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Okada Lab
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A lab where students learn architectural design and theory alongside the design practice of the professor in charge.
AboutAbout the lab
Toward the beauty of architecture that remains even when stripped down.
The Okada Lab studies architectural design and the architectural theory behind it.
The professor in charge runs an architectural design office and has designed works of many scales, from houses and vacation homes to galleries, furniture, and products.
Before moving into design practice, the professor spent about ten years as an architectural historian, focusing mainly on 18th-century Italian classical architecture.
A pillar of the professor's design approach is to seek a beauty that holds up even when pared down to the minimum, regardless of trends.
Key terms
- Classical architecture
- A European architectural tradition modeled on the rules of columns and forms from ancient Greece and Rome
- Architectural theory
- A systematic, verbal account of how buildings should be put together and what should be considered beautiful
- Architectural history
- The study of old buildings and of how ideas about architecture have changed from one era to the next
ResearchResearch themes
The lab specializes in Architectural Design and Theory. The way of seeing that the professor in charge developed through research in architectural history is the foundation of the professor's current design practice.
*Illustrative imageArchitectural design
The professor's design office designs buildings of varied uses and sizes, including houses, vacation homes, galleries, and offices. The office also works across scales, from buildings down to furniture and products.
*Illustrative imageA design approach of paring down
Under the principle of "beauty that keeps working even when pared down to the minimum," the lab places at the center of design the question of where to stop, considered from the whole building down to the details.
MembersFaculty
- Associate ProfessorSatoshi Okada
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- Top image: “Neuss (DE), Raketenstation Hombroich, Langen Foundation” Anıl Öztaş / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Architectural design: “Modern residential architecture with curved design and exposed brick in Mysore, India” Evan Lovely / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- A design approach of paring down: “Architecture Minimalist ( )” Pedro Ribeiro Simões from Lisboa, Portugal / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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