Together with Matthias Kohler, Michael Budig and their students from ETH Zurich, we held a joint review and discussed the latest research on robotic fabrications in architectural experimentation.
Advanced Design Studies Blog: Critical Mass
We hosted a midterm review at University of Tokyo joined by 9 schools from US, Europe and Asia.
Tokyo Architectural Boat Tour
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Area_Outer_Underground_Discharge_Channel
http://www.ktr.mlit.go.jp/edogawa/project/gaikaku/frame_index.html
We visited the world’s largest glass manufacturer, Asahi Glass, located in Ibaraki Prefecture just north of Tokyo. The company has 4 large-scale factories in Japan, and the one we visited produces glass sheets mainly used for architectural applications, i.e., windows, doors, skylights and glass roofs. The factory was so big that we had to take a bus to move from one facility to next. Sadly we could not take any pictures inside the factory….
Azby Brown from Kanazawa Institute of Technology joined us and spoke his latest book ‘Just Enough’. The main focus of the book is about the ecological network developed during the 17th and 18th centuries in Tokyo.