This studio encourages students to reflect on the qualities of hidden nature and culture underlying the metropolis program, and how these factors influence physical space. Students will visit and survey Tokyo, one of most complex metropolises in Asia. They will work on and from large-scale surveys to small-scale landscape and architectural detail design as they pursue the possibilities of open space designs that excavate the history and nature lying behind the chaotic urban fabric.
Toru Mitani, as a landscape architect, will serve as the primary organizer for the studio and Manabu Chiba will participate as a critic and encourage students to consider architectural design.
