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Company Profile
  • Company Name

    VUILD, inc.

  • Representative

    Koki Akiyoshi, President and CEO

  • Established

    November 21, 2017

  • Capital

    100 million yen

  • Business registration

    First degree architectural office, registered in Kanagawa No. 17800

  • Shareholders

    Koki Akiyoshi
    MISTLETOE JAPAN Inc.
    LIFULL Co., Ltd.
    Electric Power Development Co.,Ltd.
    KAYAC Inc.
    routeone-power, Inc.
    ANDPAD Inc.
    BIOTOPE co., ltd.
    KOKUYO Co.,Ltd.
    Shodoshima Healthyland Co., Ltd.
    Speedy, Inc.
    Nohara Holdings, Inc.
    hope for Co., Ltd.

  • Headquarters

    1-7-24 Shimoechi, Atsugi, Kanagawa 243-0806, Japan

  • Business scope

    Product/ architectural design, assembly/ construction, innovative approach for construction method, ShopBot sells, user support and training, promotion of sixth sector industrialization in forestry, and development and provision of the cloud service “EMARF” for designers and architects. Architectural design, digital home building platform, development, manufacturing and processing of wood products, CNC router sales, digital manufacture education, business development support, IT service development

Awards
  • 2018

    SD Review award, Finalist

  • 2018

    Wood Design Awards Forestry Agency General’s Award (Gold prize)

  • 2019

    SD Review award, Finalist

  • 2019

    Under 35 Architects exhibition, Gold Medal

  • 2021

    DFA Design for Asia Awards, Grand Award with Special Mention

  • 2022

    Archi-Neering Design AWARD, Grand Prize

Member

  • Koki Akiyoshi

    CEO/Architect/Meta Architect Combines all the skills necessary for all of VUILD's work: design, engineering, and construction. I want to be the person who repeats creation and destruction every day, keeps changing faster/deeper than anyone else, and enjoys VUILD more than anyone else.

  • Tatsuya Inoue

    COO Investing a big part of his life in forestry, Tatsuya is the only person in VUILD with a forestry management background. He is also in charge of finance and business at VUILD. With the motto of "Be fun than right," he advocates a micro sixth industrialization of local forestry, and continues to distribute a podcast of 'Just right lumber radio' with Tomonori Yamakawa, also a VUILD member.

  • Hayato Kurobe

    Architect/Photographer Joined VUILD Corporation in 2018. In 2022, he launched the VUILD PlaceLab team to work on interior design, space, and placemaking in a co-creation style through workshops.

  • Takumi Moriya

    CTO Takumi is interested in the area of software, programming, and system development. What fascinates him most is the moment when a problem that was difficult to calculate in the past can be now solved by using computers and programming. Recently, he enjoys exploring new cities.

  • Hajime Tokura

    Metadesigner / Fabricator From materials to production site. Hajime is a researcher of new expression through 'Digifab', and at the same time, provides design support and tool development for everyone involved in the world of EMARF.

  • Miki Nakazawa

    Community Manager/Field Engineer Miki is in charge of supporting the introduction and skill improvement of ShopBot at VUILD, and is working hard as a support captain for ShopBot users.

  • Leo Kimura

    Fabricator Interested in gadgets and placemaking. Using digital fabrication, Leo wants to create a rich culture where society can finance its life by "making" rather than "buying".

  • Yasufumi Hanada

    Fabricator Thinking about what are the tools for conviviality in the modern age, using digital tools, art, design, and architecture as keywords.

  • Kanako Sekimori

    CEO Secretary / COO Secretary Joined VUILD in April 2020. With over 15 years of secretarial experience, Kanako will support the busy CEO and COO with love.

  • Ben Nagaoka

    Senior Architect Interested in how to design comfortable and enjoyable places for people to stay, Ben specializes in creating places on a scale of more than furniture and less than architecture.

  • Hiroyuki Nakazawa

    First-Class Architect/Managing Architect/Senior Architect Hiroyuki thinks about the "expansive" design surrounding architecture on a daily basis.

