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Living Space Design Lab
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The lab asks what "good architecture" is and explores the answer through theory and design.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring architectural theory and practicing architectural design.
The lab explores architectural theory, which fundamentally asks what "good architecture" is, through both research and architectural design.
Considering architecture not as a convenient tool or a work of art but as a world of life shared by people, the lab probes what a place means for human beings.
In addition to architectural theory, the lab studies urban theory and theory of landscape, and also makes architectural and urban design proposals based on surveys in the Higashikujo district of Kyoto.
With many international students, the lab has a strong international character. It is also known as the Taji-Inomata Lab.
Key terms
- Architectural theory
- The discipline that fundamentally asks "what is architecture" and "what is good architecture"
- Design code
- Design rules, such as roof shape and materials, set to make a townscape consistent
- Byzantine church
- Christian churches built in the medieval Eastern Roman Empire, with many murals painted inside
ResearchResearch themes
From the standpoint of architectural theory, which asks "what is architecture," the lab explores the lasting value and ideals of architecture that is good for human beings. Now that the world of everyday life is being transformed by global warming and population decline, the lab considers the relationship between people and place through both actual design and research.
*Illustrative image"Nature" and "Life" in Modern Architects
By reading the papers of Sutemi Horiguchi, a pioneer of modern Japanese architecture who was also a researcher of tea houses and gardens, the lab clarifies the views of nature and life held by an architect who sought natural beauty while embracing modern technology.
*Illustrative imageHousing Using Historical Design Codes
In Otaki Town, Chiba Prefecture, a former castle town, the lab designed a house that respects the town's design code as an expression of its residents' memories. Inside a large tiled roof, it created a space with a gabled ceiling, giving coherence to each place.
*Illustrative imageSpace of Byzantine Churches
The lab studies how the architecture and murals of Christian churches in the medieval Eastern Roman Empire expressed religious meaning and created sacred space. It considers whether meaningful spaces can still be created in contemporary design, where function takes priority.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorTakahiro Taji
- Associate ProfessorKeisuke Inomata
- Assistant ProfessorKeigetsu Nakamura
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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: “Zui-Ki-Tei, morning in june 2020” Blyerts / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- "Nature" and "Life" in Modern Architects: “Japanese Tea Garden, San Francisco” (User:Wgreaves) / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Housing Using Historical Design Codes: “Otaki Castle 02” Σ64 / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Space of Byzantine Churches: “Byzantine museum, church interior, Dryopida, Kythnos, 190429” Zde / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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