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Architectural Materials Lab
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The lab investigates the texture and aging of architectural materials.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring the texture and aging of architectural materials
The architectural materials lab (Lecturer Jun Tsuchiya) studies the texture of materials used in architecture, and the relationship between people and the local materials that make up the landscape.
The lab investigates how finishing materials such as wood change over time, and how people perceive those materials.
It is the lab of a faculty member in the Environmental Design Course of the School of Design.
Key terms
- Aging
- Changes in the color and condition of a material as time passes, also called change over time
- Finishing materials
- Materials used on the surfaces of buildings, which greatly affect their appearance and texture
- Sensory evaluation
- A method of studying the impressions and psychological responses that materials give people by having people evaluate them
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies the texture of materials used in architecture and the relationship between people and the local materials that make up the landscape. Through the aging of wood and similar materials, it examines the color, texture, and changes over time of architectural finishing materials.
*Illustrative imageEvaluation of Wood Aging
The lab examines changes in the surface color of wood used for building exteriors and placed outdoors. While observing the effects of surface finishing and ultraviolet light, it aims at a comprehensive evaluation of aging that includes cracking and surface erosion of the grain.
*Illustrative imageTexture, Color, and Psychology of Finishing Materials
Using sensory evaluation methods, the lab studies the surface texture and color characteristics of architectural finishing materials, their aging, and the effects of the materials on people's psychology.
MembersFaculty
- LecturerJun Tsuchiya
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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: “Close-up texture of weathered bamboo poles” A S M Jobaer / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Evaluation of Wood Aging: “Shiplap ( )” Craig Sunter from Manchester, UK / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Texture, Color, and Psychology of Finishing Materials: “Red River Gorge - Wall Texture 1” Jarek Tuszyński (user:Jarekt) / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Architectural Materials Lab): “Weathered barn wood with worm holes” Titus Tscharntke / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Urban Planning Lab): “Old Kinomoto-juku Honjin ac (1)” Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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プラス / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped) - Related lab (Architectural Design Lab): “Asia Museum of Modern Art on the campus of Asia University” YangChen(TW) / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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