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Maki Onishi Studio
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A Y-GSA studio that envisions a utopia for our time through architecture.
AboutAbout the lab
Thinking about architecture connected to the time of the land.
Maki Onishi Studio takes "architecture connected to the time of the land" as its theme and works to envision a utopia for our time through architecture.
At Y-GSA, students belong not to a faculty member's lab but to a place of learning called a studio.
Each semester, students choose a studio and, rather than inheriting the research of faculty members or senior students, select assignments according to their own interests and deepen their inquiry.
Professor Maki Onishi's research covers architectural design and architectural theory, pursuing methods of architectural creation that include landscape and regional planning.
Key terms
- Y-GSA
- The architecture and urban school of Yokohama National University's graduate school. A studio-based course that provides education for architects
- Studio
- A place of learning that students belong to, rather than a faculty member's lab. Students work on assignments each semester
- Casa del Quartiere (neighborhood house)
- A self-governed space for a community, set up by citizens themselves, found in places such as Turin in Italy
ResearchResearch themes
Maki Onishi Studio upholds "architecture connected to the time of the land" and takes envisioning "a utopia for our time" as its guiding question. Through architecture, it considers the communities that society will need in the future and the nature of the spaces surrounding them.
*Illustrative imageArchitecture of Relationships
In this assignment, students think of architecture as situated within relationships at various scales, such as the city and surrounding environment, time and history, and the people who use it. They choose a specific site and make a proposal that is integrated with the surrounding town and community.
*Illustrative imageA Utopia for Our Time
In this assignment, students envision, through architecture, a utopia where humans, animals, and plants live in harmony. They ask how we should live, and consider the communities that society will need in the future and the nature of the spaces surrounding them.
*Illustrative imageCommunity Seen Through the "Casa del Quartiere"
Using Italy's "Case del Quartiere" (neighborhood houses) as a clue, this assignment considers self-governed spaces that citizens set up themselves and the kind of local society that begins from them. Based on research in Italy, each student makes a proposal for a site of their own choosing.
*Illustrative imageUtopia (Fall 2024 Semester)
The Fall 2024 semester also takes "a utopia for our time" as its assignment. Students choose a specific site, think about a community that includes housing, and make a proposal integrated with the surrounding town, set up so that they themselves are members who run that community.
MembersFaculty
The members of Y-GSA, to which Maki Onishi Studio belongs, consist of Professors and Associate Professors, a Studio Manager, Assistant Professors, design assistants, and an Office Manager.As of 2026
- ProfessorMaki Onishi
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Report an errorAbout the images
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: “Scale Architectural Model of a Mario Kleff Design 01” Designer Mario Kleff / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Architecture of Relationships: “Lamu courtyard space” Ahmedshayo14 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- A Utopia for Our Time: “Francesco di Giorgio Martini (attributed) - Architectural Veduta - Google Art Project” Attributed to Francesco di Giorgio / Public domain (cropped)
- Community Seen Through the "Casa del Quartiere": “Neighborhood House - Portland Oregon” Ian Poellet / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Utopia (Fall 2024 Semester): “Richard Armiger making the model of the Coexistence Tower” Tenderyellowponiesofinsomnia / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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