Kosuke Nishijima, born in 1983 in Tokyo, studied architecture at the University of Tokyo and Technical University of Lisbon. In 2011, he moved to Vietnam and joined Vo Trong Nghia Architects (renamed VTN Architects). In 2016, he established Inrestudio, his own architectural practice, in Ho Chi Minh City. Since then, he has aimed at discovering a new architectural typology specific to Vietnam with his international perspective.