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Yusuke Obuchi (Japanese: 小渕祐介; born 1969) is a Japanese architect and academic. He was co-director of the Design Research Laboratory at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London and joined the University of Tokyo in 2010.[1]
Education and career
[edit]Obuchi studied architecture at the University of Toronto. After working at Roto Architects, he attended the Southern California Institute of Architecture and received a Master of Architecture from Princeton University.[1]
He taught at the University of Kentucky, the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Harvard University before joining the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, where he became co-director of the Design Research Laboratory.[1]
In 2010, Obuchi joined the University of Tokyo.[1] In 2013, the architectural journal GA JAPAN published an interview with him in an issue devoted to computation in architecture.[2]
In 2016, 10+1 published a discussion between Obuchi and Dominique Chen on computational design and artificial intelligence.[3]
Obuchi and Kengo Kuma were instructors for the University of Tokyo online course Four Facets of Contemporary Japanese Architecture: Theory. The course received the 2018 Architectural Institute of Japan Education Award for Outstanding Practice; the recipients were Kuma, Obuchi, Toshikatsu Kiuchi and Hiroo Oka.[4]
Work
[edit]Obuchi and colleagues at the University of Tokyo developed the 99 Failures pavilion through the university's Digital Fabrication Lab. The project was published in GA JAPAN in 2014.[5]
In 2021, Obuchi's laboratory at the University of Tokyo contributed a digital fabrication system to Wetland, the United Arab Emirates National Pavilion at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale. The system was used in the on-site assembly of approximately 2,500 components. The pavilion received the Golden Lion for Best National Participation.[6]
In the same year, GA JAPAN published a discussion between Obuchi and structural engineer Jun Sato on machine-human collaboration in construction.[7]
Selected publications
[edit]- Dempsey, Alan; Obuchi, Yusuke, eds. Nine Problems in the Form of a Pavilion. AA Agendas 8. London: Architectural Association Publications, 2010. ISBN 978-1-90290-273-9.
- Architectural Theory Now (これからの建築理論). Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 2014. Edited by the University of Tokyo Department of Architecture Advanced Design Studies.
- Mogaku Kenchikuka, Riron o Kangaeru (もがく建築家、理論を考える). Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 2017. Edited by the University of Tokyo Department of Architecture Advanced Design Studies.[8]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "小渕祐介" [Yusuke Obuchi] (in Japanese). NTT InterCommunication Center. Retrieved 10 September 2026.
- ↑ "GA JAPAN 123" (in Japanese). GA. 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2026.
- ↑ "コンピュテーショナル・デザインと拡張するAI技術" [Computational Design and Expanding AI Technology]. 10+1 website (in Japanese). 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2026.
- ↑ "UTokyo's MOOC "Four Facets of Contemporary Japanese Architecture: Theory" Wins the Prize of AIJ for Education Award for Outstanding Practice". The University of Tokyo. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2026.
- ↑ "GA JAPAN 126" (in Japanese). GA. 1 January 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2026.
- ↑ "The UAE Pavilion wins Golden Lion for best national pavilion at Venice Biennale 2021". The University of Tokyo. 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2026.
- ↑ "GA JAPAN 173" (in Japanese). GA. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2026.
- ↑ "もがく建築家、理論を考える" (in Japanese). National Diet Library. 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2026.