02Cuttng Edge LabiProfessor KOBAYASHI, KeigoThroughout history, field of architecture has always been trying to confront uncertainties through means of design and envisioned new possibilities. Today, we are living in the era of many uncertainties; whether about shrinking society in Japan, global changes due to climate change, or future with AIs and VRs. Our laboratory sees this as a great opportunity to explore how architecture in its broad sense and the architectural think-ing that supports it, can play an important role in envisioning the world ahead, from the way we live to the environment and the society which we inhabit. To do so, we carry out multifaceted research, surveys at vari-ous sites, analysis through visualizations, and formalize into a design proposal. For example, we are looking at relation-ships between human behaviors and space, especially around the domain of MATERS, Monet [ Japan]Master’s Program 1st year, Department of Architecture(Graduated from Keisen Jogakuen High School)urban public spaces. Following COVID-19, we are all more conscious of the impor-tance of physical space to encounter others both directly and indirectly. We study exist-ing spatial qualities and mechanisms that possess these positive impacts on people, both in Japan as well as in foreign coun-tries. In parallel, we are looking at various post-disaster areas and exploring the possibility of architectural design in trans-lating memories and stories into space. We also look back to historical references and avant-garde ideas, which may provide us with hints and inspirations. Besides researching, we sometimes put the found ideas and learnings into real design, using opportunities like exhibition designs and theatrical designs as experiments, or in forms of architectural proposals at various occasions. ProfileAssociate professor at Department of Architecture, Waseda University. Registered architect in Japan and the Netherlands. After graduating from Waseda University and Harvard University Graduate School of Design, he worked at an architecture design office called OMA in the Netherlands for 7 years. He had mainly designed large projects such as library, museums, hotels, and offices in the Middle East and North Africa region. Since 2012, he has been teaching in Waseda University while designing architecture alongside. He likes travelling and seeing various exhibitions.E-23Keigo Kobayashi LaboratoryDesigning for Uncertainties - Architectural thinking and design to turn uncertainties into new possibilities -Department of ArchitectureCreative Science and Engineering
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