds of a historic Buddhist temple — restoring the underground flow of air and water and renewing the gardens, so the trees sheltering this place of worship keep breathing for generations.
Yoga Retreat Center
Yakushima
Regenerative civil and landscape works — reading the terrain and water flow to settle the architecture gently into its surroundings.
Banyan Cafe & Dormitory
Yakushima
Regenerative civil and landscape works for a complex with a cafe and dormitory — grounding the stay in harmony with Yakushima's nature.
Banyan Retreat: The Nest
Yakushima
A Zen retreat at the foot of Mt. Mocchom. EKAM contributed the surrounding-environment works and foundation repair that ground this hideaway in the Yakushima forest.
石場建ての鶏小屋
Yakushima ・ 屋久島 ｜ 設計・施工
礎石の上に柱を載せる日本の伝統構法「石場建て」で、設計から施工まで一貫して手がけた鶏小屋。コンクリート基礎を使わず、地面の呼吸を止めない足元と、森の中でも風と光が通る木の箱。小さな建築にも、環境再生の考え方は同じです。
海外での活動Overseas
屋久島で培った環境再生の技術と考え方は、国境を越えて広がっています。インドネシア・バリ島での活動の記録を、動画でご覧ください。
Green the Globe.Green the Globe.