2012 - 2013 Obuchi Lab Project Review Book

Ana and Colin helped putting together a draft version of Obuchi Lab Project Review Book. It documents all projects explored at Obuchi Lab during the academic year of 2012/2013.

Pavilion Meeting with Obayashi Co.

Back in Tokyo, the pavilion team from Obayashi Co. came to Obuchi Lab for a progress meeting.

Pavilion Component Fabrication Test

Prof Obuchi and Toshi went to the fabrication shop in Toyohashi near Toyota Motor factory to review the progress on the fabrication process of our pavilion’s components. In collaboration with Tsukasa Takenaka of AnS Studio, the components have been developed in order to be fabricated by the Kuka’s robotic arm attached with a laser cutter and welder. Once welding is done, the component was inflated by a hydraulic pump.

Design Thesis Public Presentation as it happened

All went well. Some students even got a job offer after their presentations.

Design Thesis Public Presentation

2^nd year design teams are getting ready for their public presentation tomorrow.  We have invited a wide range of professionals who shape the matters and information of Tokyo. Invited guests are:

Hiroo Mori, Executive Vice President

Mori Building Co.

http://www.mori.co.jp/en/

Yuko Hasegawa, Chief Curator

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

http://www.mot-art-museum.jp/eng/index.html

Tomohiko Yamanashi, Executive Officer, Chief Architect, Design Section
Principal

nikken.jp

http://www.nikken.co.jp/en/

Takeo Igarashi, Professor

University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology

http://www-ui.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~takeo/index.html

Takeshi Ito, Professor

University of Tokyo, Department of Architecture

Jun Sato, Associate Professor

University of Tokyo, Department of Architecture 

G30 Obuchi Lab Design Thesis Defense Presentation

4 design teams had their design thesis defense presentations. Each team was given 16 minutes to present their design proposal followed by a 6-minutes individual research presentation. All projects were reviewed by Kengo Kuma, Manabu Chiba, Yusuke Obuchi, joined by collaborative engineers: Jun Sato, Masayuki Mae, Futoshi Kurisu, and Ryoma Kitagaki.

We will have another presentation on Friday with invited guests form outside of the University of Tokyo.

Draft version of thesis project books are now uploaded on issuu:
http://issuu.com/obuchilab

G30 Summer Pavilion Work in Progress 05

Here is a composite image of the assembly process of 1:3 mock-up. The sequence of events was first simulated with grasshopper and kangaroo during the design development.