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Project Design Lab
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The lab reads changes in society and nature and shows new values through architecture.
AboutAbout the lab
Reading change and expressing values through architecture
The Project Design Lab studies architectural design aesthetics through real-world examples.
Architects are expected to have the conceptual vision to read changes in human society and the natural environment and to show new values through architecture.
Associate Professor Fujino continues to work in design practice and received the 2026 Architectural Institute of Japan Selected Architectural Designs Award for "Flowers and Roots."
Works designed by Associate Professor Fujino have also been presented in magazines and exhibitions in Japan and abroad.
Key terms
- Architectural design aesthetics
- The design of architecture itself, such as the form and materials of a building and how light and space are created
- Conceptual vision
- The ability to imagine something that does not yet exist, give it form, and present it to others
- AIJ Selected Architectural Designs Award
- An award given by the Architectural Institute of Japan to particularly outstanding works among those included in that year's collection of selected works
NewsLab news
Fujino Lab's work selected for SD Review 2026
Associate Professor Fujino's "Flowers and Roots" wins the Architectural Institute of Japan Selected Architectural Designs Award
A master's student wins the Mai Komuro Prize at the Tokyo Architecture Collection National Master's Design Exhibition
A master's student is selected (Hokuriku Chapter) in the Architectural Institute of Japan Design Competition
ResearchResearch themes
The lab values the conceptual vision to read changes in human society and the natural environment and to show new values through architecture. It advances research on architectural design aesthetics through examples that have actually been built.
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- Associate ProfessorTakashi Fujino
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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: “Light fixture on a wall covered with wooden planks, Urban Lodge Hotel, Radarweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands julesvernex2” Jules Verne Times Two / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Research on Architectural Design Aesthetics Through Real Examples: “Architectural Model ( )” THOR / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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