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Architectural Design Lab
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A lab that connects architecture with art and exhibitions and carries that into design.
AboutAbout the lab
Thinking about architecture through art and exhibitions
The Architectural Design Lab studies the relationship between architecture and other genres, including art, and works to bring this into design.
The lab has handled architecture exhibitions in Japan and abroad, from planning through installation to operation.
In areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, the lab carries out projects such as temporary housing in Minamisoma.
As the Igarashi Lab, it works together with the Urban and Architectural Theory Lab.
Key terms
- Biennale / Triennale
- International art and architecture exhibitions held every two years (biennale) or every three years (triennale)
- Temporary housing
- Housing where people who lost their homes in a disaster live temporarily until they can rebuild their living situation
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies the relationship between architecture and other genres, including art, and works to bring this into design. It also plans, installs, and operates architecture exhibitions in Japan and abroad, and carries out projects in areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake.
*Illustrative imageThe relationship between architecture and art
The lab studies architecture through its relationship with other genres, including art, and develops the perspectives gained there into design.
*Illustrative imageCreating architecture exhibitions in Japan and abroad
The lab has taken part in events such as the Lisbon Architecture Triennale, the Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition, and the Aichi Triennale, handling exhibition planning, installation, and operation.
*Illustrative imageProjects in disaster-affected areas
In areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, the lab works on projects including temporary housing in Minamisoma.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Igarashi Lab consist of faculty members and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.
- ProfessorTaro Igarashi
- Assistant ProfessorKoji Ichikawa
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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: “Case Work exhibition Allied Works Architecture Denver Art Museum 2016” Altamontstreet / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- The relationship between architecture and art: “Münster, LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Skulptur” Dietmar Rabich / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Creating architecture exhibitions in Japan and abroad: “2006-11-Nordic pavilion-Venice-1” Gunnar Klack / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Projects in disaster-affected areas: “Temporary housings for tsunami evacuees in Shichigahama” Daisuke TSUDA / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Living Environment Design Lab): “Modern living room with large windows showing view of trees and lake in daylight” Shixart1985 / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Architectural Space Lab): “Sendai Mediatheque 2009” scarletgreen from Japan / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Sustainable Building Environment Lab): “Alvar aalto, nordjyllands kunstmuseum, )” seier / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab ([International Research Institute of Disaster Science] International Disaster Mitigation Strategy Lab): “Tacloban Typhoon Haiyan” Trocaire from Ireland / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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