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Ikeda Lab (Architectural Informatics)
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The lab explores the future of architecture and cities through digital technology, focusing on architectural informatics.
AboutAbout the lab
Rethinking architecture as an information medium
The Ikeda Lab studies the future of architecture and cities from the perspective of architectural informatics.
The spread of information technology is having a major impact not only on how buildings and cities are made and experienced, but also on their value and meaning.
The lab works on projects such as crowd movement analysis and construction support using augmented reality, carried out jointly with companies, as well as 3D printing with robotic arms.
Key terms
- Architectural informatics
- A field that considers how information technology changes the way buildings and cities are made, used, and experienced
- Augmented reality
- Technology that overlays computer-generated images and information on the real-world scene in front of the user. Also called AR
- GRC
- Glass fiber reinforced cement: cement reinforced with glass fibers. It is used to make thin building components with complex shapes
NewsLab news
A book, "Information and Architecture," by faculty members of the Department of Architecture has been published
A student received awards including the Tatsuno Kingo Prize (top graduation design award) for a graduation design project
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies how information technology is changing the way buildings and cities are made and experienced, from the perspective of "architecture as an information medium." It carries out projects using digital technology that span design, building component manufacturing, construction, and urban development.
*Illustrative imageAnalyzing crowd movement for design
The lab analyzes the relationship between crowd movement and spatial form in urban public spaces. Using data from automatic recognition of surveillance camera footage, it refines behavior simulations with the aim of applying them to spatial design. This is joint research with Shimizu Corporation.
*Illustrative imageA new method for making complex-shaped GRC
Aiming to establish a method for producing complex-shaped GRC inexpensively and sustainably, the lab is developing equipment that sprays automatically to match the shape, and formwork that can flexibly change shape (joint research with Asahi Building Wall).
*Illustrative imageCircular timber architecture made with information technology
Drawing on traditional woodworking techniques, the lab is developing circular timber architecture that makes use of the variable properties of wood and its ease of processing and recycling (joint research with Azusa Sekkei).
*Illustrative imageConstruction methods for 3D-printed concrete
Assuming 3D printers that build up material in layers with a robotic arm, the lab develops the function, materials, and construction method of a building together. It also aims to establish a design method that connects data and allows conditions from different perspectives to be considered across disciplines.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Ikeda Lab consist of faculty, research and education staff, project researchers, academic specialist staff, doctoral and master's students, and exchange students and research students.As of 2025
- ProfessorYasushi Ikeda
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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: “ICD Research Pavilion 2011 Stuttgart 01” MSeses / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Analyzing crowd movement for design: “Abstoßung-ped” Angelika Kneidl / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- A new method for making complex-shaped GRC: “Kruisgewelf spuitbeton 928x620” JoeNomi 1961 / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Circular timber architecture made with information technology: “Assemblage.menuiserie.XVe.siecle” 作者不詳 / Public domain (cropped)
- Construction methods for 3D-printed concrete: “Detail of 3D printed concrete bicycle bridge in Gemert (NL)” Marczoutendijk / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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