Biographical Information

Professor Satoh, M.Arch, received both Master’s degree in Architecture and Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts / Graphic Design from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Since then, he has been teaching architecture, landscape architecture, graphic + industrial design, and art + design foundations at RISD, China Academy of Art, and Clemson University among others, in the United States, Italy, China, and Japan.

With a research focus on betterment of the human ecology, Professor Satoh designs and creates buildings, dwellings, and places + purposes for social interactions. He is an interdisciplinary maker of things, a trained chef, a farmer, and a co-founder of Utility Works, an international design collective that seeks better ways for humans to live.