MORRIS SATO STUDIO - PROFILE
ARCHITECTURE
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
ARCHITECTURE
London born, Irish & US national—Michael Morris and Tokyo born, Japanese native—the late Yoshiko Sato, independently trained in the fine arts prior to studying architecture at The Cooper Union . Completing their professional degrees in 1989, the pair began and have maintained teaching positions at architecture schools and fine art colleges, completed their professional training in the New York offices of Billie Tsien & Tod Williams, Toshiko Mori, James Carpenter, and notable others, and pursued their post-graduate studies in Ireland and at Harvard GSD. respectively. Following years of independent pursuits, in 1996 the pair became the Morris Sato Studio, NYC.
ART
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
ARCHITECTURE
Widely recognised for creating 'otherworldly' projects, Morris Sato Studio infuse temporal and spatial dimensions with equal parts —material, light and air, into formally restrained, expertly crafted, and finely detailed works that seamlessly integrate innovative technology with advanced means and methods. In 2006, while teaching at Columbia University the partners launched their Studio's cosmic research arm— Space Exploration Architecture - SEArch+ http://www.spacexarch.com/ to connect, investigate, and explore places
for potential future human life through NASA collaborative designs of habitats and infrastructure beyond planet Earth.
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
LightShowers, an award winning example of the Studio’s applied research, fuses lighting, material, technology, and fabrication into immersive experiences to support health and wellbeing. Sato and Morris' interactive multimedia installation was inspired by biofeedback protocols in treating cardiac patients initiated at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in NYC. LightShowers seamless digital integration of LEDs and video projections created a sensorial, therapeutic, and spatial experience that aligned the human breath at rest with the universal rhythms of nature. Presented in 7 international venues, LightShowers was experienced by more than 200,000 visitors.
RESPONSIBILITIES & REUSE
- “Designing for a world already full,” Morris Sato critically engages in ground-up, adaptive-reuse, and conservation projects. In dialogue with the past and learning from the ready-made, the Studio works both intuitively and deliberatively—like a gardener—cultivating opportunities that inspire wonder and safeguard present and future ecologies. Through collaborative, multigenerational efforts, Morris Sato Studio strives to honour the social contract of giving something back.
PLACES & COMMUNITIES
INTERIORS
URBAN SUSTAINABILITY
CIVIC LANDSCAPES
Morris Sato interior designs employ the Chinese-Japanese 'borrowed landscape' garden principle to synchapate light, air, matter, texture, and colour with the environments beyond.
CIVIC LANDSCAPES
URBAN SUSTAINABILITY
CIVIC LANDSCAPES
By extending the 'borrowed landscape' principle into the public realm, the Studio's work aims to engage all of the senses combining nature and man-made to celebrate 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.
HEALTHCARE & WELLBEING
Morris Sato Studio is committed to improving existing and innovating next-generation medical facilities to become increasingly humane, resilient, and sustainable spaces for healing.
Balancing hygienic and healthy materials with functional design, Morris Sato equally strives to create purposeful and empathetic places that are accessible, inclusive, and welcoming.
ACTIVISM & ADVOCACY
COLLABORATION
COLLABORATION
COLLABORATION
Morris Sato Studio regards their role to be in service of others. Practicing in collaboration with many experts we aim to deliver excellence.
SAFEGUARDING
COLLABORATION
COLLABORATION
Striving to inspire, our Studio is dedicated to ethically protecting human rights and providing the basic need for shelter and safety.
TEAMWORK
COLLABORATION
TEAMWORK
We invest in one another equitably, honour diversity, and work inclusively to create pathways that contribute locally and globally.
FEATURES #1 & 2 : SHELTER ISLAND HOUSES
#1 : YN-13 HOUSE, SHELTER ISLAND, NEW YORK
#2 : SOULA HOUSE, SHELTER ISLAND, NEW YORK
#3 : 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY
"TAIKONAUT" COSTUME DESIGN
"TAIKONAUT" COSTUME DESIGN
"TAIKONAUT" COSTUME DESIGN
"CYBORG" COSTUME DESIGN
"TAIKONAUT" COSTUME DESIGN
"TAIKONAUT" COSTUME DESIGN
PUBLICATION
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CONTACT
studio@morrissato.com
MORRIS SATO STUDIO LLP
DUBLIN - NEW YORK
+353 0833619986 IRL / WhatsApp +1.212.228.2832 / 9179451880 USA
