Midterm Review Event with Princeton University and Nagoya Institute of Technology

On Nov. 2nd, T_ADS hosted a midterm review event with Jesse Reiser's studio from Princeton University. The review was joined by Keisuke Kitagawa's studio from Nagoya Institute of Technology. Students are working on alternative designs for the New National Olympic Stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Architectural curator Kayoko Ota and landscape architect Shunsaku Miyagi joined the review as invited guest critics.

Capturing Movement with AR-System

Today we're capturing our natural movements to shoot foam. The movement is captured with an AR-system.

Positioning system test

Today we tested a motion capturing system for our pavilion.

Shinto Ceremony for 2015 DFL Pavilion Toca

Obuchi Lab staff and students joined members of Takenaka Co. for a Shinto ceremony before the construction of this year's DFL Pavilion, Toca, which means "touch" in Spanish. Our project has been blessed by a Shinto priest!

Guest lecture by Andrew Kudless at the T_ADS

On October 23rd, Andrew Kudless presented his projects at the T_ADS Obuchi Lab.

Guest Lecture: Andrew Kudless of Digital Craft Lab

Obuchi lab will host Andrew Kudless of the Digital Craft Lab for a guest lecture on Friday, October 23, 2015. The lecture will be held in Room 415 of the Architecture Building (Engineering Building #1) on Hongo Campus. 

Lecture Title: Design Morphologies

Andrew Kudless is an Associate Professor of Architecture at the California College of Arts. At CCA, he is the Co-Director of the Digital Craft Lab that supports and promotes advanced research in architectural design, digital fabrication, material science, data visualization and robotics. In addition, he is the founder and principal designer of Matsys, a design firm based in Oakland, California.

This talk will focus on several design morphologies that have been served as a research framework for several projects at Matsys. These morphologies, from shells to cells, from fields to bubbles, extend across many scales in the work and facilitate the engagement of topics such as structural form-finding, difference and repetition, minimal waste fabrication, and self-organizing form and performance. 

Jason Johnson at the T_ADS Obuchi Lab

Jason Johnson presented his projects at the T_ADS Obuchi Lab.