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Tsukamoto Lab
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The lab explores the relationship between architectural composition and the behavior of people and nature.
AboutAbout the lab
The epicenter of the behaviorological turn in architecture
Tsukamoto Lab conducts research and design practice in architectural design aesthetics.
The lab explores better mutual relationships between architectural composition, the behavior of people and nature, and social frameworks such as institutions.
The lab also works on projects such as satoyama restoration and tiny house construction under the "Small Earth Project."
Key terms
- Architectural design aesthetics
- A field dealing with the design approach to how the form and space of a building are put together
- Behavior
- The movements and ways of working that people, nature, and things repeatedly show in a given place
- Satoyama
- A cluster of woodlands, fields, and rice paddies near a settlement that has been used while being tended by people
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Through research and design practice in architectural design aesthetics, the lab explores better mutual relationships between architectural composition, the behavior of people and nature, and social frameworks such as institutions. It carries out projects under the "Small Earth Project," including satoyama restoration, the Satoyama School of Design, and tiny house construction.
*Illustrative imageRe-thatching Roofs as a Community
Thatched roofs have long been maintained through "yui," the cooperation of village residents working together. By reading old records, interviewing village elders, and surveying thatch grass fields, the lab looks for ways to keep re-thatching roofs in today's everyday life.
*Illustrative imageSatoyama Life and the Connections Between Things
In satoyama, even trees, thatch grass, rice husks, and honeybees are connected to daily life and buildings. In settlements such as those in Kamogawa City, Chiba Prefecture, the lab studies the connections between things and people and the ways familiar materials are used, and develops an approach to architecture rooted in the environment.
*Illustrative imageReading Space Through Human Behavior
A good space shows itself in the behavior of the people in it. The lab observes people gathering in the shade of street trees, how they spend time on the floors and steps of houses, and plazas with live music, and considers how to create architecture that draws out such behavior.
MembersFaculty
Members of Tsukamoto Lab consist of faculty, administrative staff, and PhD, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorYoshiharu TsukamotoPublications ↗
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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: “Satoyama landscape near Hida, Gifu” Seth Vidal / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Re-thatching Roofs as a Community: “Thatched roof house in Oga city Akita prefecture” ウィキ太郎 Wiki Taro / Public domain (cropped)
- Satoyama Life and the Connections Between Things: “Futago Tanada in Kamogawa, Chiba - Apr 24, 2016” whity / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Reading Space Through Human Behavior: “Cherry Blossom Viewing, Ueno Park ( )” nagi usano from Tokyo, Japan / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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