Mr. Sakaguchi graduated Waseda University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Architecture in 2001. During his diploma at university, he started to wonder about the role of architects who build large scale modern architectures. Since then, he has been looking for an architecture of essential human life. His main role is architecture explorer or artist, but he also works as a painter, columnist and musician. Mr. Sakaguchi has written books covering the life of homeless people around the Sumida River “Tokyo Zero Yen House Zero Yen Life” (Daiwa Shobo), a novel “Edison in Sumida River” (Aoyama Publishing), and “Tokyo Hitotsubo Property” (Shunjusha Publishing), which tells of the charm of micro spaces existing on the street.
Mr. Kayano graduated from the Doctoral program of Paris X University Nanterre, Department of Philosophy in 2003. He has written books including “Qu'est-ce que l'E'tat?”, (Ibunsha) and “The Genealogy of Money and Violence.” (Kawade Shobo Shinsha Publishers), and he is a coauthor of “Difficulty of Living – Poverty, Identity and Nationalism” (Kobunsha Publishing).
