University of Tsukuba, Faculty of Art, Hashimoto Laboratory
We conduct research on ``architectural and urban environmental design that is in harmony with the natural environment.''
I went to Tsushima City, Nagasaki Prefecture to investigate.
This time we visited Waniura village located in the northernmost part of Tsushima.
Waniura village is famous for its cluster of Koya trees.
It is also known as a habitat for the snailfish colony.
You can feel the unique power of the scenery where many Koya are gathered together like competing steamed buns.
Today we had a class on Design Exercise XNUMX.
This is my first class in two weeks due to the academic year.
Many students gave presentations while presenting study models.
Unique and varied ideas unique to the University of Tsukuba College of Art's Department of Design, where students with diverse ways of thinking and tastes gather, are being developed.
Today was the master's research presentation.
In the Master's Program in Art at the University of Tsukuba's Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, graduates of product design, environmental design, and architectural design are holding a master's research presentation together.
Master's research takes quite a long time, two years, but if you have trouble deciding on a research topic, you may not be able to make the best use of those two years.
Of course, this does not mean that you should simply decide on a theme quickly.
At today's presentation, I feel that the time each student spent on their master's research was reflected in some way, for better or worse.
Yesterday was the graduation research presentation and review meeting.
A unique feature of the University of Tsukuba College of Art's Design Major is that fourth-year students and teachers from information design, product design, environmental design, and architectural design departments work together.
First, the graduation thesis presentation and screening session started at 8:40 and continued until around noon.
The title of Mr. Ito's paper from Hashimoto's laboratory is ``Study on the characteristics of mansion enclosures in the Sukomo village of Kakeroma Island.''
I think that the practice I practiced in the seminar was very fruitful.good.
After that, there was a presentation screening for the graduation work.
While I was observing and experiencing each item one by one, and asking questions, it was time for the afternoon class to begin.
I would like to introduce my graduation work again when it is exhibited at the Tsukuba Museum of Art.
Yesterday was the first session of the fall C module class, Design Exercise 6 (exercises for second-year students).
The challenge was ``visualizing Tsukuba oroshi.''
The person in charge is Mr. Nonaka of environmental design and myself.
We gave presentations on research topics for winter vacation (research on architecture, spaces and places, art, etc. related to "wind") and Esquis.
Many students got off to an ambitious start this year, and I'm looking forward to seeing what the future holds.
Today is the day to submit your graduation research.
In the morning, you will submit your graduation project, and in the afternoon you will submit your graduation thesis.
Recently, it seems that many Japanese architecture universities require students to complete either a graduation project or a graduation thesis as part of their graduation research.
At the University of Tsukuba College of Art, Department of Design (Information Design, Product Design, Environmental Design, Architectural Design), students will work on both their graduation project and graduation thesis as their graduation research.
Both ``theory'' and ``practice'' are important, aren't they?
