xLAB Summer Program 2017: COMMUNITY

Each year a new programmatic theme offers a research topic on the Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Community (2017), Mobility (2018), and Diversity (2019). The Tokyo 2020 Olympics present a 21st Century case study in which to study, develop, and test new strategies on the future of the city and the architectural discipline.

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For more information visit: xlab-program.com/program/program-2017

JULY 30

Orientation  //  Mitsui Kashiwa-no-ha Tour  //  Welcome Reception

JULY 31
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Seminar 1A: Tak Umezawa, NeXTOKYO Project Presentation

Seminar 1B: George Abe, Business Model Challenges to the Built Environment

Keynote Lecture: Greg Lynn, Localization: Static to Dynamic Space + Infrastructure
Discussion with Tak Umezawa and Hitoshi Abe

 

AUGUST 01
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Seminar 2A: Yoshiharu Tsukamoto, Architecture Behaviorology

Seminar 2B: Seiichi Saito, rhizomatiks: Research, Design, Architecture

 

AUGUST 02
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Seminar 3A: Yuichiro Takeuchi, Habitable Bits: Infusing the Built Environment with the Plasticity/Interactivity of Digital “Bits”

Seminar 3B: Seitaro Tanguchi + Cedric Carêmel, Takram: Transcending Boundaries of Conventional Thinking

 

AUGUST 03
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Dark Night x CLOUD OF THOUGHTS
Exhibition Event at Okamura Design Space R

 

AUGUST 04
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Midterm Studio Review

 

AUGUST 05
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Faculty Roundtable 01: Jeffrey Inaba + Kivi Sotamaa
Discussion with: Kengo Kuma + Keisuke Toyoda

 

AUGUST 07
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Faculty Roundtable 02: Toshiki Hirano + Kaz Yoneda
Discussion with: Yoichi Ochai + Courtney Coffman

 

AUGUST 12
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Final Studio Review // Closing Reception