He worked for three years in the atelier of Arata Isozaki & Associates in Tokyo before apprenticing as a carpenter for a custom home builder in Seattle, Washington. He has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Syracuse University, Virginia Polytechnic and the California College of the Arts (CCA). He currently teaches design studios, technical studios, and coordindates the Japan_China studio at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) in Los Angeles.