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G30 in Princeton

Published 2012年5月24日 by T—ADS

As part of our studio project, we have traveled to the US last week, and visited New York, Boston and Princeton. The highlight of our trip was to join the Super Review, which was held at Princeton University, and to present our studio projects. The Super Review was organized as a final presentation for a joint studio project participated by University of Tokyo, Princeton University, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, California College of the Arts, University of Hong Kong, Tsinghua University, Osaka Sangyo University, and Nagoya institute of Technology.

Lecture by Klaas de Rycke

Published 2012年5月5日 by T—ADS

Lecture by Klaas de Rycke on May 7, 13:00 – 14:30.

Klaas is a managing director of Bollinger + Grohmann, Paris, and has worked together with SANAA and RDAI as a structural engineer.
His lecture title is Geometry Topology Materiality; the structural parameters in a collaborative design approach.

Lecture by Jonathan Solomon

Published 2012年4月20日 by T—ADS

Coinciding with Jonathan Solomon’s latest publication, Cities Without Ground, a book that maps the complex three-dimensional connectivity of Hong Kong’s pedestrian passageways, this lecture explores general conditions of the aformal through specific exploration of three buildings in Hong Kong that while outside mainstream histories of the city’s development exhibit unique qualities and three architectural proposals that exacerbate them.

Holcim Innovation Prize 2012

Published 2012年4月9日 by T—ADS
Prof. Obuchi’s design team, Cast on Cast, from Design Research Lab at Architectural Association in London has received Holcim Innovation 3rd prize 2012.
They received Holcim Awards “Next Generation” 1st prize in 2011 European category, and this time for its international competition including submissions from professionals and academics around the world.

G30 Exhibition

Published 2012年4月5日 by T—ADS

G30 Studio work is now on display at the entrance hall of our building at Department of Architecture. Focus of our work so far is to establish the parallel design system between analogue and digital productions for differential mass-fabrications. 

Japan Studio 2012 Joint Midterm Review

Published 2012年3月19日 by T—ADS

We hosted a midterm review at University of Tokyo joined by 9 schools from US, Europe and Asia.





Participating schools:

University of Tokyo
Princeton University
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
University of Hong Kong
Columbia University
California College of the Arts
Tsinghua University
Osaka Sangyo University
Nagoya institute of Technology

Obuchi Lab + Harvard GSD Tokyo Site Visit 3

Published 2012年3月13日 by T—ADS

Tokyo Architectural Boat Tour


We went to a boat trip to see a face of Tokyo which can only be seen from rivers. The trip was organized by Prof. Jinnai from Hosei University and also joined by Ken Oshima of Washington University and Prof. Mark Mulligan of Harvard GSD. We have seen many places in Tokyo, but from the river, the city looked quite different. Thank you Prof. Jinnai for organizing the trip!

Obuchi Lab + Harvard GSD Tokyo Site Visit 2

Published 2012年3月5日 by T—ADS
We visited the world’s largest Storm Water Discharge Tunnel which prevents flooding disasters. A giant tunnel connects many small rivers with Edo River, Tokyo’s major river, helping to reduce a potential overflow into residential areas during major storms.  The tunnel was HUGE! It is also know as Underground Temple.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Area_Outer_Underground_Discharge_Channel
http://www.ktr.mlit.go.jp/edogawa/project/gaikaku/frame_index.html