Critical Mass

LECTURE: MARCOS NOVAK

Published 2016年11月15日 by T—ADS

Please join us on Saturday, November 19 in Lecture Hall 15 of Engineering Building #1 for a lecture from Marcos Novak. Novak is the Director of transLAB in the Media Arts and Technology Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Lecture Poster Marcos Novak T-ADS November 2016

Professor Marcos Novak is the founding director of the transLAB at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he is affiliated with the AlloSphere and CNSI (the California NanoSystems Institute).

He is a researcher, artist, theorist, and transarchitect. In 2000, he represented Greece at the Venice Biennale, where his works have been exhibited several more times since. His projects have also appeared in prominent museums, galleries, and collections in many countries. He serves on the scientific committees and advisory boards of several international journals and conferences.

His projects, theoretical essays, and interviews have been translated into over twenty languages, have appeared in over 70 countries, and have, and have become the topics of conferences and symposia. He lectures, teachers, and exhibits worldwide.

LECTURE: JOHN WARDLE

Published 2016年11月8日 by T—ADS

Please join us at 18:30 on November 15, 2016 in room #15 of Engineering Building #1 for a lecture from Australian architect John Wardle. john wardle lecture poster

Lecturer: John Wardle (Principal, John Wardle Architects)
Lecture Title: This Building Likes Me
Date: November 15, 2016
Time: 18:30-20:00
Location: Lecture Hall #15 (Room 15), Engineering Building #1, the University of Tokyo
Lecture Description: John Wardle, one of Australia’s leading architects, explores the ways buildings weave together landscape, history, memory, and materials.
John Wardle Architects (JWA) has gained a reputation for creating buildings that connect to their surroundings in subtle yet powerful ways. The work ranges across scales: from small-scale domestic dwellings, to large commercial projects and major university buildings, most recently, Melbourne’s Conservatorium of Music. Collaboration is ingrained in the those of the Melbourne-based office, a spirit that extends to working closely with builders and craftsmen in the realization of their projects. Materiality and intense detail are constant interests, both for their aesthetic and experiential qualities and for the values they embody, as Wardle writes: “The care shown in how materials are employed, tells a story about the value that a community places in its built environment.”

This lecture coincides with the launch of This Building Likes Me – John Wardle Architects, published by Thames & Hudson

2017/18 Admission OPEN until November 25th

Published 2016年10月18日 by T—ADS

APPLICATIONS FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2017-2018 ARE CLOSED.

The below information is for reference purposes only.

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Admission for the 2017/2018 academic year is now open.

In order to complete your application, it is necessary to complete both online and postal submission of documents.

Admission Information: http://www.global30.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/g30_hp/architecture-and-urban-design.html#guidance

Start your application here: https://t-cens.iapply.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/t-cens/login_screening.php

Application Guide: https://t-cens.iapply.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/guidance_information/

ONLINE APPLICATION

Initial online registration period (create your T-cens account during this period): Between September 14th, 2016 and November 25th, 2016
Deadline for data entry and document upload: By November 25th, 2016

POSTAL APPLICATION

All documents must be postmarked: On or before November 30th, 2016
All documents must reach the Global 30 office: No later than December 5th, 2016.

FINAL RESULT NOTIFICATION

March 2017

Find further information about the course and the University of Tokyo:

Department of Architecture: http://arch.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/
Blog: http://obuchi-lab.blogspot.jp/

FREE ONLINE COURSE: Four Facets of Contemporary Japanese Architecture: Theory

Published 2016年8月3日 by T—ADS

T_ADS and Obuchi Laboratory are pleased to present a free online course available worldwide via edX.

Four Facets of Contemporary Japanese Architecture: Theory

First Facet: Theory

The course is presented by Kengo Kuma and Yusuke Obuchi, who have invited other leading Japanese architects to participate.

Course materials are presented in Japanese with English subtitles.

Framed between the two Tokyo Olympics of 1964 and 2020, this series will explore and reflect on the diversity of contemporary Japanese architecture by focusing on four facets: theory, technology, city, and humans.

