MORRIS SATO STUDIO - PROFILE
ARCHITECTURE
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
ARCHITECTURE
London born —Irish & US national—Michael Morris and the late —Tokyo, Japan native— Yoshiko Sato both trained in the fine arts prior to studying architecture at The Cooper Union . After graduating in 1989, the pair began teaching at architecture and fine art colleges, completed their professional training and their post-graduate studies (in Ireland and at Harvard respectively), and concurrently engaged in research, competitions, exhibitions, and installations. In 1996 the husband-and-wife opened their transdisciplinary architecture firm in New York City.
PUBLIC ART
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
ARCHITECTURE
Morris Sato Studio work is widely noted for its 'otherworldly' projects that infuse temporal and spatial dimensions with equal parts —material, light and air, combining formal restraint, exacting craft and innovative methods with refined detailing, that intends to create an 'evidence of aura'. In 2006, while teaching at Columbia GSAPP the partners launched their Studio's cosmic research arm —SEArch (Space Exploration Architecture)—now SEArch+ www.spacexarch.com to connect, investigate, and explore life on, between, and beyond Earth.
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
LightShowers, an immersive installation inspired by medical research at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, integrates 'bio-feedback' technology with video images of nature. This temporary multimedia presentation, a 'touchstone' of the Studio's research, aims to seamlessly align architecture, art, design, lighting, construction, and technology, to holistically serve human health and wellbeing . LightShowers was presented in art museums, galleries, and biennale expositions on 3 continents over a 3 years and was experienced by over 150+ thousand visitors.
RESPONSIBILITIES & REUSE
"Designing for a world already full", Morris Sato Studio critically engages in ground-up, adaptive reuse, and conservation projects. In dialogue with the past, learning from the ready-made, and toiling like a gardener, the Studio cultivates wonder and opportunities that safeguard and celebrate present and future ecologies through collaborative, multi-generational efforts that honour 'the social contract of giving something back'.
PLACES & COMMUNITIES
INTERIORS
URBAN SUSTAINABILITY
CIVIC LANDSCAPES
Morris Sato interior's employ the Japanese-Chinese 'borrowed landscape' garden principle to synchapate light, air, matter, texture, and colour with environments outside and beyond.
CIVIC LANDSCAPES
URBAN SUSTAINABILITY
CIVIC LANDSCAPES
By extending the 'borrowed' principle into public exteriors the Studio's process is akin to a gardener's in cultivating all of the senses, fusing the natural, the man-made, with the ephemeral.
URBAN SUSTAINABILITY
URBAN SUSTAINABILITY
URBAN SUSTAINABILITY
Recognizing our climate emergency, Morris Sato is committed to implementing The UN's Sustainable Development Goals in support of all life forms and communities around the globe.
EXHIBITIONS & INSTALLATIONS
CULTURAL
COMMERCIAL
COMMERCIAL
Morris Sato Studio's gardening tropes are most notably displayed in permanent and temporary art museum installations and exhibition designs, galleries, archives, and administrative offices.
COMMERCIAL
COMMERCIAL
COMMERCIAL
The commercial spin-offs of Morris Sato’s extensive art museum work are award-winning trade show pavilions, showrooms, medical and hospitality spaces, products,and facilities.
CORPORATE
COMMERCIAL
CORPORATE
For American Express, the Studio spatially narrated the corporation's economic history fusing physical artifacts, financial products, advertisement ephemera with branding.
HEALTHCARE & WELLBEING
Morris Sato Studio is committed to improving existing and innovating next-generation medical facilities into resilient, humane, and serviceable spaces for healing on Earth and beyond.
Balancing purposeful hygienic and healthy spaces, Morris Sato equally strives to construct quiet, gentle, and contemplative experiences that are accessible, inclusive, and welcoming to all.
ACTIVISM & ADVOCACY
COLLABORATION
COLLABORATION
COLLABORATION
Morris Sato Studio is built on collaboration, leading and contributing to community and non-profit projects.
TEAMWORK
COLLABORATION
COLLABORATION
Together, we invest in people, celebrate diversity, and create opportunities for inclusion and accessibility for all.
SAFEGUARDING
COLLABORATION
SAFEGUARDING
Striving to inspire, we are committed in our work to the ethical safeguarding and service of all people, offering shelter and protection.
RESEARCH & REFLECTION
FEATURED PROJECTS 1 & 2 : SHELTER ISLAND HOUSES, NY, USA
FEATURED PROJECT #3 : 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY
"TAIKONAUT" COSTUME DESIGN - OPENING
"TAIKONAUT" COSTUME DESIGN - OPENING
"TAIKONAUT" COSTUME DESIGN - OPENING
"CYBORG" COSTUME DESIGN - FINALE
"TAIKONAUT" COSTUME DESIGN - OPENING
"TAIKONAUT" COSTUME DESIGN - OPENING
CONTACT : MORRIS SATO STUDIO
studio@morrissato.com
MORRIS SATO STUDIO LLP
NEW YORK - DUBLIN
+1.212.228.2832 / 9179451880 USA +353 0833619986 IRL / WhatsApp
