On a joint trip entitled «Transitions» in autumn 2019, students from the Kyoto Institute of Technology and the ETH Zürich investigated a series of houses and their relationship to the (urban) landscape in Kyoto, Osaka and Tokyo, using sound recordings and laser scanning. The Symposium was an opportunity to discuss the material developed collectively in a plenary session. A selection of six small houses was discussed by architects, residents and experts, structured in 3 round tables and a concluding discussion.