Pavilion Symposium

December 4, 2014 in Exhibition, Lecture, Pavilion, Project, Symposium

The new pavilion is just about completed, just in time for the Symposium, the topic of which is:

Machinery and Human and Construction: Architecture in the Age of Cyborgs

If you are in Tokyo this weekend, please join us on Sunday December 7 from 13:00 to 18:00 at the University of Tokyo Faculty of Engineering Building 1 No. 15 lecture room.

Speakers include: Obuchi Yusuke (University of Tokyo professor), Matthias Kohler (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Professor ), Takeo Igarashi (University of Tokyo professor), Kengo Kuma (University of Tokyo Professor).

There will be a reception afterwards from 18:00-19:00.

 

For more details, refer to our lab’s other BLOG

 

Pavilion 2014: New Model Construction Pt3: Completion

August 23, 2014 in Pavilion

We’ve been continuing to work on the new model.
The final hight is now 3 meters.

Pavilion 2014: Harmonograph

August 6, 2014 in Pavilion

If you’ve seen our videos, you might remember that our final pavilion form is generated from Harmonographic algorithms.

We made a harmonograph in our lab a few weeks ago, and we finally have photos to upload for that.

Pavilion 2014: 1 to 20 Model

August 5, 2014 in Pavilion

To test the final form of the pavilion, we’ve put together a quick massing model.

What do you think?

Pavilion 2014: New Model Construction Pt2: Beginning

August 5, 2014 in Pavilion

Last week, we had scaffolding set up in our lab space.

After some troubleshooting with our scanning and projection software, we are finally ready to begin the actual construction of the new model. Here are some photos of the progress!


This model will be constructed from approximately 50-60 thousand sticks.


The sticks will be dropped into a base.


Projection system indicates position for distribution.


Scanning software tracking the construction progress.

Pavilion 2014: Construction Video 1

July 3, 2014 in Pavilion

Here is a video of the construction of a model of the 2014 Pavilion.