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Gondo Lab
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The lab studies how buildings are built and how that has changed over time, and develops new construction methods.
AboutAbout the lab
Rethinking how buildings will be built in the future.
The Gondo Lab studies building construction methods and building production, the systems through which buildings are made.
As the environment surrounding building production changes through a shortage of craftspeople, mechanization, and other factors, the lab considers how buildings should be built going forward.
The lab works on the history of prefabricated houses and high-rise buildings, surveys of construction sites in Japan and overseas, and the development of new construction methods and building techniques.
Associate Professor Gondo also concurrently serves as a Project Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo's Endowed Chair for Building Production Management.
Key terms
- Construction method
- How a building is put together as a physical object, that is, how materials and components are combined to form it
- Prefabricated house
- A house in which most components are made in advance in a factory, with on-site work centered on assembly
- CLT (cross-laminated timber)
- A thick, large wood panel made by gluing together multiple layers of boards, with the grain of each layer running perpendicular to the next
NewsLab news
Carried out a project with Sekisui House and others to reuse CLT from the Japan Pavilion at the Osaka Expo
A student received the Architectural Institute of Japan Outstanding Graduation Thesis Award
Held a lab information session and lab seminar visit for prospective graduate school applicants ahead of the entrance exams
A student received the Outstanding Young Researcher Presentation Award at the Architectural Institute of Japan Kanto Chapter Research Meeting
Held a lab information session ahead of graduation thesis lab assignments
ResearchResearch themes
As building production changes significantly with digitalization, a shortage of craftspeople, and mechanization, the lab considers how buildings should be built in the future. Its research rests on three pillars: the history of construction methods and production, the realities of construction sites, and the development of new construction methods and building techniques.
*Illustrative imageHistory of Building Construction Methods and Production
Focusing on high-rise buildings and prefabricated houses, the lab investigates how the ways buildings are made and produced have changed. It also covers construction using curved formwork and the changing rationalization of timber construction methods.
*Illustrative imageField Surveys of Construction Sites and Factories
The lab visits construction sites and factories to investigate how buildings are actually made. It also studies changes in the division of labor, foreign skilled workers abroad, the reuse of dismantled materials, and the production of new wood-based construction methods.
*Illustrative imageDevelopment of New Construction Methods and Techniques
The lab develops a construction method that uses design information directly in construction, as well as technology for efficiently capturing the movements of craftspeople. Together with house manufacturers and other partners, it is also running a project to build a structure from CLT salvaged from the Japan Pavilion at the Osaka Expo.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Gondo Lab consist of faculty, academic specialist staff, administrative assistants, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate (graduation thesis) students.As of 2023
- Associate ProfessorGondo TomoyukiPublications ↗
- Project Assistant Professor林 盛
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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: “Framers ( )” Mr. Brian / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- History of Building Construction Methods and Production: “Crane on Akihabara Center Place Building construction site ( by OiMax)” OiMax / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Field Surveys of Construction Sites and Factories: “20230630 Structure of Katajanokan Laituri - Helsinki, Suomi, Finland” Aarni Salomaa / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Development of New Construction Methods and Techniques: “Brettsperrholzkonstruktion” RoterRolf / CC0 (cropped)
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