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Architectural Design (AD) Lab
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The Architectural Design Division, where students learn the design of architecture and cities in studios.
AboutAbout the lab
Making architecture is making the future.
The Architectural Design Division (AD) works on the design of architecture and cities.
Designing architecture requires a wide range of knowledge, from engineering to the humanities and social sciences, such as aesthetics and philosophy.
At the graduate level, the division belongs to the Graduate School of Urban Innovation and provides architect education as Yokohama National University Graduate School / Yokohama Graduate School of Architecture (Y-GSA).
At Y-GSA, students belong not to a professor's lab but to a studio, a learning 'place,' and choose their assignments according to their own interests.
Key terms
- Studio
- The place of learning where students belong at Y-GSA. Instead of a lab, students work on assignments in a studio led by a faculty member.
- Landscape
- The environment of the land, including not only buildings but also the surrounding terrain and greenery.
- Post-industrial society
- The kind of society that comes after one centered on industry. Associate Professor Teppei Fujiwara studies its relationship with architecture.
ResearchResearch themes
At Y-GSA, studios led by faculty members who are practicing architects are at the center, and the school places importance on developing ideas with a broad vision that connects architecture to the city. Through programs such as studios, workshops, and public lectures, students explore the uniqueness and wholeness of architecture in the 'society, city, and environment' of the coming era, and build their own architectural theories.
*Illustrative imageNext-Generation Architectural Design and Theory
Professor Ryue Nishizawa pursues next-generation architectural design and theory from the standpoint of architectural design and architectural theory. The work covers critical ways of thinking that open up the future and new approaches to creating environments.
*Illustrative imageUrban Regeneration and Creating Environments for the Next Era
Professor Kumiko Inui pursues urban regeneration that responds to inter-city competition accompanying globalization, from the standpoint of architectural design and urban theory. This research creates environments for the next era.
*Illustrative imageArchitectural Creation Encompassing Landscape and Regions
Professor Maki Onishi pursues methods of architectural creation that encompass landscape and regional planning, from the standpoint of architectural design and architectural theory. The approach expands the possibilities of spatial creation in the 21st century.
*Illustrative imageRegional Environmental Design and Post-Industrial Society
Associate Professor Teppei Fujiwara studies regional environmental design that bridges the global and the local, from the standpoint of architectural design and urban theory. He also studies the relationship between post-industrial society and architecture.
MembersFaculty
Y-GSA members consist of professors, associate professors, assistant professors, design assistants, and an office manager.As of 2026
- ProfessorRyue Nishizawa
- ProfessorKumiko Inui
- Associate ProfessorTeppei Fujiwara
- ProfessorMaki Onishi
- Studio Manager, Associate ProfessorMariko Terada
- Assistant ProfessorKei Sato
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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: “Urban design of Qom metropolis in 2007 Photo By Mostafa Meraji 09” Mostafameraji / CC0 (cropped)
- Next-Generation Architectural Design and Theory: “Contemporary Sky Scene Exterior Architectural Rendering High-Rise landscaping View by 3D Architectural Design” Seoyantram2004 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Urban Regeneration and Creating Environments for the Next Era: “Dundee Waterfront Redevelopment Jun 2017 b” Laerol / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Architectural Creation Encompassing Landscape and Regions: “Beersheba landscape architecture” Yonatan Dodin / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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