Formed in 2012, based in Mie prefecture (Japan).

MITANI Yuki
IKEHARA Kensuke
KATO Tsukasa
FUKUI Ryoma
AOKI Fumiya
KOBAYASHI Shihori
TATEMATSU Naruaki
TANAKA Takayuki
YANO Shota
HIRUTA Sho
FUKUMORI Taku

yosegi

Various venues within the Choja-machi Site
・VISITOR CENTER AND STAND CAFE
・Parking of Tokai Tabi Co., Ltd.
・Takiichi Co., Ltd.
・Jozuiji-Temple
・Tanakamasa Store
・Choja-machi Yebisu Festival Site　※10.19(Sat)-10.20(Sun)

8.23(Fri)-10.27(Sun)

ASIT is primarily a group of Mie University architecture students and graduates. The group is concerned with creating places for bringing together individuals with diverse objectives, exploring the possibilities of places from an architectural point of view, and applying the possibilities to the community.
Human action in contemporary society severs unwanted relationships, much like removing unwanted branches in tree-thinning operations. Cities [forests] are not necessarily controlled by anything, and under this arbitrary environment, individuals grow according to their own intentions, allowing the unfolding of myriad diverse worlds.
Individuals who live in, work at, or have visited Choja-machi; the excitement and sense of unity associated with jointly creating an object, and the sense of belonging felt when participating in a creative process; Yosegi—the presence that does not belong anywhere, the “festival” set up by us mediators—mediates between such individuals and feelings.
Pieces of timber from forest thinning, wood that has failed to grow into a tree or a forest, are brought together and assembled. No longer part of nature yet not artificial, thinning wood defies categorization. A presence that does not belong anywhere, thinning wood mediates between the natural and the artificial, creating interactions between the two.