Faculty + Staff

Masataka

Yoshikawa

Assistant Professor

Architecture
Architecture and Design

Professional Background

Masataka Yoshikawa is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at Lawrence Technological University. His research focuses on the contemporary design process in architecture, examining how architects’ design sensibilities evolve in the digital age. He develops innovative design workflows integrating 3D simulations, modeling, and physical and virtual models using VR, MR, and digital fabrication tools.

His work has been published in Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition, Architectural Design, Architecture in Perspective, Artsin Square, Gradient, Portico, and Dimensions, and he has presented his research at SIGraDi, VIBRArch, Alt+F4, SCULPT, NCBDS, and ACSA. His work has also been exhibited at SARA NY ART, University of Texas at Arlington, Republic Center in Dallas, and 1001 Woodward Gallery in Detroit. His recent research, Fabricated Combines, is on exhibit as a part of the Venice Architecture Biennale between May – November 2025.

Yoshikawa holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Michigan, and he previously practiced at PLY+ Architects in Michigan and Flying Elephant Studio in Bangalore.

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Use Your Cell Phone as a Document Camera in Zoom

  • What you will need to have and do
  • Download the mobile Zoom app (either App Store or Google Play)
  • Have your phone plugged in
  • Set up video stand phone holder

From Computer

Log in and start your Zoom session with participants

From Phone

  • Start the Zoom session on your phone app (suggest setting your phone to “Do not disturb” since your phone screen will be seen in Zoom)
  • Type in the Meeting ID and Join
  • Do not use phone audio option to avoid feedback
  • Select “share content” and “screen” to share your cell phone’s screen in your Zoom session
  • Select “start broadcast” from Zoom app. The home screen of your cell phone is now being shared with your participants.

To use your cell phone as a makeshift document camera

  • Open (swipe to switch apps) and select the camera app on your phone
  • Start in photo mode and aim the camera at whatever materials you would like to share
  • This is where you will have to position what you want to share to get the best view – but you will see ‘how you are doing’ in the main Zoom session.