Department of Architecture Guest Lecture: Koki Akiyoshi

Join us for a lecture hosted by the Department of Architecture, Monash University.

Join us for the first guest lecture of 2026 hosted by the Department of Architecture, Monash University.

Koki Akiyoshi is the representative of VUILD, an architectural organisation that uses digital fabrication and other technology with the goal of democratizing architecture. He advocates the concept of the “meta-architect” and as an entrepreneur, his startup company looks beyond the physical design of buildings to include broader design considerations, such as background material flow.

“Our purpose is to empower people through the potential of design and technology by providing platforms and tools that enable everyone to experience such joy.”

The Department of Architecture Guest Lecture Series presents the diverse guests who visit us to talk, teach and research the complexities of architecture today.

Image: Vuild’s digitally fabricated house

architecture studio VUILD led by koki akiyoshi has completed ‘house for marebito’ within toga village of nanto city, japan. this project challenges the local issues of forestry and marginal settlement by only using local lumbers and computer numerical control (CNC) milling machine called ‘shopbot’. the introduction of shopbot enables the local community to produce and fabricate wood by themselves. Residents who had never been able to participate in architecture were involved in the process. Aya Ikeda / DesignBoom.