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下田悠太 | Yuta Shimoda

建築構造エンジニア。Biomatter Lab所属。明治大学理工学部 助教。東京大学大学院総合文化研究科 博士課程（舘知宏研究室）／日本学術振興会特別研究員（DC1）。東京藝術大学美術学部 非常勤講師。折紙の幾何学と構造力学を背景に、コンパクトに折りたためる構造や軽量な膜テンセグリティ構造など建築の新たな形態に関する研究・制作を行う。Forbes JAPAN 30 Under 30（2023）選出。

Yuta Shimoda is an architectural structural engineer, affiliated with Biomatter Lab. Assistant Professor, School of Science and Technology, Meiji University. PhD candidate, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo (Tachi Laboratory); JSPS Research Fellow (DC1). Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts.

Working at the intersection of origami geometry and structural mechanics, his research and design practice explore new architectural forms — from compactly foldable structures to lightweight membrane tensegrity systems. Selected for Forbes JAPAN 30 UNDER 30 (2023).

Works

論文・特許Papers & Patents

• 2026.9Shimoda, Y. & Tachi, T. "Developable Tubular Membrane Tensegrity Structures: Design Method and Large-Scale Pavilion Verification." Proceedings of the IASS-IWSS 2026 Joint Conference, Turin, Italy, September 14–18, 2026.（査読あり）Shimoda, Y. & Tachi, T. "Developable Tubular Membrane Tensegrity Structures: Design Method and Large-Scale Pavilion Verification." Proceedings of the IASS-IWSS 2026 Joint Conference, Turin, Italy, September 14–18, 2026. (peer-reviewed) — IASS-IWSS 2026
• 2026.8Ito, S., Shimoda, Y., Fukunishi, H., & Hayashi, M. "Polymer Membrane Tensegrity: Inverse Design of Polymer Films Morphing into Freeform 3D Surfaces with Digital Photopatterning Technique." arXiv:2608.30501 (2026).（査読なし・プレプリント）Ito, S., Shimoda, Y., Fukunishi, H., & Hayashi, M. "Polymer Membrane Tensegrity: Inverse Design of Polymer Films Morphing into Freeform 3D Surfaces with Digital Photopatterning Technique." arXiv:2608.30501 (2026). (preprint, not peer-reviewed) — arXiv
• 2025.10特許第7760100号「緩衝材及び履物」（特許権者：株式会社ハイベックス、登録日：2025年10月17日）Japanese Patent No. 7760100, "Cushioning Material and Footwear" (assignee: HYBEX Co., Ltd.; registered October 17, 2025)
• 2025Kuwada, R., Ito, S., Shimoda, Y., Fukunishi, H., Onishi, R., Ishii, D., & Hayashi, M. "Tensegrity-Inspired Polymer Films: Progressive Bending Stiffness through Multipolymeric Patterning." Polymer Journal, 57, 587–594.（査読あり）Kuwada, R., Ito, S., Shimoda, Y., Fukunishi, H., Onishi, R., Ishii, D., & Hayashi, M. "Tensegrity-Inspired Polymer Films: Progressive Bending Stiffness through Multipolymeric Patterning." Polymer Journal, 57, 587–594. (peer-reviewed) — Polymer Journal
• 2024.11Ito, S., Shimoda, Y., & Fukunishi, H. "Polymer Membrane Tensegrity: Inverse Design of Polymer Films Morphing into Arbitrary 3D Surfaces with Digital Photopatterning Technique." Poster, Gyroid is Everywhere: Alan Schoen 100th Birth Anniversary, Kindai University, Osaka, November 2024.（ポスター発表・査読なし）Ito, S., Shimoda, Y., & Fukunishi, H. "Polymer Membrane Tensegrity: Inverse Design of Polymer Films Morphing into Arbitrary 3D Surfaces with Digital Photopatterning Technique." Poster, Gyroid is Everywhere: Alan Schoen 100th Birth Anniversary, Kindai University, Osaka, November 2024. (poster, not peer-reviewed) — Gyroid is Everywhere
• 2024Shimoda, Y., Hayashi, S., & Ikeda, Y. "Origami-Based Developable Membrane Tensegrity Roof." Proceedings of the IASS Annual Symposia, Vol.2024.（査読あり）Shimoda, Y., Hayashi, S., & Ikeda, Y. "Origami-Based Developable Membrane Tensegrity Roof." Proceedings of the IASS Annual Symposia, Vol.2024. (peer-reviewed) — Paper
• 2023Shimoda, Y., Suto, K., Hayashi, S., Gondo, T., & Tachi, T. "Developable Membrane Tensegrity Structures Based on Origami Tessellations." Advances in Architectural Geometry 2023, pp.303–312.（査読あり）Shimoda, Y., Suto, K., Hayashi, S., Gondo, T., & Tachi, T. "Developable Membrane Tensegrity Structures Based on Origami Tessellations." Advances in Architectural Geometry 2023, pp.303–312. (peer-reviewed) — Paper
• 2023Shimoda, Y., Hayashi, S., Awaji, H., Nakamura, T., Kamijo, H., Gondo, T., & Sato, J. "Construction of Developable Freeform Membrane Tensegrity Structures." Proceedings of the IASS Annual Symposia, Vol.2023, No.3, pp.1–11.（査読あり）Shimoda, Y., Hayashi, S., Awaji, H., Nakamura, T., Kamijo, H., Gondo, T., & Sato, J. "Construction of Developable Freeform Membrane Tensegrity Structures." Proceedings of the IASS Annual Symposia, Vol.2023, No.3, pp.1–11. (peer-reviewed) — Paper
• 2020Shimoda, Y., Tachi, T., & Sato, J. "Flat-Foldable Rigid Origami with Uniform Thickness Panels." Advances in Architectural Geometry 2020, pp.154–173.（査読あり）Shimoda, Y., Tachi, T., & Sato, J. "Flat-Foldable Rigid Origami with Uniform Thickness Panels." Advances in Architectural Geometry 2020, pp.154–173. (peer-reviewed) — Paper

