I split my days between Keio University and work at frontoffice tokyo.
My job at the university is to research sustainable architecture and planning, and to do some teaching now and then - this year I am sharing the honors as a studio course instructor for a small group of graduate students.
Ostensibly my specialty in academics is in the compact city and suburbia (cuz you can't have one without the other), but my interests have changed in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami that hit japan on 3.11. Now I am mostly working out how architects and planners can help people to cope with loss of community, home and family as they try to rebuild what was lost.
In my other job I am a partner in the architecture and planning firm, frontoffice tokyo. We are very interested in how the city can be used like a landscape that we can riff on, and are beginning to work out what tokyo has to offer. Eventually there may be some kind of theory, but for the moment we are experimenting and learning.
will's General Blog on Archinect:
Get Yer Groove On! : Archinect Dance Party
A dance party (also referred to as "a dance") is a social gathering where dancing is the primary activity. Some dance parties are held in a casual setting and open to the public, such as a rave, or those held in nightclubs and discothèques. Other types of dance parties may be a formal or semi-formal private event which often require guests to don formal wear and have an invitation or membership within the community hosting the event, such as school dances and Cotillions.
will's School Blog on Archinect:
KEIO UNIVERSITY : learning/teaching architecture in japan
keio university's architecture program is probably the best kept secret in the country. Hidden away on a campus an hour from tokyo the curriculum is wide open and connected to a campus-wide project aimed at dealing with climate change and innovation. students of economics can take courses in architecture and vice versa but we all are expected to take part in real projects somewhere in the world. there are a few starchitects on the faculty but mostly we are focused on making a difference.
UpStarts: 5468796 Architecture, Tue, Oct 26 '10
by William Galloway Sometimes it is possible to catch a group of people who are literally taking their first steps towards something interesting. If luck is on your side you can find out what they are thinking about - before hindsight settles in and the interesting things have become normal, and ...
Archinect Op-Ed: Big Bangs, Slums, and Suburbia, Sun, Mar 29 '09
This is not a scientific statement by any means, but I think it’s reasonable to assume that every universe pretty much gets just one big bang. However, architecture and planning (both professions in which I have some experience) generally are practiced as if the opposite was the case. Not in a ...
KEIO UNIVERSITY, researcher + lecturer
+ researching sustainability in architecture and urban planning
+ teach studio course in architecture to graduate students
+ co-leader, the Environmental Innovators program
Waseda University, lecturer
+ history of modern architecture
+ Tokyo - planning and architecture from Edo to the present
+ sustainable architecture and urban planning
Monbukagakusho Research Scholarship, Scholarship
American Institute of Architects Student Medal, Award
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Honor Roll, Award
