Designer | Hirotaka Sato

Design isn't about making shapes.
It's about giving form to thought.
I confront not the visible form, but the preconceptions behind it.

Whether it's architecture or products, the essence remains the same.
"Why is that taken for granted?"
"Is that structure truly optimal?"
By questioning even common sense and building up logical thought, new possibilities are discovered.
Deconstructing structures, deriving forms, and finding individuality within inevitability.
The thoughts accumulated in this way eventually take shape.

The Shape of Thought.
The form of thought.
Design born not just from sensibility, but from thought.

Hirotaka Sato

Architect and product designer.
From architecture to leather products and audio, he transcends fields to pursue design that "gives form to thought."
He has received over 50 domestic and international awards in both architecture and product design, including the Red Dot Award, iF Design Award, and six Good Design Awards, and holds over 50 intellectual property rights.

Hirotaka Sato Architects, Inc. Representative Director
SYRINX LLC Representative Member
TERRAIR LLC Representative Member

First-class Architect
Architectural Institute of Japan, Member
Japan Institute of Architects, Member

Born in Kakogawa City, Hyogo Prefecture
1996 Graduated from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo
1998 Completed Master's program at the University of Tokyo
1998 Joined Plantech Architects
2001 Established Hirotaka Sato Architects, Inc.
2014 Part-time Lecturer, Keio University Graduate School
2016 Special Lecturer, The University of Tokyo / The University of Tokyo Graduate School
2016 Established SYRINX LLC
2026 Established TERRAIR LLC