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Yusuke Obuchi, Associate Professor
Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban0 student voices
The Obuchi Lab conducts interdisciplinary design research that connects architecture, engineering, and computation. Its theme is "inclusive digital fabrication," in which everyone in society can take part. The lab aims to use technological progress not only to raise productivity but also to build systems for making architecture in which anyone can participate. At the International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, the lab created a work using a system that conveys spatial information to on-site workers in real time.
Motoki Yasuhara, Professor
Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban0 student voices
Yasuhara Lab studies new architectural spaces that respond to social change, along with the methods used to design them. Architectural design is not just about designing form. Working in relation to social systems, urban mechanisms, and structural and environmental technologies, architects are expected to conceive and propose spaces that meet society's new demands. Through engagement with local communities and real design projects, the lab aims to develop new spatial concepts and design methods.
Sen Kuan, Professor
Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban0 student voices
SEKISUI HOUSE – KUMA LAB is an endowed program at the University of Tokyo that aims to develop internationally minded talent in the field of architecture. It was established with a donation from Sekisui House and builds on the international network developed by Kengo Kuma's lab. The lab values thinking globally, mastering digital technology, and re-examining history. It offers design courses taught by leading architects, runs a digital fabrication workshop, and is also building a digital archive of architectural materials.
Akiko Okabe, Professor
Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban0 student voices
The Okabe Lab studies how future urban and regional spaces should be, from the standpoint of architecture and community development. Taking an environmental approach, the lab explores a new way of thinking about spatial environment design that goes beyond the limits of modern planning theory. In practice, the lab carries out micro-interventions in a thatched-roof house in Tateyama and in a densely built-up area of Jakarta, and seeks to share that experience with Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The lab builds the theory that supports this work around public space.
Kentaro Honma, Associate Professor
Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban0 student voices
Honma Lab conducts research in architectural planning and urban planning, aiming to integrate design and engineering. The lab develops new methods for analyzing architectural and urban space, and works on designing spaces based on those methods. The lab also analyzes cities using large-scale location data, and conducts theoretical research on the placement of facilities and urban development. The lab is also involved in the "Value Creation Design" activities of the Institute of Industrial Science.
Yudai Honma, Associate Professor
Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban0 student voices
Honma Lab studies analysis and design using mathematical modeling, focusing on human behavior in buildings and cities. The lab works with measured data and mathematical modeling at scales ranging from the interior of a building to the national territory. Topics are varied: people's gaze in art museums, the coexistence of pedestrians and cars in streetscapes, seasonal changes in urban parks, and the placement of roadside stations (Michi-no-Eki). Students are not required to be familiar with mathematics or programming at admission, and applicants from other universities and other labs are welcome.
Koichi Kato, Professor
Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban0 student voices
The Kato Lab studies the history of architecture, mainly in the West. The lab believes that studying historical architecture in depth leads to architectural theory that explains present and future architecture. It focuses on how buildings change over time, and also examines the history of renovation, in which old buildings continue to be used. Students, focusing mainly on the West and the modern and contemporary periods, each freely choose their own topic and advance their research through discussion in the lab seminar.
Yasushi Ikeda, Professor
Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban0 student voices
The Ikeda Lab studies the future of architecture and cities from the perspective of architectural informatics. The spread of information technology is having a major impact not only on how buildings and cities are made and experienced, but also on their value and meaning. The lab works on projects such as crowd movement analysis and construction support using augmented reality, carried out jointly with companies, as well as 3D printing with robotic arms.
Tsuyoshi Seike, Professor
Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban0 student voices
Seike Lab is a lab specializing in environmental studies, and it conducts research under the theme of "architecture and the environment." Its subjects include techniques for renovating and demolishing buildings, techniques for recycling building materials, and the decision-making processes at the design and production stages that allow for environmental considerations. Past degree theses have addressed topics such as resource circulation of building materials, reuse of emergency temporary housing, and evaluation of earthquake damage to ceilings and walls. The lab belongs to the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences. In addition to its space on the Kashiwa Campus, it also has a lab in Engineering Building 11 (Faculty of Engineering) on the Hongo Campus.
Hideki Yoshioka, Associate Professor
Materials & Nanotech0 student voices
The Saito-Yoshioka Lab studies building materials that contribute to resource circulation and carbon neutrality, as well as the safety of buildings against fire. In the materials area, the lab designs building materials based on chemistry, and works on capturing and storing CO2 in cement and concrete and on developing "recycled cement." In the building fire safety area, the lab studies how fire spreads over exterior walls, the toxicity of gases produced in fires, and how fire spreads through urban areas. Together with the Noguchi Lab and the Maruyama Lab, the lab operates as the "Building Materials Lab (BME Lab)."
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