受賞歴Awards

• 2026.4日本学術振興会 特別研究員 DC1 採択JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists, DC1 (2026–2029)
• 2025iF Design Award Gold 2025（「学ぶ、学び舎」構造設計担当）iF Design Award Gold 2025 — structural design for "Manabu, Manabiya"
• 2024みんなの建築大賞 2024 大賞（「学ぶ、学び舎」構造設計担当）Grand Prize, Minna no Kenchiku Award 2024 — structural design for "Manabu, Manabiya"
• 2023.11Forbes 30 Under 30 2023 「世界を変える30歳未満30人」選出Forbes JAPAN 30 Under 30 (2023)
• 2023Archi-Neering Design AWARD 2023（「学ぶ、学び舎」構造設計担当）Archi-Neering Design AWARD 2023 — structural design for "Manabu, Manabiya"
• 2022.12COIL Upcycle Art Contest 2022 入選Selected work, COIL Upcycle Art Contest 2022
• 2022.11KAI Hat&Head Piece Competition 優秀賞Excellence Award, KAI Hat & Head Piece Competition
• 2021.3東京大学大学院 新領域創成科学研究科長賞Dean's Award, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
• 2021.2東京大学大学院新領域創成科学研究科社会文化環境学専攻 修士論文賞Master's Thesis Award, Department of Socio-Cultural Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
• 2020.11コロキウム構造形態の解析と創生2020 形態創生コンテスト 最優秀作品Best Work, Form-Finding Contest, Colloquium on Structural Morphology 2020
• 2020.1かながわ建築祭2020茶室デザインコンペティション 優秀賞Excellence Award, Kanagawa Architecture Festival 2020 Tea House Design Competition
• 2020仮囲いデザインコンテスト 入選Selected work, Temporary Construction Fence Design Competition
• 2019.10日本建築学会主催 学生グランプリ 2019 「銀茶会の茶席」 入選・木村知弘賞・中村晃子賞Selected work, Tomohiro Kimura Award, and Akiko Nakamura Award, Student Grand Prix 2019 "Ginchakai Tea Ceremony Pavilion," Architectural Institute of Japan
• 2019.7第15回学生サマーセミナー2019 JSCA選奨JSCA Award, 15th Student Summer Seminar 2019
• 2019.5第42回学生設計優秀作品展 レモン賞・竹内昌義賞Lemon Award and Masayoshi Takeuchi Award, 42nd Student Design Excellence Exhibition
• 2019.4ABLE DESIGN AWARD -World Competition- Grand Prix （最優秀賞）Grand Prix, ABLE DESIGN AWARD – World Competition
• 2019.3三大学卒業設計合同講評会 2019 「東大×東工大×藝大」 隈研吾賞Kengo Kuma Award, Joint Graduation Design Review 2019 (The University of Tokyo × Tokyo Institute of Technology × Tokyo University of the Arts)
• 2019.2東京大学工学部建築学科卒業制作 奨励賞Honorable Mention, Graduation Thesis Award, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

