okamoto deguchi design

odd, short for okamoto deguchi design, is a Beijing studio working across architecture, interior design and product design. It was established in 2012 by Keizo Okamoto and Tsutomu Deguchi, two Japanese architects who had already worked in the city, and has since built a portfolio spanning restaurants, retail, cultural spaces and resort projects in China.

The studio’s stated starting point is the way media technology has reshaped human activity: quoting classical culture directly no longer works in a multicultural society, so each project seeks a contemporary reading of local identity through new technology and method. Work ranges from the Aranya Cafe Pavilion in Beidaihe, a curved glass pavilion under a widely cantilevered roof, to exhibitions at UCCA in Beijing and a bird-watching facility on Chongming Dongtan.