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SEKISUI HOUSE - KUMA LAB (International Architectural Education Platform) / IAEP (Sen Kuan Lab)
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An educational hub that explores the future of housing through leading architects from around the world, digital technology, and historical materials.
AboutAbout the lab
A hub for developing international talent in architecture
SEKISUI HOUSE – KUMA LAB is an endowed program at the University of Tokyo that aims to develop internationally minded talent in the field of architecture.
It was established with a donation from Sekisui House and builds on the international network developed by Kengo Kuma's lab.
The lab values thinking globally, mastering digital technology, and re-examining history.
It offers design courses taught by leading architects, runs a digital fabrication workshop, and is also building a digital archive of architectural materials.
Key terms
- Design Studio
- A course in which students work on assigned projects and develop design proposals under the guidance of architects
- Digital Fabrication
- Making objects directly from computer-generated data using tools such as 3D printers and laser cutters
- Digital Archive
- A collection of materials such as drawings and models that are saved as digital data and made available for many people to view
NewsLab news
Distinguished Professor Kengo Kuma receives the CDA Andrée Putman Lifetime Achievement Award
Created a washi work for the Japan Pavilion at London Design Biennale 2025
Built a pavilion for the Venice Biennale in collaboration with architecture firms and labs inside and outside the university
Built a pavilion at Engyo-ji Temple in Himeji in collaboration with a lab at Japan Women's University
Opened the International Design Studio for the spring semester of FY2024
ResearchResearch themes
As values change significantly in technology, culture, society, and the global environment, the lab takes on the question of what kinds of future housing and architecture are conceivable. Its activities include the International Design Studio, the Digital Fabrication Center, and the Digital Archive Center.
*Illustrative imageInternational Design Studio
Leading architects invited from around the world by the Director teach the design studios. Architects based in Madrid, Boston, and Los Angeles have taught so far.
*Illustrative imageDigital Fabrication
With the theme of "coexistence of people and nature," the lab conducts hands-on research on how architecture created through digital fabrication can enrich the lives of the people who live in it.
*Illustrative imageDigital Archive of Architectural Materials
The lab digitizes important drawings, models, and other materials of architects, and works on building a digital archive system that researchers in Japan and abroad can use.
MembersFaculty
The members of SEKISUI HOUSE – KUMA LAB consist of advisors, international advisors, directors, and staff.
- ProfessorSen Kuan
- Project Associate ProfessorToshiki HiranoPublications ↗
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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: “Faculty of Engineering Bldg.1 Tokyo University 2010” Wiiii / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- International Design Studio: “2D Laser Cutting Entwurf eines Hotels” Michaela Mastikova / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Digital Fabrication: “ICD Research Pavilion 2011 Stuttgart 01” MSeses / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Digital Archive of Architectural Materials: “Book scanner digitization National library of the Czech republic 2” Skot / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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