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co+labo: Urban Architecture
Research & Design Laboratory
Keio University, Japan


慶應の建築デザインについて

Our Focus

Responding to the contemporary condition in which the roles of the expectations from architectural/urban space are becoming increasingly complex and controversial, our focus is on innovative combinations of architectural and urban design are practice and research - in particular at the methods of space creation which include creative and harmonious integration of design and diverse engineering inputs. Our microscale urban space research mediates between architectural and urban phenomena, aiming to establish an urban design method that enables empowerment of individual residents and their autonomous and interest group participation.

 

About co+labo

co+labo, one of Keio Architecture laboratories, is an international, interdisciplinary research and design laboratory for urban architecture. co+labo, conceptualised by Darko and Vuk Radović in 2008, was founded and it operated as co+labo radović at Keio University under the leadership of Darko Radović (2009-2021), building upon the groundworks of the founding Kuma Kengo laboratory (2002-2008). Since 2022 co+labo is led by Sano Satoshi as co+labo Urban Architecture.

 

People

Director
 
Sano Satoshi
Architect / Senior Assistant Professor at Keio University
 
After working at Renzo Piano Building Workshop and Kengo Kuma & Associates, he co-founded Eureka - an architectural design office based in Tokyo, and joined co+labo in 2009.
His major works include Dragon Court Village (2013), Eagle Woods House (2017), NAGI Terrace (2019) and Blue Box Office (2023).
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Founder / Advisor 
 
Darko Radović
Head of co+re / Emeritus Professor at Keio University
 
He has taught, researched and practised architecture and urbanism in Europe, Australia and Asia. His work focuses at the nexus between environmental and cultural sustainability and situations in which architecture and urban design overlap, where social starts to acquire physical form.
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Collaborator

 
Miyatake Sotaro

Miyatake Architects and Partners, Tokyo
 
 
Doctoral Course

 
Akatsuka Ken, Xiaoxiao Liao, Ruichao Du, Suzuki Akitaka, Larissa Shinohara

 
 
Master's Course
 
Hirano Kazuyo, Miyazaki Hiroshi,
Sadano Toru, Michael Chan, Fan Yuxiang,
Kitajima Kotaro, Takada Shinnosuke,
Tokoro Shintaro

 
 
Undergraduate Course
 
Iguchi Yuki, Suzuki Lisa, Fujiwara Yukei

 
 

Short-term Doctoral/Master's Researchers
 
Tisa Lozej

 
 
Visiting Architects

Davisi Boontharm / 2009-
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
 
Chye Kiang Heng / 2010
National University of Singapore
 
Heide Imai / 2010-
Senshu University, Tokyo
 
David Sim / 2011-
Gehl Architects, Copenhagen
 
Zoran Djukanović / 2011-
University of Belgrade and PAPS
 
Rafael A. Balboa / 2011-
Studio Wasabi, Tokyo

 
Iwase Ryoko / 2012-
Studio Iwase, Tokyo
 
Meijo Toshiki / 2012-
Kengo Kuma and Associates, Tokyo

 
Kondo Tetsuo / 2012-
Tetsuo Kondo Architects, Tokyo
 
Paul Waley / 2012
Leeds University, UK
 
Saikawa Takumi / 2012-
Sand architects, Tokyo
 
Hashimoto Tamao /2013-
Nihon Fukushi University
 
Marco Imperadori / 2013-
Politecnico di Milano
 
Luisa Bravo / 2015-
City Space Architecture
 
Leonardo Chiesi / 2014-
University of Florence
 
Alice Covatta / 2016-
University of Montreal
 
Simone Garagnani / 2015-
University of Bologna
 
Manuela Grecchi / 2018
Politecnico di Milano
 
Alison Young / 2017-
University of Melbourne
 
Ray Lucas / 2018-
Manchester City University
 
Vladimir Lojanica / 2018
University of Belgrade
 
Neno Kezić / 2019-
University of Split
 
Gabriele Masera / 2018-
Politecnico di Milano
 
Tadej Glažar / 2019
University of Ljubljana
 
Estanislau Roca / 2019
UPC Barcelona
 
Ana Medina / 2022-
Universidad de Las Américas
 
Carina Kurz / 2023-
Graz University of Technology
 

 


Alumni

Ph.D.
 
