3D printed scaled models of our pavilion design.
Advanced Design Studies Blog: Critical Mass
Critical Mass Posts
Some updates of our recent activities are shown here in the Digital Fabrication Lab Blog:
http://www.obuchilab.com/dfl/
Exciting moment!! We get started with a project to construct series of food carts in Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo as part of cultural/commercial complex called “Commune246”, which is 25 months temporary multi-program facilities to utilize a vacant property where no permanent facility hasn’t been able to be constructed for long time due to its constraint. The project is commissioned by Sasuga-Sozo-Shudan lead by Teruo Kurosaki.
4 design teams had their design thesis defense presentations. Each team was given 16 minutes to present their design proposal followed by a 6-minutes individual research presentation. All projects were reviewed by Kengo Kuma, Manabu Chiba, Yusuke Obuchi joined by collaborative engineers: Jun Sato, Kaori Fujita, Masayuki Mae.
Lecture by Mohsen Mostafavi
Title: Design Education and Societal Engagement
Mohsen Mostafavi will give a lecture titled Design Education and Societal Engagement at Obuchi Lab this Saturday, 2/15 from 5:00 PM. The lecture will be followed by discussions with students and teaching staff.
Mohsen Mostafavi, architect and educator, is the Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design and the Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of Design. His work focuses on modes and processes of urbanization and on the interface between technology and aesthetics.
He was formerly the Gale and Ira Drukier Dean of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning at Cornell University where he was also the Arthur L. and Isabel B. Wiesenberger Professor in Architecture. Previously, he was the Chairman of the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. He studied architecture at the AA, and undertook research on counter-reformation urban history at the Universities of Essex and Cambridge. He has been the Director of the Master of Architecture I Program at the GSD and has also taught at the University of Pennsylvania, University of Cambridge, and the Frankfurt Academy of Fine Arts (Städelschule).
Symposium: Architectural Theory Now
Participants:
Fumihiko Maki, Arata Isozaki and Hiroshi Hara
with Kengo Kuma, Yusuke Obuchi, Hidetoshi Ono, Manabu Chiba
Here are images of the symposium that took place last weekend at the University of Tokyo. Instead of having a marathon presentation by the guest speakers, the symposium was organized as a roundtable discussion.
Here are some info on how to apply University of Tokyo and to join Obuchi Lab.
Admission:
Scholarships:
Tuition and Fees:
$5,300 per year + $2,800 one-time admission fee (exchange rate as of 12/1/13)
http://t-cens.iapply.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/guidance/t-cens1_2014/step1/uda/tuition/
$5,300 per year + $2,800 one-time admission fee (exchange rate as of 12/1/13)
http://t-cens.iapply.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/guidance/t-cens1_2014/step1/uda/tuition/
Some of our projects from last year are available to be previewed at our issuu stack link below:
We are getting ready for the symposium tomorrow with guest speakers including Fumihiko Maki, Arata Isozaki and Hiroshi Hara. In order to avoid a potential logistical issue, we will be distributing tickets for the event.
for more info on the event, please visit the following link:
http://www.obuchilab.com/dfl/