MEET THE SPEAKER
We spend years thinking about what children should learn. But perhaps we need to spend more time asking how the environments around them shape the experience of learning.
What changes when architecture stops simply housing learning-and starts actively supporting it?
That question sits at the heart of a perspective PULSE 2026 is bringing to the room, particularly for educators, school leaders, architects and designers shaping the next generation of learning environments.
Meet Denis Fujii
An architect looking at learning spaces through a different lens.
With over a decade of experience creating educational environments in Brazil and internationally, Denis explores how space can actively support learning.
His approach moves beyond the conventional classroom, bringing together architecture, furniture and pedagogy to create environments that encourage curiosity, connection, independence and collaboration.
For architects and designers, his work offers a fresh way to think about designing for learning.
For educators and school leaders, it opens questions around how environments influence behaviour, engagement and learning experiences.
Why Should You Hear Him?
Because the most important question may not be:
“What should a school look like?”
but:
“What should a school make possible?”
Denis brings a perspective that encourages us to rethink the relationship between space, people and pedagogy– and to look at learning environments not simply as places where education happens, but as active participants in the experience.
What you will Take Away while attending PULSE 2026?
At PULSE, Denis’s work offers a fresh lens on:
- Designing around how learners learn, interact and grow
- Creating spaces that foster curiosity, collaboration and independence
- Bringing architecture, furniture and pedagogy into one learning ecosystem
- Rethinking the classroom as an experience, not just a room
- Designing learning environments with people—not just functions—in mind
And perhaps most importantly:
How do we design spaces around the learner, rather than simply designing spaces around a function?
Why PULSE 2026?
PULSE is not designed as a conventional conference where one profession speaks and everyone else listens.
It is a curated conversation around learning, people, culture and place.
Across 300 curated seats, educators, school leaders, architects, designers and researchers will come together from Delhi, Mumbai, Tamil Nadu, Bhopal, Nagpur and Indore, alongside perspectives from Japan, the UK, Australia, Sweden, Norway and the United States.
Different disciplines.
Different geographies.
Different experiences.
Bring Your Questions. Find New Perspectives.
Designing a school today means navigating more than floor plans and classrooms—it means creating environments that respond to how learners think, interact and grow.
At PULSE 2026, Denis Fujii brings a distinctive perspective for school leaders, educators, architects and designers looking to move beyond conventional solutions and rethink the relationship between space, pedagogy and people.
Come with the questions shaping your next project. Leave with perspectives that could shape what comes next.
Your next great idea for learning spaces could begin in this room.
Meet Denis Fujii at PULSE 2026
PULSE 2026 | Where Culture Meets Learning
5–7 October 2026 | Sheraton Grand Palace, Indore
One room. Different perspectives. New questions.
Come curious. Leave seeing learning spaces differently.