Milica Muminović
/ coursework, 2013
University of Canberra

 
Marco Capitanio
/ coursework, 2018
Obayashi Corporation

 
Vedrana Ikalović
/ coursework, 2019
Lille Catholic University

 
Sano Satoshi
/ coursework, 2021
Keio University

 
Ivan Filipović
/ coursework, 2021
University of Belgrade


Doctoral/Post-doctoral Researchers
 
Alice Covatta, Pega Sanoamuang,
Wan-Yu Shih, Paula Jaén Caparrós,
Jessica Soraya Pineda Zumaran,
Ana Medina, Sanja Žonja, Nađa Beretić


Master & Bachelor
 

14
| 2020 (-2021)

Oguri Yurino, Sasaki Reiya
 

13
| 2019 (-2021)

Mori Yuki, Yang Muxi, Suzuki Koki
 

12
| 2018 (-2021)

Nishibori Shinichi, Matsubara Motomi,
Iwata Amami, Kawamoto Jumpei,
Shigemura Hiroki

 

11
| 2017 (-2020)

Yang Xuan, Geika Wang, Kinoshita Norimi,
Kato Shun, Motoyama Masatoshi,
Samejima Takuomi, Ishii Yumi
 

10
| 2016 (-2019)

Kobayashi Daisuke, Onishi Keitaro,
Mikogami Mayuko, Morimoto Mei,
Takasu Yukie, Yamashita Shohei
 

09
| 2015 (-2018)

Yamamori Hisamu, Kusano Shota,
Magome Ayumu, Narumi Hanako,
Tajima Motoki, Ito Conan
 

08
| 2014 (-2017)

Roxane Czarnobroda, Miyagaki Tomotake,
Suzuki Akitaka, Maruyama Hiroo,
Tsuji Soyoka, Onda Kazuhiko
 

07
| 2013 (-2016)

Miyatake Sotaro, Sato Yuta, Horie Kira,
Amano Ryoto, Ueno Wakataro
 

06
| 2012 (-2015)

Suzuki Moe, Kozono Saki, Sato Daisuke,
Kanemaru Mayumi, Sasamura Yoshio
 

05
| 2011 (-2014)

Akatsuka Ken, Hoshikawa Shinnosuke,
Kobayashi Kosuke, Kato Yoshiaki,
Nishide Yukari
 

04
| 2010 (-2013)

Charles Lemonnier, Ishikawa Ayako,
Shinohara Masato, Hashida Wataru,
Natsumeda Kumiko, Ueda Chihiro,
Matsui Minoru, Minegishi Wataru
 

03
| 2009 (-2012)

Komatsu Katsuhito, Rakuman Shigeru
 

02
* | 2009 (-2011)

Fujii Ryosuke, Takei Takashi, Torii Koshiro,
Watanabe Takaaki, Yokose Hirotaka
 

01
* | 2009 (-2010)

Fujii Chiaki, Tabuch Asako, Ikeda Taku,
Yamawaki Hanae, Yanagisawa Aya,
Ito Noboru, Karube Hidetaka,
Koike Tatsuya

* Kuma Kengo laboratory until 2008


Short-term program/Visiting/Exchange Students
 

Vitor Massayuki Endo, Blanka Hrastnik,
Lovrenc Kolenc, Urška Rupnik, Jure Sajovič,
Carolina Emi Muraki, Salvatore Nastasi,
Silvia Spallina, Antonella Colistra,
Adam Masset, Nicolò Panzeri, Enrico Sterle,
François Ricciardi, Andrea Bonaiti,
Luca Sironi, Abigail Quinlan, Renato Magni,
Manca Košir, Žan Krivec, Matej Kranjc,
Nikolaj Salaj, Paolo Turčić
, Xidian Wang,
Nan
Tian


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