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Kawazoe Lab
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The lab centers on architectural design to create sustainable cities and regions.
AboutAbout the lab
Creating landscapes that make people want to come home.
The Kawazoe Lab specializes in architectural design studies and researches sustainable urban and regional development.
The lab covers a wide range of fields, including architecture, design, landscape, public space, community development, rural areas, and regional planning.
The lab engages in both practical projects and theoretical research, and through the accumulation of this work, it seeks to draw a map of the world as seen through architecture.
On its website, the lab presents projects such as the new construction and renovation of the General Library at the University of Tokyo and regional revitalization in Kada, Wakayama Prefecture.
Key terms
- Landscape
- The visible whole of a scene formed by the combination of mountains, rivers, buildings, streetscapes, and other elements (landscape)
- Public space
- Open places that anyone can use, such as plazas, parks, and streets
- Fieldwork
- A research method in which researchers go to the actual site to investigate through observation and interviews
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The lab specializes in architectural design studies and focuses on creating sustainable cities and regions. In recent years, it has taken part in projects in regional cities, working across theory and practice, for example by linking the preservation of environmental value with new community development.
*Illustrative imageCommunity Development through Architectural Design
Centered on architectural design, the lab works across urban and regional planning, landscape design, and the use of public space. It aims for design that gives importance to people's lives and their relationship with local resources.
*Illustrative imageHands-on Projects in the Field
Through practical projects based on fieldwork, such as reconstructing a tourist destination in collaboration with local residents and government, the lab moves back and forth between theory and practice.
*Illustrative imageRediscovering Landscapes and Creating Value
By carefully uncovering the appeal and potential hidden in cities and rural areas and reassembling them architecturally and spatially, the lab aims to bring out the inherent strength of each region.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Kawazoe Lab consist of faculty members, researchers, staff, doctoral and master's students, exchange students, and research students.
- Associate ProfessorYoshiyuki KawazoePublications ↗
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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: “Taketa townscape ac (4)” Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Community Development through Architectural Design: “Taketa townscape ac (1)” Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Hands-on Projects in the Field: “Kadako1” KENPEI / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Rediscovering Landscapes and Creating Value: “Rural landscape of Mita and Shimizu 5” Indiana jo / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Okabe Lab): “Kawasaki Nihon Minkaen-3” Fg2 / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Yasuhara Lab): “Marquise do Ibirapuera 01” Dornicke / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Imoto Lab): “Kamaishi-20120901-temporary housing” Aude / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Unno Lab): “Horyu-ji Kondo and Five-story Pagoda 2022” ONO Masanobu / CC0 (cropped)
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