We are a laboratory that studies and designs urban morphology. In cities, morphology emerges as a dynamic, organic process that is generated and regenerated through the will and practices of people involved in urban development. We explore environmentally symbiotic urban forms that continue to adapt to climate change, focusing on living spaces and communal facilities that are integrated into the ecosystem between people and the environment.
Keisuke Kanno
SUGANO Keisuke
Affiliation / Job title:Art/Assistant Professor
Areas of study:Environmental Design
Bachelor of Science:PhD (Engineering)
Laboratory:Arts Building B433
Field of Study
Urban form design, town development, urban and Areas of studyal design
Resesarch topics
Expanded form database supporting urban development 5.0
A design model for flood-prevention commons fostered by ecological wisdom
Art, design and production in areas facing global issues
Management of the ever-changing Koyama hydrosphere
Main books/papers
"Japanese Environmental Design and Management for Sustainable Urbanism -Learning from Satoyama-" (co-author), Routledge, 2025
"Spaces of Creative Resistance, Social Change Projects in Twenty-First-Century East Asia" (co-author), Rutgers University Press, 2025
"Japanese Machizukuri and Community Engagement: History, Method and Practice" (co-author), Routledge, 2020
"New Illustrated Castle Town Cities" (co-author), Kashima Publishing, 2015
Biography
2021- University of Tsukuba Art Department Assistant Professor
2019-2021 Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Kanazawa Institute of Technology
2018 Delft University of Technology, Department of Urbanism, Researcher
