MOOPY is a space design studio that gives form to ideas.
Through cross-disciplinary research in architecture, environment, and culture, we guide imagination into realization.

MOOPYは、思いをかたちにする空間デザインスタジオです。
建築・環境・文化の横断的なリサーチとデザインを通して、想像を実現へと導きます。

PROJECT

  • Project
    category
    place
    date
    link
  • Mizuki Shigeru Museum
    Permanent exhibition design
    category Museum
    place Japan
    date 2024
    -
  • A Sauna resort
    category Resort
    place Japan
    date 2022
    -
  • Toto-tarari-tararira-tarari-Agarira-raritou
    (exhibition advisor)
    category Exhibition
    place Japan
    date 2022
    -
  • Mizuki Shigeru Hyakki-Yakō Exhibition
    category Exhibition
    place Japan
    date 2022
    -
  • E2A “METHODROGIES” - JSAA
    (project management)
    category Exhibition
    place Japan
    date 2022
    -
  • A Whisky Distillery
    (in collaboration wth OOPEAA)
    category Resort
    place Japan
    date 2022
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  • Smart City Design Research
    category Research
    place Thailand
    date 2022
    -
  • Villa in Nagano
    category Villa
    place Japan
    date 2021
    -

PROFILE

Kazunori Yamaguchi
山口一紀

Founder, Architect

Kazunori Yamaguchi studied architecture at Waseda University in Tokyo. He has worked internationally in China, Japan, and Finland, including at OOPEAA (Finland), where he contributed to a variety of projects, particularly in wooden architecture and environmental research in the building industry.

In 2021, he founded MOOPY, a Tokyo-based research and design studio. His practice spans the fields of architecture, interior design, and exhibition design.

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Kazunori Yamaguchi
山口一紀

Founder, Architect

Projects at OOPEAA 2013-2019

  • Project
    category
    place
    date
  • Seinäjoki Vision
    Urban design
    Seinäjoki, Finland
    2019
  • Seinäjoki Vision
    Helsinki
    Finland
    2018
  • Sustainable design tool development
    R&D
    Finland
    2018
  • STED Nordic Built
    R&D
    Nordic countries
    2018
  • Koota
    Housing
    Porvoo, Finland
    2018
  • Kontra
    Pavilion
    Seinäjoki, Finland
    2018
  • Housing Northwest Arkansas
    Housing
    Arkansas, The United States
    2018
  • Villa B
    Villa
    Menorca, Spain
    2017
  • Rauma City Masterplan
    Urban design
    Finland
    2017
  • Tikkurila Church and Housing
    Church, Housing
    Rauma, Finland
    2017
  • Ylivieska Church
    Church
    Vantaa, Finland
    2017
  • Suuruspää Housing
    Housing
    Ylivieska, Finland
    2017
  • Arabiazza(s)
    Mixed use
    Helsinki, Finland
    2016
  • Villa Koivikko
    Villa
    Espoo, Finland
    2015
  • Vidar School
    School
    Copenhagen, Denmark
    2015
  • Periscope tower
    Pavilion
    Seinäjoki, Finland
    2014
  • Venice Biennale Finnish Pavilion
    Exhibition
    Venice, Italy
    2014
  • Konsthall Tornedalen
    Museum
    Övertorneå, Sweden
    2013

Projects at BMA 2009-2012

  • Project
    category
    place
    date
  • Industrial Bank Headquarter
    Office
    Beijing, China
    2012
  • Sake Manzo
    Restaurant
    Beijing, China
    2011
  • BMW Shanghai 4S dealership
    Retail
    Shanghai, China
    2011
  • BMW Beijing Wintop 4S dealership
    Retail
    Beijing, China
    2011
  • BMW Brand concept design
    Retail
    Beijing, China
    2011
  • Sanhe Office Interior
    Interior
    Beijing, China
    2010
  • Yizhuang Housing Development
    Masterplan
    Beijing, China
    2009
  • Qingdao Resort Hotel
    Hotel
    Qingdao, China
    2009
  • Qingdao St.Petersburg Center
    Office
    Qingdao
    2009
TEAM

Yuta Tosaya
土佐谷勇太

Architect in collaboration

Mai Motegi
茂手木麻伊

Architect, Exhibition designer

Yuto Takemi
竹味佑人

Architect in collaboration

Kenta Nishimura
西村健太

Artist in collaboration

Jun Yamaguchi
山口ジュン

Artist in collaboration

RESEARCH

This section is currently under construction.

Miki Kazama

Research curator

Miki Kazama is a curator specializing in contemporary art and culture. She enriches our research and design through deep engagement with cultural narratives, critical discourse, and contextual exploration. In 2018, she founded the research initiative TCR – Tokyo Culture Research, and has since played a significant role across the fields of art, culture, and business.

CONTACT