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BeCAT Lab (Shohei Shigematsu)
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A center for education and research in architecture that links design and technology, with the environment as its axis.
AboutAbout the lab
Questioning new ways of doing architecture to realize a sustainable world.
BeCAT (Built Environment Center with Art & Technology) is an education and research center for design and engineering that takes the environment as its theme.
Through investigation, research, and design, it aims to envision prototypes of environmental architecture for the Asia-Oceania region, implement them in society, and share them with the world.
Taking Kyushu as a model for Asia, the center spends one year in a studio on research and design, under themes such as "energy," "disasters," "materials," "tourism," and "ecosystems."
Key terms
- Social implementation
- Giving the results of education and research concrete form in actual society, such as by building experimental houses, making proposals to local governments and companies, and developing apps
- Prototype
- The original model of a proposal developed in the studio. Social implementation is based on it
- Studio
- An educational setting where participants spend one year on research and design for each theme
ResearchResearch themes
BeCAT questions new ways of thinking about cities and architecture from the perspective of the "environment," and envisions prototypes of environmental architecture through investigation, research, and design. The proposals it develops are implemented in society as projects in partnership with local communities, companies, and local governments.
*Illustrative imageEnvironmental Master Plan Using Kyushu as a Model
Taking Kyushu as a model for Asia, the center develops environmental master plans that solve problems, under themes such as "energy," "disasters," "materials," "tourism," and "ecosystems." It spends one year in a studio on research and design, and presents its proposals as prototypes.
*Illustrative imageSocial Implementation and Outreach
Based on the prototypes developed in the studio, the center implements them in society in various forms, including building an experimental house in Itoshima, making proposals to local governments and companies, and developing an environmental app. It actively shares the results.
MembersFaculty
BeCAT's members consist of faculty such as the Center Director and Deputy Director, design assistants, cooperating faculty, guest faculty, staff such as the brand manager, studio management staff, a unit made up of faculty members of the research faculty, partners, and supporters.As of 2026
- ProfessorShohei Shigematsu
- ProfessorMoriko Kira
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Deep Green Home Boone Columbia Boone County MO” UEnglishmanS / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Environmental Master Plan Using Kyushu as a Model: “Japan's rural landscape - panoramio” Mamusi Taka / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Social Implementation and Outreach: “Wikidata Workshop in Rwanda 2024” Kateregga1 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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