Design x Technology Lecture: Toshihiro Oki

Join Lawrence Technological University’s College of Architecture and Design on Tuesday, November 21th at 6:30pm ET for our final Fall 2023 Design x Technology lecture with architect, Toshihiro Oki.

Guests will receive an in-depth look at how the design of SANAA’s Glass Pavilion at the Toledo Museum of Art came about and how it was constructed.This lecture will give the participants a behind the scenes view of how a seemingly simple looking building was constructed – and what considerations were taken into account to make this a feasible reality.

The construction was complex, so this presentation will give students and professionals a different perspective on the thinking and actions of such an endeavor.

CoAD Design x Technology lectures are free and open to the public. Guests may watch online or on campus. Register for the location/viewing details.

CEU: This lecture equals 1 credit.

About Toshihiro

Toshihiro Oki established his office in New York after working for several years at the Japanese architectural office of SANAA / Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa (Pritzker Prize 2010) to build the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City and the Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion in Ohio. Since 2009, he has been working on his own independent projects. Oki is licensed to practice architecture in New York and has taught architecture studio at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture and Princeton University Graduate School of Architecture. He is currently the Architecture Advisor at Grace Farms Foundation. Architecture should raise the human imagination beyond the conventional everyday. This requires an unconventional process.

The experience of bridging the cultural gap of international teams, clients and locations has led to the focus of thinking globally and acting locally. Every project has a unique set of conditions that requires both an open perspective and a focused process. In order to expand the possibilities, each project team is assembled from a trusted group of associates, engineers and builders based on the project’s specific needs. This creates a dynamic team structure that can efficiently focus on the design and finding its subsequent reality. Such flexible partnerships and conditions help lead to unanticipated paths of new thinking and possibilities.