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Yasuhara Lab
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The lab observes changes in society and creates new architectural spaces and design methods.
AboutAbout the lab
Observing social change to envision new spaces
Yasuhara Lab studies new architectural spaces that respond to social change, along with the methods used to design them.
Architectural design is not just about designing form.
Working in relation to social systems, urban mechanisms, and structural and environmental technologies, architects are expected to conceive and propose spaces that meet society's new demands.
Through engagement with local communities and real design projects, the lab aims to develop new spatial concepts and design methods.
Key terms
- Public space
- Spaces that anyone can drop into and use, such as plazas, parks, and open areas inside buildings
- Existing building stock
- A way of regarding buildings that already stand as a store of assets (wealth) that society can make use of going forward
- Aggregation form
- The form that results from how units, such as individual dwellings, are combined and brought together into a single building or neighborhood
ResearchResearch themes
The lab's goal is to develop spatial concepts and design methods that respond to new social demands, through engagement with local communities and real-world design projects. Focusing on public spaces, timber architecture, renovation, and multi-family housing, the lab conducts surveys, analysis, and design proposals.
*Illustrative imageHuman Activities in Public Spaces
The lab surveys and analyzes what kinds of activities take place in the public spaces created by architecture, using case studies in Japan and abroad, and applies the findings to the development of design methods.
*Illustrative imageSpaces of Contemporary Timber Architecture
The number of timber buildings is growing rapidly around the world. The lab theoretically explores the spaces they create and opens up their contemporary possibilities.
*Illustrative imageRenovation Methods
The lab surveys and analyzes renovation cases in Japan and abroad, and explores new design methods for preservation and regeneration that use the existing building stock as an urban resource.
*Illustrative imageUnits and Aggregation Forms in Multi-Family Housing
The lab surveys, analyzes, and proposes aggregation forms for urban housing, deepening thinking on the nature of community and on the relationship between the parts and the whole of a building.
MembersFaculty
The members of Yasuhara Lab consist of faculty, students in the doctoral, master's, and undergraduate programs, research students, and exchange students.As of 2026
- ProfessorMotoki Yasuhara
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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: “Marquise do Ibirapuera 01” Dornicke / Public domain (cropped)
- Human Activities in Public Spaces: “Parque Ibirapuera - Marquise do Ibirapuera - panoramio (1)” CORRETOR-CARVALHO / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Spaces of Contemporary Timber Architecture: “Brettsperrholzkonstruktion” RoterRolf / CC0 (cropped)
- Renovation Methods: “Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse 2” Syced / CC0 (cropped)
- Units and Aggregation Forms in Multi-Family Housing: “Habitat 67 2019 dllu 01” Dllu / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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