About

Kazuki Hayashi is a researcher and programmer at the intersection of architectural design and structural engineering. He is currently an assistant 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.

Structural design

Architectural geometry

Structural optimization

Machine learning

Graph embedding

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)

2021/4 -             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)