Kazuki Hayashi

Kazuki Hayashi

Junior Associate Professor at Kyoto University

Kazuki Hayashi is a researcher and programmer at the intersection of architectural design and structural engineering. He is currently a junior associate professor at Kyoto University. His research aims to revolutionize design and construction processes through novel computational methods, not only to support architectural designers and structural engineers.

He obtained a Master of Engineering and Ph. D. at Kyoto University. His dissertation was about the application of machine learning to the design of skeletal structures, such as trusses and frames. During his Ph. D., he studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) as a visiting student. From Septemper 2023 to August 2024, he is an invited researcher at École nationale des ponts et chaussées (ENPC). He is also a 1st-Class Kenchikushi, an officially qualified Japanese architect and building engineer.

Laboratory Website

Specialty

Structural morphogenesis

Architectural informatics

Computational design

Education

2018/4 - 2021/3 Kyoto University (Ph. D.)

2019/6 - 2019/9 École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (Visiting student)

2016/4 - 2018/3 Kyoto University (Master of Engineering)

2017/1 - 2017/3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Visiting student)

2012/4 - 2016/3 Kyoto University (Bachelor of Engineering)


Professional Experience

2025/2 -                  Junioir Associate Professor, Kyoto University

2021/4 - 2025/1    Assistant Professor, Kyoto University

2023/9 - 2024/8 Visiting Scholar, École nationale des ponts et chaussées 

2018/4 - 2021/3 Research Fellowships for Young Scientists (DC1), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)