For most of the past year, one of the researchers here, Jan Vranovsky, has been documenting the seemingly mundane spaces of Japan. His photos capture much of the spatial essence of Tokyo. While Tokyo contains much "starchitecture," after living here awhile, I find the kinds of spaces Jan uncovers... View full entry
For the thesis project in this program, we work in teams of two. We come up with a proposal together and then each focus on different aspects of how to fabricate the project to complete our individual research. All of the research projects last year studied ways that wasted materials could be... View full entry
Hello Archinect world! Recently, I finished up my thesis project and graduated. Here is a short video we made several months ago to serve as an intro to our project. More posts to follow shortly. View full entry
Harvesting Plasticity Thesis Project
I've been receiving some questions recently regarding the Master's program here at the University of Tokyo, and thought I'd briefly share how the course is structured and what we were up to the past year.The system here at the University of Tokyo is divided in "labs" and is probably closer in... View full entry
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