YCa
Yatsu Chahal Architects, hereinafter YCa, is a Tokyo based architecture and urban design firm that offers a broad range of architecture, interior design, and urban design services for both the Japanese and International markets. The firm was established in December 2011 by Yatsu Kenji and Karim Chahal, after working together more than eight years for the internationally renowned Japanese architect, Arata Isozaki, where they led various challenging and prestigious projects in Japan, the Middle East, Central Asia, and Europe.
Capitalizing on this experience, and the unique design approach and philosophy learned under the master architect, Arata Isozaki, YCa provides design services for arich matrix of building programs, mainly cultural (museums, theatres), educational, residential (private residences, collective housing), and commercial (offices, hotels, retail, etc.), addressing every stage in the Project's consultancy life span.
And given its expertise in the international market, YCa continues to provide design management services to Arata Isozaki's architectural arm, Isozaki, Aoki & Associates, and to represent it in the Middle Eastern Market on all the prestigious projects that this arm is undertaking in the region.