She established her own studio 'RYOKO IWASE' in 2013 when she won the public competition held by Osaka Prefecture Government, 'Kizu river water front competition'. Recently, she also won the competition 'U-30 glass architecture competition' and selected one of 5 young architects for the exhibition'Under 30 Architects Exhibition 2013'. She has practiced at KENGO KUMA and Associates in Tokyo and EM2N Architekten, Zurich, Switzerland after completion of a Masters in Urban and Environmental Engineering at Graduate School of Kyoto University in 2010, and Graduating in 2007.