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Month: March 2017

STRATEGIC PARTNER VISIT: ETH ZURICH

Published 2017年3月30日 by T—ADS

Staff and students from Obuchi lab had the pleasure of participating in a review at ETH Zurich this March. The visit was an excellent chance for the UTokyo team to learn about the organization and activities at ETH, and an opportunity for researchers at both institutions to exchange views. PhD students and researchers from Obuchi Lab and Gramazio Kohler Research of ETH Zurich conducted a joint presentation at ETH Zurich’s newly constructed NCCR facility. Followed by the presentations, UTokyo students and researchers were given a series of demonstrations of robotic applications in digital fabrications.

utokyo eth zurich partnership review

utokyo eth zurich partnership review

utokyo eth zurich partnership review

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utokyo eth zurich advanced design studies phd research review

utokyo advanced design studies tour eth zurich facilities

utokyo advanced design studies tour eth zurich facilities

utokyo advanced design studies tour eth zurich facilities

utokyo advanced design studies tour eth zurich facilities

utokyo advanced design studies tour eth zurich facilities

utokyo advanced design studies tour eth zurich facilities

JOINT REVIEW: ITSUKO HASEGAWA GALLERY

Published 2017年3月23日 by T—ADS

On Monday, March 20, we were pleased to participate in a joint studio review at Itsuko Hasegawa’s gallery. The event, organized by TーADS, brought together five universities: Princeton University, Washington University, Tsinghua University, Nagoya Institute of Technology, and the University of Tokyo. Hasegawa gave a keynote talk at the beginning of the review.

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itsuko hasegawa gallery joint review princeton tsinghua washington nagoya institute of technology university of tokyo advanced design studies obuchi laboratory

itsuko hasegawa gallery joint review princeton tsinghua washington nagoya institute of technology university of tokyo advanced design studies obuchi laboratory

itsuko hasegawa gallery joint review princeton tsinghua washington nagoya institute of technology university of tokyo advanced design studies obuchi laboratory

itsuko hasegawa gallery joint review princeton tsinghua washington nagoya institute of technology university of tokyo advanced design studies obuchi laboratory

EXHIBITION: CENTRE POMPIDOU

Published 2017年3月16日 by T—ADS

TーADS is proud to announce the work of alumni Kevin Clement and Anders Rod is being featured at the Centre Pompidou Museum in Paris, France. The exhibit, originally conceived as the Harvesting Plasticity graduate research project, is a hanging work featured as a part of the Mutations/Créations event. The event aims to bring together design, architecture, and music.

This work is included as a part of the Imprimer le Monde exhibition, a collection of works exploring the use of the digital for 3D creations.

Mutations / Créations
Imprimer le Monde, A Collective Exhibition
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
15 March – 19 June, 2017
Galerie 4, level 1

(Mutations / Créations details via Centre Pompidou)

Project Credits
University of Tokyo Advanced Design Studies Unit (TーADS)
Professors: Yusuke Obuchi, Kengo Kuma, Manabu Chiba
Core research: Kevin Clement, Anders Rod
Project Coordinator: Kevin Clement
Project Team: Jiang Lai, Deborah Lopez, Hadin Charbel, Mika Portugaise, Chen Xiaoke, Ruta Stankeviciute, Hirokazu Tei, Wu Ziyi, Alric Lee, Nathalia Rotelli, Emi Shiraishi, Veronika Smetanina, Tom Moss, Yang Ao, Tyler Mcbeth

Jun Sato Lab
Professor: Jun Sato
Project Team: Mika Araki, Ying Xu

Video Production: Deborah Lopez, Hadin Charbel

Special thanks to: Kengo Kuma and Associates, The University of Tokyo Department of Architecture
École Spéciale d’Architecture

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centre pompidou drawn pavilion advanced design studies university of tokyo Mutations Créations Imprimer le Monde

centre pompidou drawn pavilion advanced design studies university of tokyo Mutations Créations Imprimer le Monde

centre pompidou drawn pavilion advanced design studies university of tokyo Mutations Créations Imprimer le Monde

centre pompidou drawn pavilion advanced design studies university of tokyo Mutations Créations Imprimer le Monde

LECTURE: THOMAS WEAVER

Published 2017年3月7日 by T―ADS

Last week our lab had the opportunity to hear Thomas Weaver, Editor at the AA School of Architecture in London, speak on architectural education and the current state of research as a pursuit of architecture schools around the world. The following day, Weaver joined us in the first years’ critiques, which quickly turned into an exciting debate about our laboratory’s goals, the projects themselves, and architecture as a whole. It was a very productive afternoon to say the least.

LECTURE: THOMAS WEAVER

Published 2017年3月1日 by T—ADS

Thomas Weaver is Editor at the AA School of Architecture in London. Please join us in the lab at 17:00 on Thursday, March 2 for his lecture “Research or Architecture.

Overview: This lecture offers a survey of architectural education through an examination of the momentous events of 1968. Its particular focus is the recent emergence of the concept of research, which in many ways defines the modern university over and above a dedication to any specific subject. The lecture will unpick the idea of research and in the process offer a polemic that counters its ubiquity against the more obvious attractions of architecture itself.
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