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Ko Lab
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A lab centered on architectural design, with research ranging from materials and making to urban studies.

AboutAbout the lab
From making to the city, with architectural design at the core.
The Ko Lab's research field is architectural design, and it conducts research and applications on the design process and on the evolution of materials, construction methods, and technologies.
Its research topics also include practice in experimental fabrication (making things) and historical interpretation of, and proposals for, craft, art, and design.
Research topics further include computational design and urban research on subjects such as public spaces and manufacturing networks.
Key terms
- Fabrication
- Actually making things. In architecture, it refers to the work of prototyping or producing what has been designed.
ResearchResearch themes
The Ko Lab takes architectural design and its process as its core, and its research topics range from the evolution of materials, construction methods, and technologies to making, the history of design, and urban surveys. They also include experimental fabrication practice in which things are actually built, and computational design.
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- Associate ProfessorKaon Ko
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