Dabtong House

Projects

What we are working on.

Five ongoing workstreams — some long-horizon, some immediate, all rooted in Bhutan and threaded through partnerships with Chiba Tech, the King of Bhutan's Office, MIT, and the wider research community.

  1. No. 01 With His Majesty's Office

    Japanese Tea House in Thimphu

    A traditional Japanese tea house, built in Thimphu in partnership with the King of Bhutan's Office. A long-horizon project that takes architecture, craft, and ceremony seriously as a durable bridge between two cultures.

    Building
  2. No. 02 With Chiba Tech

    Academic Exchange (Bhutan → Japan)

    We identify Bhutanese candidates for Master's programs at Chiba Tech and support them through recruitment, application, and the move to Japan. Scholarships flow through Chiba Tech and its grantors; Dabtong House handles the in-country side.

    Ongoing
  3. No. 03 With Henkaku Center

    Bhutan AI Community

    Meet-ups, study groups, and events around agentic coding for builders in Bhutan. Most recently, Dabtong House supported Henkaku Center's blockchain bootcamp and hackathon in Thimphu by sponsoring Claude accounts for participants.

    Active
  4. No. 04 With MIT Center for Bits and Atoms

    Voxels with MIT CBA

    A small Bhutan thread inside Neil Gershenfeld's cross-institutional voxel research group at the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms. Long-running, infrastructural research on programmable, discretely-assembled matter.

    Ongoing
  5. No. 05 For Chiba Tech in Bhutan

    In-Country Operational Infrastructure

    Dabtong House holds the in-country bank account, sponsors work visas for staff, and provides the legal vehicle that lets Chiba Tech operate as a partner inside Bhutan. Unglamorous, structurally essential.

    Active