Real Size Thinking Competition by Amy and Xu

Three projects by Obuchi Lab made into the finalist at the Real Size Thinking Competition in Tokyo. Here is the project by Amy and Xu, a mockup of their thesis project titled Intimacy Cloud.
Structural components are made of recycled ground coffee beans, creating aromatic environment of coffee. The components are naturally fire resistance thus proving a place for smoking area.

2015 DFL Pavilion TOCA Project video

Here is a video of the progress on the 2015 DFL Pavilion, TOCA.

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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqMb2eBep6zlpBvr6P562Uw

Yusuke's Talk at Tokyo Wonder Site

Yusuke gave a talk at the Tokyo Wonder Site last Friday as part of Obuchi Lab's exhibition. The exhibition features past 5 years of lab's research agenda on Cybernetic Urbanism. 

Site

Scaffoldings are ready. QR codes in place. Construction is about to officially begin for the 2015 T_ADS TOCA Pavilion!

Structural Testing

Structural experiments are underway in the lab for the upcoming pavilion project.

Structural Joint Testing:

Structural Bending Testing:

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.