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Noguchi Lab
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The lab traces buildings back to their chemical constituents to create new building materials.
AboutAbout the lab
Rethinking architecture from its materials through “Architectural Genome Theory”
The Noguchi Lab researches and develops building materials based on the concept of “Architectural Genome Theory.”
Architectural Genome Theory is an approach that traces the units that make up a building back to chemical substances in order to examine the building's quality, performance, and behavior.
The lab's research covers not only concrete but also soil, mycelium, cellulose, gels, and waste roof tiles.
Together with the Maruyama Lab and the Yoshioka Lab, the lab operates as the “Building Materials Lab.”
Key terms
- Mycelium
- The network of thin, thread-like cells that makes up the body of mushrooms and molds
- Nondestructive testing
- A testing method that examines the internal condition and degree of deterioration of an object without damaging it
- Adobe
- Sun-dried bricks made by mixing soil with water, straw, and the like, pressing it into molds, and drying it in the sun
NewsLab news
Held a lab introduction session for third-year undergraduates and published the recording and materials
Held an information session on graduation thesis lab assignments and published the materials
ResearchResearch themes
The lab traces the units that make up a building back to chemical substances to examine quality, performance, and behavior. It uses this as a basic principle for researching and developing building materials, and for selecting and designing materials and components. Its work takes a broad perspective, from prediction and modeling to experiments and implementation.
*Illustrative imageMeasuring Rusted Rebar Without Breaking It
The lab studies methods for estimating the cross-sectional area of heavily corroded rebar (how much it has thinned) using nondestructive testing, which examines the rebar without damaging it.
*Illustrative imageBinding Material with Calcium Carbonate
In calcium carbonate concrete, the lab studies techniques for controlling how the calcium carbonate that binds the material forms (precipitates).
*Illustrative imageProtecting Reinforced Concrete Cultural Heritage
The lab studies methods for conserving cultural heritage made of reinforced concrete, based on authenticity and integrity.
*Illustrative imageStrong Concrete from Adobe
The lab is developing high-strength concrete that uses adobe (sun-dried earth bricks).
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorTakafumi NoguchiPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorRyo KuriharaPublications ↗
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “NYBG Mycelium Brick Home September 2024” SnowFire / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Measuring Rusted Rebar Without Breaking It: “Funchal Carbonatation Rebar” TeWeBs / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Binding Material with Calcium Carbonate: “Calcite crystals (Pugh Quarry, near Custar, Ohio, USA) 1” James St. John / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Protecting Reinforced Concrete Cultural Heritage: “Hashima Island ruins 1” Nsxbln / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Strong Concrete from Adobe: “Adobe brick” Michi2 / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Koshihara Lab): “20100724 Iwakuni 5235” Jakub Hałun / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Maruyama Lab): “Beton angeschliffen Nahaufnahme 1” Ralf Saalmueller / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Asai Lab): “2010 Chile earthquake - Building destroyed in Concepción” Claudio Núñez / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Gondo Lab): “Framers ( )” Mr. Brian / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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