展示歴Exhibition History

• 2026.7.18–9.13つながるかたち展06（東京大学駒場博物館）に出展Exhibited at CONNECTING ARTIFACTS 06, The University of Tokyo Komaba Museum — CONNECTING ARTIFACTS 06
• 2026.6.6–21AWASE gallery 1st Anniversaryに出展Exhibited at AWASE gallery 1st Anniversary, Shinjuku, Tokyo — Works
• 2026.2グループ展「MADE IN SOUTH TOKYO」（FFF Tokyo主催、THE TOFFEE、クアラルンプール）に出展Exhibited in the group show "MADE IN SOUTH TOKYO," organized by FFF Tokyo, at THE TOFFEE, Kuala Lumpur — Works
• 2025.12.19–25Spiral Xmas Market 2025（Spiral Garden、AWASE galleryブース）に出展Exhibited at Spiral Xmas Market 2025 (Spiral Garden, AWASE gallery booth) — AWASE gallery
• 2025.10.18–12.14つながるかたち展05（東京大学生産技術研究所）に出展Exhibited at CONNECTING ARTIFACTS 05, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo — Works
• 2025SPIRAL（槇文彦設計のアトリウム）に出展Exhibited at SPIRAL (atrium designed by Fumihiko Maki) — Works
• 2025アートフェア「Art OSAKA」に出展Exhibited at the art fair Art OSAKA — Works
• 2024.10.5–27つながるかたち展04（科学技術館）に出展Exhibited at CONNECTING ARTIFACTS 04, Science Museum, Tokyo — Works
• 2024.4.26–8.25「感覚する構造 ― 法隆寺から宇宙まで ―」（WHAT MUSEUM、東京）に出展Exhibited in "Sense of Structure: From Horyuji to Space," WHAT MUSEUM, Tokyo — WHAT MUSEUM
• 2023.10.28–11.11「Architects of the Year 2023」展（テーマ：協働の実験―コンピューテーション・エイジのデザインと建築―）に出展（日本橋の家、大阪）Exhibited at "Architects of the Year 2023" (theme: Experiments in Collaboration — Design and Architecture in the Computational Age), Nihonbashi no Ie, Osaka — Architects of the Year
• 2023つながるかたち展03（東京大学主催）に出展Exhibited at CONNECTING ARTIFACTS 03, hosted by The University of Tokyo — Works
• 2022.10.27–11.13つながるかたち展02（TIERS GALLERY、表参道）に出展：折紙設計技法を応用した膜テンセグリティ構造Exhibited at CONNECTING ARTIFACTS 02, TIERS GALLERY, Omotesando, Tokyo: Membrane Tensegrity Applying Origami Design Techniques — CONNECTING ARTIFACTS 02
• 2022「paper-hat 展」（paper voice、東京）に出展Exhibited at the paper-hat exhibition, paper voice, Tokyo — Works
• 2022猿島SENSE ISLANDに出展Exhibited at Sarushima SENSE ISLAND — Works
• 2021.11KOCA（京急高架下）に出展Exhibited at KOCA, beneath the Keikyu elevated line — Works
• 2021.9SICF22（スパイラルインディペンデントクリエイターズフェスティバル）選出Selected for SICF22 (Spiral Independent Creators Festival), SPIRAL
• 2020ミラノデザインウィークに出展Exhibited during Milan Design Week — Works