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Reiser + Umemoto O-14 AA Book Sale

Published 2013年3月13日 by T—ADS

During the Symposium on 3/17, the AA’s latest publication, O-14 Projection and Reception by Jesse Reiser and Nanako Umemoto will be sold.  It will be autographed by the editors and contributors of the book. Limited copies will be available for first come first served.

Symposium: Projection and Reception

Published 2013年3月12日 by T—ADS

Symposium: Projection and Reception
Reiser + Umemoto’s O-14 AA Book Launch Event

Symposium will bring the editors and contributors of the AA’s latest publication, O-14, Projection and Reception to Tokyo, and discuss the making of books as well as making of buildings as a form of research.

Guest speakers:

Jesse Reiser
Nanako Umemoto
Brett Steele
Sylvia Lavin
Jeff Kipnis
Kengo Kuma
Yusuke Obuchi
Date: March 17, 2013, 5:00-8:00 PM
Location: University of Tokyo, Department of Architecture, Room 15(Lecture Hall)

The University of Tokyo, Department of Architecture
Graduate School of Engineering
7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, JAPAN


DFL & SPL Event

Published 2013年3月8日 by T—ADS

Digital Fabrication Lab(DFL) is organizing its annual event on March 17th(Sun). The event will be  joined by Jesse Reiser and Nanako Umemoto and students from  Princeton, Tsinghua, and Nagoya Institute of Technology who will present their studio projects at the University of Tokyo. Kengo Kuma and Yusuke Obuchi are going to speak about the DFL’s activities during the year of 2011-2012 and future plans for the coming year.

In addition to DFL, Sustainable Prototyping Lab(SPL) is starting up this spring at the University of Tokyo. This is a new lab established to research topics on sustainability and urbanism. The SPL launch event will be followed by Reiser +Umemoto’s O-14 AA book Launch Event joined by distinguished architectural critics from around the world.







Schedule: March 17th (Sun), 2013
12:00 – 15:00  Japan Studio Midterm Presentation  
15:00 – 16:00  Digital Fabrication Lab Annual Event
16:15 – 16:45  Sustainable Prototyping Lab Intro Presentation 
17:00 – 20:00  Symposium: Projection and Reception 

Location:
Poster Presentation: Department of Architecture, Engineering bld No.1 (2F studio space)
Press Release and Launch Event: Department of Architecture, Engineering bld No.1 (Room 15)

Contact:
DFL: digital.fabrication@arch.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
SPL: sustainable.prototyping@arch.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Lecture by Holger Kehne

Published 2013年3月3日 by T—ADS
Holger Kehne of Plasma Studio will lecture on Mar.4th at the University of Tokyo. Holger Kehne studied architecture at the University of Applied Sciences in Muenster, Germany and at the University of East London. He is a former Unit Master of Diploma School at the Architectural Association in London, Guest Professor for design, MArch2 programme at the University of Hong Kong, and Honorary Professor at Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology in China.

Lecture by Achim Menges

Published 2013年1月31日 by T—ADS

Achim Menges will lecture on 2/15.  Achim will discuss his research work which focuses on the development of integral design processes at the intersection of morphogenetic design computation, biomimetic engineering and computer aided manufacturing that enables a highly articulated, performative built environment. His work is based on an interdisciplinary approach in collaboration with structural engineers, computer scientists, material scientists and biologists.
Achim Menges has been Visiting Professor in Architecture at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design (2009-10), at the AA School of Architecture in London (2009-current) and at Rice University in Houston (2004).


Lecture by Yoshio Futagawa

Published 2013年1月24日 by T—ADS

Yoshio Futagawa, chief editor of GA Document and GA Houese, will give a lecture titled, POINT OF VIEW.

Date: 2/8/2013, 17:30 – 19:30
Location: Department of Architecture Lecture Hall (Room15)

Lecture: Guy Nordenson + Mutsuro Sasaki

Published 2013年1月24日 by T—ADS
Joint lecture by Guy Nordenson and Mutsuro Sasaki. Guy Nordenson is a structural engineer and professor of architecture at Princeton University; Mutsuro Sasaki is a structural engineer and professor at Hosei University.
Guy and Muturo worked with Japanese architects in the last decades, including Sanna, Toyo Ito, Arata Isozaki, and will be discussing their collaborative design processes. 
Date: 1/24/2013, 18:30 – 20:30
Location: Department of Architecture, Lecture Hall (Room 15)
 

Studio work resumed

Published 2013年1月24日 by T—ADS

Aiming towards their final presentation and construction of 1:1 scale prototypes in August, 2nd year students are back in studio to develop their project on Cybernetic Urbanism.