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Architectural Design Lab
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The lab explores methods of design through real architectural projects.
AboutAbout the lab
Opening up new methods of design across disciplinary boundaries.
The Architectural Design Lab (nicknamed "Chair 11") studies practical methods of architectural design while working on real architectural projects.
Drawing on a wide range of cases, the lab identifies design methods that respond to complex conditions in which problems specific to a region are intertwined with challenges shared by society, and applies them to concrete projects.
The lab's design work is not limited to architecture and covers everything from graphics, furniture, art, and interiors to landscape.
In the wood construction lab seminar, students also visit forestry areas and timber factories, and student theses deal with how wood is used and with the expression of contemporary architecture.
Key terms
- Landscape
- The field of designing the scenery and outdoor spaces that extend beyond buildings, such as gardens, parks, and streetscapes
- Grand design
- A large-scale vision that sets out, as a whole, how the future form of a town or region is to be envisioned
- Coworking
- A way of working in which people who work or study share the same place, or the space made for it
ResearchResearch themes
Through real architectural projects, the lab studies more practical methodologies of architectural design. In Taiki Town, Hokkaido, it continues to make proposals ranging from a vision for the whole town to renovations of vacant houses and planning of a community hub.
*Illustrative imageVacant House Renovation in Taiki Town
This is the first renovation plan based on Taiki Town's grand design, aiming to become a model for future reuse of vacant houses. In response to the town's real situation, in which junior high and high school students lack places to spend time, the vacant house was turned into a library, coworking space, and lodging, a "hangout space" where anyone can gather without a particular purpose.
*Illustrative imageGrand Design for Taiki Town
This is a proposal for the future vision of Taiki Town, completed in 2022. Under the theme "Paths of encounter, a town of encounter," the lab designed three hub facilities in two areas from three perspectives: consolidating facilities, reorganizing the town so it can be explored on foot or by bicycle, and creating points of contact between tourists and residents. Based on this vision, work continues on vacant house renovations and the planning of a community hub.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Architectural Design Lab are faculty and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorYoko Hirano
- Associate ProfessorJp Matsushima
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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: “Architectural Model ( )” THOR / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Vacant House Renovation in Taiki Town: “Mizunami M Building 2021-02 ac (2)” Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Grand Design for Taiki Town: “Rekifune River and downtown Taiki Hokkaido from the air” Dansen / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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