GARDE Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Kenji Muro), which provides total services in interior design, consulting, and coordination globally, will hold a solo exhibition titled "Ground Rules" by contemporary artist Yuya Saito at GOCA by Garde, an art gallery operated by GARDE, from July 2, 2026 (Thu) to July 25, 2026 (Sat). Edge_07, 2026, Curved wood, acrylic, 67 x 47 x 16 inch GOCA by Garde is GARDE's first overseas art gallery, serving as a base to introduce Japanese and Asian artists to the world, exhibiting a diverse range of works including paintings, sculptures, and ceramics. It aims to be a new hub for cultural dissemination, responsible for globally promoting contemporary art from Japan and Asia. This exhibition will showcase Saito's representative series "flow-chitecture," which reinterprets skateboard ramps as sculptures, and his new series of sculptures "Park-Scape," themed around public spaces in urban environments. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Saito has developed his unique "bentwood" technique, cultivated through furniture making, to create works that traverse the realms of architecture, sculpture, and design. In this exhibition, he poses universal themes relevant to contemporary society, such as "What is open public space?" and "What is freedom?", using public spaces found in cities like parks and skate ramps as starting points. For many years, Saito has explored skateboard ramps not merely as recreational equipment but as sculptural motifs symbolizing the urban landscape. While ramps are generally known as structures that are semi-circular slopes for skateboarding, Saito focuses on their form itself, reinterpreting them as symbols of publicness in the contemporary city. In the fields of art, architecture, and design, ramps have often been viewed as competitive facilities or part of street culture, with their forms and philosophies rarely treated as the subject of artworks. In the United States, however, ramps have a cultur