Staff and students from Obuchi lab had the pleasure of participating in a review at ETH Zurich this March. The visit was an excellent chance for the UTokyo team to learn about the organization and activities at ETH, and an opportunity for researchers at both institutions to exchange views. PhD students and researchers from Obuchi Lab and Gramazio Kohler Research of ETH Zurich conducted a joint presentation at ETH Zurich's newly constructed NCCR facility. Followed by the presentations, UTokyo students and researchers were given a series of demonstrations of robotic applications in digital fabrications.
On Monday, March 20, we were pleased to participate in a joint studio review at Itsuko Hasegawa’s gallery. The event, organized by TーADS, brought together five universities: Princeton University, Washington University, Tsinghua University, Nagoya Institute of Technology, and the University of... View full entry
TーADS is proud to announce the work of alumni Kevin Clement and Anders Rod is being featured at the Centre Pompidou Museum in Paris, France. The exhibit, originally conceived as the Harvesting Plasticity graduate research project, is a hanging work featured as a part of... View full entry
The Advanced Design Studies Program at the University of Tokyo's Department of Architecture is pleased to announce that introductory videos for each of the lectures in the free edX course "Four Facets of Contemporary Japanese Architecture: Theory" are now publicly available.The course is taught by... View full entry
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#guidanceStart your... View full entry
T_ADS is pleased to present a free online course available worldwide via edX.Four Facets of Contemporary Japanese ArchitectureFirst Facet: TheoryThe course is presented by Kengo Kuma and Yusuke Obuchi, who have invited other leading Japanese architects to participate. Course materials are... View full entry
The prototyping phase for 2015 DFL Research Pavilion is under way. The proposed structure is made out of polyurethane foam deployed three-dimensionally by an originally designed hand-held tool. The research navigates between human craftsmanship and mechanical precision, mediated by computation... View full entry
On July 7th, 2015, it was our pleasure to have Matias del Campo, Associate Professor of Architecture at the Taubman College School of Architecture, University of Michigan, to present his lecture entitled "Moody Objects."Biography:Chilean born and Austrian native, Matias del Campo graduated with... View full entry
On June 7 2015, T_ADS conducted a joint final view for the undergraduate studio with two sections, each taught by Keisuke Toyoda of NOIZ ARCHITECTS and Sota Ichikawa of doubleNegatives Architecture. View full entry
Every year, T_ADS and Princeton School of Architecture organize joint-workshops for cross-exchange of architectural history, theory and concepts. This year, the joint-workshops centered around the theoretical texts by Hiroshi Hara, Arata Isozaki, and Fumihiko Maki, followed by student visits to... View full entry
On June 2nd and 3rd, 2015, we welcomed Todd Gannon, from SCI-Arc, to present us with his lecture, entitled "Staging the Confederacy: History, Geometry, and a Hint from Isozaki."T_ADS, SCI-Arc and Princeton students attended the lecture and enjoyed a round of discussion afterwards. Good times... View full entry
On June 2nd and 3rd, 2015, it was our pleasure to have Thomas Daniell, from University of Saint Joseph in Macau, join us for a two-part lecture events. The first lecture by Thomas was entitled "Points of Inflection."The second lecture was presented under the theme of "The Task of the... View full entry
We are hosting the symposium "The Saga of Continuous Architecture" on next Saturday and Sunday (for more info, please see http://t-ads.org/?p=206) Related to the event, we have multiple upcoming lectures next week:June 2nd 10:00-12:00 (at UTokyo, Engineer bldg.1 415 ADS Room)"Points of... View full entry
On May 18th, all DFL staff from T_ADS Obuchi Lab, Prof. Igarashi (computer science), Prof. Sato (structural engineering), and their respective lab members were joined by this year's collaboration partner, Takenaka Corporation, to debate and decide on the direction of the DFL Research Pavilion... View full entry
On May 8th, 1st year students in DFL had their mid-term review joined by this year's pavilion sponsor, Takenaka Corporation. We were also joined by collaborators, Prof. Igarashi (computer science) and Prof. Sato (structural engineering), and there were lively and informative exchanges between them... View full entry
On May 11th, 2015, we are very fortunate to have Eric Goldemberg of MONAD Studio join us for a lecture event. It will be held at ADS Studio Room 415, Hongo Campus, at 16:00~17:30.*Open to public, please feel free to join.MONAD Studio was founded in 2002 by Design Principals Eric Goldemberg and... View full entry
Professor Jun Sato gave a comprehensive structures lecture for the first year students. He showed the students many renowned projects and experiments that has pushed the boundaries of structural engineering possibilities. After which, each student team conducted a bending moment test and Prof... View full entry
Mika Araki from Jun Sato Lab gave the first of lecture series on structural engineering for the first year students. She presented them with how to conduct various material tests, but particularly on bending. Each project has its own material property relevant to design, and thus, it is important... View full entry
As a part of an event, "Yokohama Redux: The Saga of Continuous Architecture" on March 17th at Hongo Campus, the semester-long seminar course at the University of Tokyo presented their research and manifestos. The event consisted of mid-term presentations by design studios at Princeton, U-Penn... View full entry
We are hosting an event "Yokohama Redux: The Saga of Continuous Architecture" on March17th at The University of Tokyo.After the mid-term review of design studios, we will have a marathon lecture series by Florian Busch, David Erdman and Tohru Horiguchi who will talk about issues on the concept... View full entry
We are hosting an event "Yokohama Redux: The Saga of Continuous Architecture" on March 17th at The University of Tokyo.The event consists of mid-term review of design studios at Princeton, U-Penn and Columbia taught by Jesse Reiser and Nanako Umemoto, joined by a design studio from Nagoya... View full entry
On March 9th, Thomas Weaver of AA School joined us for the 1st and 2nd year studio presentations.We were very fortunate to have Thomas Weaver join us as a guest critic for presentations by the 1st and 2nd Year Studios, respectively dealing with the design for Digital Fabrication Laboratory... View full entry
On March 9th, T_ADS will host a lecture by Thomas Weaver. Title: ALPHABETThis talk will be structured around an alphabet of 26 key images, from A through to Z, Albers through to to Zebra, that have appeared over the last eight years through the pages of the architectural journal AA Files. Each... View full entry
Today, we welcomed Yuta Sugiura from Keio University, Graduate School of Media Design, to give us a lecture on the potentials of digital fabrication and smart-tools. The talk began with Mark Weiser and progressed through the latest smart-tool developments in Japan, ETH and MIT Media Lab. The... View full entry
At the Advanced Design Studies’ Digital Fabrication Lab, we have been exploring methods of integrating computational design with construction processes.With the advancement of technology, data has become readily available and easy to produce, while material resources and traditional craft are... View full entry
Founded in 2014, T_ADS was established to contribute to and enhance state-of-the-art architectural design education while cultivating architectural culture in Japan. Going beyond the legacy of Japanese pedagogy, in which individual laboratories conduct their respective research, T_ADS is composed... View full entry
Founded in 2014, TーADS was established to contribute to and enhance state of the art architectural design education while cultivating architectural culture in Japan. Going beyond the legacy of Japanese pedagogy in which research is conducted in separate laboratories, TーADS is composed of interdisciplinary laboratory platforms with specific concentrations (fabrication, prototyping, media, computation, urbanism).
