Moments before the earthquake hit Uni Tokyo

Cecil Balmond+Roland Snooks Studio from University of Pennsylvania was presenting their projects at our school when the mega earthquake hit Japan last week. No one was hurt and no major damage to the building by the quake.

Cancelled - Digital Fabrication Lab Launch Event

LECTURE by PETRA BLAISSE

Joined by Rem Koolhaas and Kengo Kuma, a Dutch designer, Petra Blaisse, gave a lecture at University of Tokyo last weekend. Petra Blaisse presented her projects which covered a wide range of scales and design fields including landscape architecture, interior design and textile design. She is fonder of InsideOutside, a creative design office based in Amsterdam. www.insideoutside.nl

Matthias Kohler's visit

Matthias Kohler, Chair of Architecture and Digital Fabrication at ETH Zurich, stopped by at Uni Tokyo to meet with Kengo Kuma and Yusuke Obuchi last week. He was on his way to Singapore where he and his partner Fabio Gramazio are setting up a new program at the National University of Singapore.

Digital Fabrication Lab Launch Party

We are organising a launch party for our new digital fabrication lab at our department. Although the facility is yet to be completed, we are hoping to celebrate this occasion with internationally distinguished architects, engineers and educators and to create a modest symposium/roundtable discussion. Participants: Kengo Kuma, Jesse Resier, Nanako Umemoto, Hanif Kara, Michael Weinstock, Chiba Namabu, Yusuke Obuchi

Models

Here are some physical models developed for the Tokyo Station's arrival hall ceiling system.

Obuchi Lab's Gang Members