Nozomi’s practice explores the intersection of architecture, landscape, and ecology.
Her work combines research-led inquiry with hands-on practice, shaped through collaboration with people and the natural environment.
With over 16 years of professional experience, she has worked across public architecture, landscape, playground and public realm design at Root and Erect in London, Kendall Heaton Associates in the U.S., and SANAA in Japan. In 2017, she was a visiting lecturer in architecture at UAL Central Saint Martins College of Art, Spatial Practice Programme in London.
Her first built project, Hut on Stilts, which she both designed and built, was shortlisted for the AJ Small Projects Award (2016).
Her recent collaborations are with Experimental School of Urban Ecologies, Bethnal Green Nature Reserve and Teesdale and Hollybush TRA in London, Blomour (A Botanical Design Studio) in Italy, and Organic Civil Engineering Association in Japan, exploring the relationship between ecological systems, community stewardship, and the built environment.
Life is about learning and playing — Being in the moment and using all 5 senses is her life long quest including:
(sound) playing and making the oud
(rhythm) playing the daf
(movements) Kung Fu and Qi Gong.
PUBLICATIONS
(Project featured in below publications)
Modern Tree Houses. Taschen, 2025.
The Anatomy of Treehouses: Stylish Hideaways and Retreats. Gibbs Smith, 2018.
Le liège dans l'architecture, le design, la mode et l'art. BOU-GE, 2017.
Reclaimed Living. Prestel, 2017.
The Hinterland. Gestalten, 2016.
Backyard Boltholes. Wallpaper Magazine, 2015.
My Hole and Corner. Hole&Corner, 2015.
AA Conversations. Architectural Association School of Architecture, 2015.
(Translation and Editorial work)
Takada, Hiroomi., and Ogura, Saori. Reviving the Commons in Japan: Restoring the land-human relationship for a climate-resilient future. Organic Civil Envineering, 2025.
(Japanese texts translation assistance)
Reeves, Anya. Spitirs in the Mountains and in Blooksbury: Minakata Kumagusu, Emanuel Swedenborg, and an Ecology of Spirits and the Dead. 2026.
AWARD
2016 AJ Small Projects Award - Shortlist, U.K.
WORKSHOPS/LECTURE/RESEARCH
2026 (Lecture)
”Building for a Landscape.” A lecture for a botanical installation workshop: The Space Before by Blomour in Puglia, Italy.
2026 (Learning Session Delivery)
”Caring for Urban Soil.” A module for Climate and Adaptation Course, Land Care Practices (Soil) Experimental School of Urban Ecologies, London, U.K.
2026 (Participation)
Participation in restoration works of post-flooding/landslide site in Chiba, Japan: A project by Organic Civil Engineering Association, JAPAN
2026 (Participation)
Participation in the construction of dry-stone walling retaining wall in Chichibu, Japan: A workshop by Atelier Moo.
2026 (Workshop Delivery)
”Community Ecologies - Restoring the Ground beneath Our Feet” at Bethnal Green Nature Reserve, London, U.K.
2025 (Workshop Participation)
Organic Civil Engineering Association in Noto and Nasu, JAPAN.
2025 (Editorial Works)
Below-ground Soil Ecological Impact Assesment of Road Infrastructure (Confidential report for a prefectural goverment in Japan) by Organic Civil Engineering Association and Takada Zoen Sekkei Jimusho
2024 (Workshop Delivery)
“Ways of Improving Soil Ecology Workshop” A workshop for Community Ecologies project at Bethnal Green Nature Reserve, London, U.K.
2023 (Workshop Participation)
Lime and Clay Plaster Workshop at Heathland School School of Natural Building in London U.K.
2023 (Workshop Participation)
Clay Plaster Workshop for a strawbale-built assembly space at Building Baladi in Zahle, Lebanon.
2023 (Field Research)
Vernacular natural building and construction methods of houses in Labanon (Learning from an ethnologist, photographer and the leading researcher on vernacular building typology of the Levant Houda Kassatly).
2022 (Workshop Participation)
Japanese lime and clay plaster and cowdung plaster at Permaculture Center Kamimomi Okayama, JAPAN.
2016 (Installation)
Communal Knowledge at Work, The Showroom, London, U.K.
2014 (Presentation)
The Bio Base Seminar, Making Lewes, Lewes, U.K.
EDUCATION
Master of Architecture — 2012
Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture (Design & Make program) U.K.
Bachelor of Architecture — 2006
Rice University, Rice School of Architecture U.S.A.
Lifetime Student of Music, Movement, Nature and Design