She received a Master’s degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Design where she studied as a Fulbright scholar. Her professional work began in Tokyo where she worked under Itsuko Hasegawa before joining Shigeru Ban’s office as a senior architect and project manager. She has collaborated on the design and development of several cultural facilities and housing projects in both Japan and France, notably the Centre Pompidou in Metz. While living in Japan she conducted architecture workshops and design studios at Meiji University as an adjunct professor. In France, she has taught at the ENSA of Paris-La Villette, the ENSA of Versailles, the Ecole Speciale d’Architecture and the ENSA of Bretagne. She is an associate professor currently teaching introductory design studio and thesis students at the ENSA of Nancy. ■