t.teshima architect & associates

My Work |

I go to the site, and learn the light of that place with my body.
Morning and evening carry different qualities.
On overcast days, a different face appears.
As seasons change and the inhabitants grow older,
only light renews the space, every single day.
Shadow is not the absence of light.
It is what naturally appears
where light has stayed for a long time.
There, it becomes a comfortable nest for living creatures.
A home is the place that receives, most closely,
the living and the dying of a person,
It does not need to be always bright, always forward-looking.
A space without exaggeration, an honest space,
quietly sustains the human heart.
I make architecture
to add, one by one, to this world
places where fleeting, small, yet independent human beings
can feel that they exist here.
Small as they are, these places create
a vast expanse within the heart.
I believe architecture holds that possibility.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Tamotsu Teshima


1963
Born in Fukuoka Prefecture Japan
1990-97
Junzo Yoshimura Architect
1998
Established t.teshima architect & associates
Tamotsu Teshima