  • Tomonori Yamakawa

    Project Designer/PR Director He is happy to be invited to planning and brainstorming sessions from the soft stage of a project, and is the personality of "Just Right Lumber Radio" with COO Inoue. He is a domestic timber freak and tends to favor domestic timber.

  • Akito Nakai

    Junior Architect Akito thinks about what is the root of architecture. He want to create "space" from VUILD design.

  • Yoji Konishi

    Fabricator Formerly a furniture maker. Yoji is interested in the practice of new manufacturing by digital fabrication and the utilization of wood resources.

  • Mizue Fukuda

    Design fabricator After working as an architectural designer and furniture craftsman, Mizue came to enjoy supporting manufacturing and building sites, and is responsible for helping ShopBot users with implementation, technical support, and information of dissemination.

  • Shinpei Ogawa

    Fabricator With the behavior of materials as the main focus, Shinpei is thinking about the design of objects as interactive others while working with my hands on a daily basis.

  • Shunya Kaneko

    Digital Craft Designer Shunya enjoys making things, and also refurbishes his own car with ShopBot and live in a van. He would like to practice making things by using my light footwork to fly directly to various places.

  • Kenta Isebo

    Architectural Engineer Using algorithms to derive forms from various constraints. Kenta aims to be a lubricant for the exchange between structure and design.

  • Ayumu Yamanaka

    Architect Wants to explore the connection between the natural environment and comfortable places through architectural design.

  • Kanaho Moriya

    Junior Architect Fan of classical architectural roofs. Flexible and delicate material design

  • Jun Utsunomiya

    Director/first-class architect Joined VUILD in 2022. Jun is in charge of planning, project design, and project management.

  • Maya Utsunomiya

    Certified Architect in Germany Promote cross-cultural communication through hand-manufacturing and events creation. Maya wants to spread the word in the world what VUILD does.

  • Ayumi Kazamatsuri

    Designer Ayumi works mainly around project design, she likes to move between 2D and 3D and solve shapes geometrically. She tends to think in modules and recently, interested in planning and margins, function and artwork.

  • Yuri Takasugi（Coco）

    COO Secretary/Happiness Communicator/SB Transrator Trying to build a good relationship between ShopBot and VUILD by making use of her language and communication skills. Coco would like more people to know that there is an environment like VUILD where working mothers can work easily and make use of their skills! She enjoys cooking, golf, traveling, and visiting parks with her son on weekends.

  • Akihito Yokota

    Programmer Extending people's creativity by creating tools for making things. Engineer with a degree in architecture.

  • Akari Nakanishi

    Service Designer/Architect/First Class Architect Akari stands between designers, creators, and engineers, and is in charge of management and service development from front to back stage at EMARF.

  • Aya Ikeda

    PR Through PR communications, we envision a future in which "making to live and living by making" inhabits all aspects of life.

  • Toshiki Nishimura

    Architect/1st class architect/carpenter Create how to create

  • Momoko Matsumaru

    Back office

  • Itsuki Kagaya

    Bridging Manager A new mascot character that serves as a bridge between VUILD’s bold, creative members and our partners and clients.

  • Moe Nakajima

    Sales manager

  • Yuki Mizuno

    Architectural Engineer / Designer Bridging the physical and digital realms, I approach architecture through its underlying systems — seeking to understand and design from a broader, systemic perspective.

  • Kaori Ochi

    Project Management I support VUILD’s diverse projects with a people-centered approach, connecting and empowering everyone involved.

  • Atsuhiro Aoyanagi

    Field Supporter After working as a fabrication assistant at VUILD, I joined the VUILDERS division. Drawing on my background in community development from university, I explore with users how ShopBot can serve as a local resource. In the summer, I perform as a festival musician — and one day, I dream of building a festival float with my local community using a ShopBot.

  • Yoshiki Ono

    Architect

  • Jonathan Whiston

    Technical support

  • Kazuki Nagao

    Design fabricator

  • Pyaezone

    Architecural engineer
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