GROUP

Architectural collective by Takeshi Inoue, Naoki Saito, Yuri Nakai, Kumiko Soda, and Ken Akatsuka. An architectural collective that designs, researches, and constructs buildings with the aim of building a place where people with different expertise can collaborate on a temporary and continuous basis through architectural projects.
MAJOR ACTIVITIES INCLUDE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION "YUMESHIMA GARDEN" (OSAKA, 2025), DESIGN AND OPERATION "EBINA ART EXPRESSWAY" (KANAGAWA PREFECTURE, 2021), DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION "SHINJUKU WHITE HOUSE GARDEN" (Tokyo, 2021), PLANNING AND EDITING "NOTES FIRST GARDEN" (NOTESEDITION, 2021), design "EASTEAST_TOKYO" (ART FAIR VENUE CONFIGURATION, 2023), GROUP EXHIBITIONS"InvolvementRain/Water passage" (DXP exhibition, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, 2023), solo exhibition "Repair" (WHITEHOUSE, 2021), etc.

GROUP is an architectural collective by Gaku Inoue, Naoki Saito, Yuri Nakai, Kumiko Natsumata, and Ken Akatsuka. Group aims to create a space where people with different expertise can collaborate both temporarily and continuously through architectural projects, engaging in architectural design, research, and construction. Major activities include the design and construction of "Garden for Yumeshima" (Osaka, 2025), the design and operation of "Ebina Art Freeway" (Kanagawa, 2021), the design and construction of "Garden besides Shinjuku White House " (Tokyo, 2021), the planning and editing of "NOTES Issue 1: Garden" (NOTESEDITION, 2021), the design of "EASTEAST_TOKYO" (Art Fair Venue Layout, 2023), the group exhibition "Involvement / Rain / Water Passage" (21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, DXP Exhibition, 2023), and the solo exhibition "Planning Another Island" (MYNAVI ART SQUARE, Tokyo, 2024)", and "Maintenance / Repair" (WHITEHOUSE, Tokyo, 2021).

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