Through lectures by instructors and discussions with some of the most influential Japanese architects, the course will trace the development of contemporary Japanese architecture and will consider its future direction.

First Facet: Theory

Course Schedule:

July 31: Introduction

August 7: Arata Isozaki, Hisao Kohyama

August 14: Terunobu Fujimori, Hidetoshi Ohno

August 21: Kengo Kuma, Kazuyo Sejima

August 28: Conclusion

For additional details and enrollment, please see the course page.

EXHIBITION: The Scene of New Architectural Educationー新しい建築教育の現場

Published 2016年6月14日 by T—ADS

EXHIBITION: The Scene of New Architectural Educationー新しい建築教育の現場
Obuchi lab is featured at this exhibition hosted by the LIXIL Ginza Gallery.

Future of Creation Exhibition #8: Supervised by Kengo Kuma
Advanced Design Studies, The University of Tokyo: The Scene of New Architectural Education

June 12, 2016 (Sunday) – August 22, 2016 (Monday)
Closed: Wednesdays, August 10-17
Open Hours: 10:00-18:00
Admission: Free
Cooperation: Kengo Kuma and Associates, LIXIL GALLERY

Talk Event July 23, 2016
18:00-20:00
Kengo Kuma (Architect), Yusuke Obuchi (Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo), Guest Lecturer
*Reservations accepted from June 1 (Wednesday); registration will close when capacity met.

The exhibition includes a look back at past pavilion projects, an introduction to prior thesis projects by second year students, and a glimpse into the ongoing work at the lab. Students are working in the gallery to research and create mockups for this year’s pavilion project. Visitors will also be able to see current activities in the actual lab via a live streaming webcam. Please visit and see how it progresses!

LIXIL GALLERY Exhibition Information (Japanese+some English)

LIXIL Gallery Information (including map, English)

Visit to Japan’s Inland Sea

Published 2016年4月5日 by T—ADS

Staff and students visited several islands in Japan’s Inland Sea last week in an effort to see and experience international and domestic art and design. The itinerary for the trip included Shodoshima, Inujima, Teshima, and Naoshima.

A historic local soy sauce maker on Shodoshima. Staff kindly provided a brief tour of the facilities and explained the manufacturing process, distribution efforts, and history of the location.

Meipam (maze town) near Toshogu Port on Shodoshima. The winding streets are filled with art and design spots for examination.

I-Art House.

C-Art House.

A-Art House

S-Art House.

F-Art House.

Inujima Seirensho Art Museum

Teshima Art Museum.

Takamatsu Port Area.

Naoshima Pavilion, by Sou Fujimoto.

Red Pumpkin, by Yayoi Kusama.

Naoshima Hall, by Hiroshi Sambuichi.

Art House Project “Haisha,” by Shinro Ohtake.

Naoshima Bath ”I♥湯” (I love YU), by Shinro Ohtake.

100 Living Tales exhibit, by Yuki Iiyama. Gallery 6.

Marine Station “Naoshima,” by Kazuyo Sejima.

LECTURE: THOMAS WEAVER

Published 2016年3月15日 by T—ADS

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T_ADS is pleased to welcome Thomas Weaver, Editor at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. Join us in Room 415 on Wednesday, March 14 at 3:00 PM for Tom’s lecture, This Has Killed That.

Abstract: This lecture explores architecture’s recent and not so recent infatuation with books and publications and suggests how this has challenged the primacy of the building in architectural discourse. A parallel narrative will present one particular publication – the AA School of Architecture’s long-running journal AA Files – through which various orthodoxies of writing and mediating architecture will be simultaneously historicised and questioned.

Bio: Thomas Weaver is an architectural writer, teacher and editor. Educated at the Bartlett School of Architecture and then at Princeton University, he subsequently worked as editor of ANY magazine in New York and taught courses in architectural theory and design at the Cooper Union. Since 2007 he has worked at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, where he edits the award-winning journal AA Files and manages all of the AA’s other publications, together with visiting lectureships in schools of architecture across Europe.