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Architectural Design Lab
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The lab studies architecture in Hokkaido, elsewhere in Japan, and overseas from the perspectives of both planning and history.
AboutAbout the lab
Examining architecture and regions through both planning and history
The Architectural Design Lab studies the role that planning and design play in society today, with a focus on architectural design.
Its research fields include both architectural planning and architectural history, and it has surveyed and evaluated architecture in Hokkaido and in other parts of Japan and overseas.
The lab also carries out design projects that put the findings of its research into practice.
Another goal is to build a system that archives the historical records of Hokkaido architecture the lab has accumulated and makes them widely useful.
Key terms
- Architectural planning
- A field that investigates how buildings are used, considers what kinds of spaces are needed, and links that to design
- Architectural history
- A field that investigates how architecture of the past was built and how it has changed
- Archiving
- The work of organizing and preserving materials such as drawings and photographs so that they can be consulted later
ResearchResearch themes
The lab places Hokkaido within a broader region that includes overseas areas, and takes cases of architecture and community development in and outside Hokkaido and abroad as subjects of its research surveys and projects. It also actively sends students to overseas universities, accepts international students, and exchanges with researchers and architects abroad.
View More ↗MembersFaculty
The members of the Architectural Design Lab consist of faculty, visiting faculty, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, research students, and administrative staff.As of 2026
- Project ProfessorTakeo Ozawa
- Associate ProfessorSatoru Kaku
- Assistant ProfessorTomohito Naito
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Report an errorAbout the images
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: “151010 Sapporo Agricultural College Hokkaido Japan02s3” 663highland / CC BY 2.5 (cropped)
- Related lab (建築設計学): “Architectural Model ( )” THOR / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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空間 デザイン学): “FTX-aggregat” Congus / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped) - Related lab (建築計画学): “Tactile paving on the sidewalk, Łódź” Zorro2212 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (建築環境学): “Termografia manzoni” Geom. Claudio Longagnani / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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