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Personal profile
Curriculum vitae
Masashi Kajita, Ph.D., Architect MAA is Associate Professor at the Institute of Architecture and Design. He is co-founder of Bureaus, a platform for spatial research, design and strategies. Aiming to promote the realization of inclusive built environment and the architecture of enjoyment, his research focuses on three main strands: body, material, space in architecture. A current and related series of design research projects study the idea of spatial inclusiveness through the discourse on architecture and body-centric space; use matters and material practice; the standardised human body and non-compliant bodies; architectural details and strategy; as well as the city and the interiority of space. He was formerly a senior lecturer in architecture at University of East London, researcher at Danish Building Research Institute, Aalborg University and Visiting Scholar at the Royal College of Art, UK. He has practiced architecture and interior design in London and Copenhagen and has taught architecture since 2005.
Education/Academic qualification
Architecture, Ph.D
… → 2014
Architecture & Interior, MA, Royal College of Art
… → 2005
Architecture , BSc (Hons) , School of Architecture and the Visual Arts, University of East London
… → 2001
Research area
- Architecture
- Disability
- Body
- Material
- Space
- Process and method
- Architectural Representation
- Design Ethnography
- Inclusive Design
- Interdisciplinary design processes
- Materials
- Material Space
- Spatial Practice
- City
- Dwelling
- Social Inclusion
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CSI: Cluster for Spatial Inclusion
Kajita, M., Cassi, R., Merit, M., Hübschmann, M. J., Ballegaard, E., Hjort, M. & Asmussen, E. S.
01/08/2022 → …
Project: Research
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Et inkluderende menneskesyn i design og arkitektur
Kajita, M., Cassi, R., Merit, M., Ballegaard, E., Hübschmann, M. J., Asmussen, E. S. & Hjort, M.
01/08/2021 → 31/07/2026
Project: Research
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CIS: Center for Interior Studies
Raahauge, K. M., Kristensen, P. T., Kajita, M., Koerner, N., Lee, N. T., Pedersen, M., Pilegaard, A., Bülow, K., Gigone, F., Honour, K., Hübschmann, M. J., Garcia Sanchez, C., Grønlund, L., Maekelberg, S. & Pain, S.
08/04/2021 → …
Project: Research
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Coordinating Inclusive Future Public Spaces in Architecture
Merit, M., Kajita, M. & Majgaard Krarup, J.
01/09/2020 → 31/08/2023
Project: PhD project
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Afhængighedssensibilitet via universelt design
Merit, M. T., Ballegaard, E., Kajita, M. & Brandt, E., 2023, Universelt design: tværdisciplinære perspektiver i teori og praksis. Frandsen, A. K., Bonfils, I. S. & Olsen, L. (eds.). 1 ed. Aalborg: Aalborg Universitetsforlag, Vol. 1. p. 97-118 21 p.Publications: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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At stille det rigtige spørgsmål – vejledende praksis for universelt design
Merit, M. T., Gramkow, M. C., Kajita, M. & Stigsdotter, U. K., 2023, Universelt design - tværdisciplinære perspektiver i teori og praksis. Bonfils, I. S., Frandsen, A. K. & Olsen, L. (eds.). 1 ed. Aalborg: Aalborg Universitetsforlag, Vol. 1. p. 137 158 p.Publications: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Exploring disability as a Creative and Critical Challenge to Design Norms
Kajita, M. & Boys, J., 3 Sept 2023, Design for Inclusivity: UIA 2023. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Mostafa, M., Baumeister, R., Ramsgaard Thomsen, M. & Tamke, M. (eds.). Cham: Springer, p. 195-203 9 p. (Sustainable Development Goals Series).Publications: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Furniture for our future selves: J39 re-designed
Kajita, M. & de Gier, N., 4 Jul 2023Publications: Non-textual form › Exhibition › Communication
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The not-so-open open plan: A feminist critique of the typical Danish interior
Hubschmann, M. J. & Kajita, M., 10 Mar 2023, In: Interiors: Design/Architecture/Culture. 12, 2-3, p. 221-245 15 p.Publications: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Prizes
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AHFE Best Paper Award at AHFE International Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics Conference 2021
Kajita, Masashi (Recipient) & de Gier, Nicolai (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Prizes
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Activities
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Design and Normativities: Ph.d.-kursus
Kirsten Marie Raahauge (Organizer), Alison Clarke (Session chair), Ole B Jensen (Session chair) & Masashi Kajita (Session chair)
15 Nov 2023 → 17 Nov 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Spatial Anthropologies
Kirsten Marie Raahauge (Organizer) & Masashi Kajita (Organizer)
5 May 2022 → 6 May 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation and participation in conference
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Ph.D.-vejledning
Kirsten Marie Raahauge (Participant), Masashi Kajita (Participant) & Isak Worre Foged (Participant)
2022 → …Activity: Other activity types › Supervision and co-examiner
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Bevica Fondens Universel Design Hub (Event)
Camilla Ryhl (Chair), Eva Brandt (Member), Ulrika K. Stigsdotter (Member), Masashi Kajita (Member), John Paulin Hansen (Member), Kristian Møller Moltke Martiny (Member), Anne katrine Frandsen (Member), Leif Olsen (Member), Inge Bonfils (Member), Thomas Bredgaard (Member), Ruth Baumeister (Member) & Thomas Skovgaard (Member)
1 Sept 2020 → 1 Oct 2025Activity: Membership › Membership in research network
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Institute of Architecture and Design (Organisational unit)
Kirsten Marie Raahauge (Chair), Peter Thule Kristensen (Chair), Lene Wiell Nordberg (Secretary), Mette Johanne Hübschmann (Member), Fabio Gigone (Member), Ane Pilegaard (Member), Nicholas Thomas Lee (Member), Natalie Koerner (Member), Katja Bülow (Member), Masashi Kajita (Member), Sofie Bjerring (Member), Louise Grønlund (Member), Karen Honour (Member), Max Pedersen (Member) & Suzi Pain (Member)
1 Sept 2019 → 1 Sept 2022Activity: Membership › Membership in research network
Press/Media
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Møbler til en aldrende krop
Nicolai de Gier & Masashi Kajita
01/12/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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sund arkitektur 1:3. design der følger med alderen
Nicolai de Gier & Masashi Kajita
06/03/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Studerende designer til deres fremtidige – ældre – selv
Masashi Kajita & Nicolai de Gier
11/12/2022
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Age before beauty
Nicolai de Gier & Masashi Kajita
13/11/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Age before beauty
Masashi Kajita & Nicolai de Gier
13/10/2022
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media