WINDOW RESEARCH INSTITUTE

001 Foligno / Brussels / York

We present the movies of windows all around the world.

002Utrecht / London / Assisi

We present the movies of windows all around the world.

Between Hatakeyama and Sugiura

Kokei and Jokei: Sights we see scenes we feel Whenever transparent glass is installed into buildings or trains or cars a boundary is establi…

No.0: Six Topics for Makoto Ueda’s Interpretation of the Window Space

To kick off the series “Vague Focal Space at the Window” I interviewed Makoto Ueda the former Editor in Chief of Toshi Jutaku (Urban Housing…

Yosuitei, Thirteen-Window Tearoom

About the Yosuitei Japanese teahouses (chashitsu) are unique buildings with small interiors and many types of windows. The Yosuitei is a tha…

The Yosuitei13　Bokusekimado

13　 Bokusekimado A bokusekimado (lit. “brushwork window”) also known as a hanaakarimado (lit. “flower lighting window”) or an oribemado (lit…

The Yosuitei11　Shitajimado, 12　Renjimado and Kendonbusuma

11　 Shitajimado The shitajimado (exposed lath window) positioned near the ceiling beside the decorative alcove (tokonoma) is another unique …

The Yosuitei06/07　Shitajimado and Renjimado, 08　Nijiriguchi, 09/10　Shitajimado and Renjimado

06/07　 Shitajimado and Renjimado Another instance where Enshu used his favorite combination of an upper shitajimado (exposed lath window) an…

The Yosuitei03　Furosakimado

03　Furosakimado A furosakimado (lit. “window beyond the brazier”) is a type of window made in the wall behind the brazier used in tea ceremo…

The Yosuitei01/02　Shikishimado

01/02 Shikishimado A shikishimado (lit. “calligraphy board window”) is a type of window composed of a stacked pair of openings that are shif…

The Yosuitei04/05　Shitajimado and Renjimado

04/05　Shitajimado and Renjimado Enshu liked to stack shitajimado (exposed lath window) on top of renjimado (slatted window) and he has done …

Dreh-Kipp Windows

Windows with two opening and closing functions one of which involves rotating inwards horizontally (“collapsing inwards”) while the other op…

Horizontal Outward Projecting Window

In this sort of window the upper frame serves as the axis of rotation: it moves up or down along a groove or rail attached to the top and bo…

Movie “A City of Columns”

movie “A City of Columns” Hashirama sōchi (intercolumnar device) is a term used concerning cultural assets that refers to any architectural …

Vertical Outward Projecting Window

In this sort of window either the left or right frame serves as the axis of rotation: it moves to the left or right along a groove or rail a…

Power Window

Windows that open and close mainly through electric power using a switch or remote control to operate them are called power windows. As they…

High Altitude Window

Installed in a high place such as the top of a stairwell this sort of window facilitates “gravitational ventilation” by making use of how wa…

Memories of a Skylight: Tashqurqan Part 3

The following morning when I arrived at Classy’s house at the scheduled time we met with another man who seemed to be about the same age as …

Casement Window

Casement windows open by rotating horizontally to the left and right from the center taking either the left or right edge as an axis. Some o…

017 Assisi / Rome / Tivoli / Helensburgh

We present the movies of windows all around the world.

Sash Window

A window that opens and closes by moving two or more parallel panels vertically over two or more grooves or rails is called a double sliding…

016 Paris / Amsterdam

We present the movies of windows all around the world.

Double Sliding Window

A window that opens and closes by moving two or more parallel panels horizontally over two or more grooves or rails is called a double slidi…

015 Assisi / Paris / Amsterdam

We present the movies of windows all around the world.

014 London / York

We present the movies of windows all around the world.

013 London / Assisi

We present the movies of windows all around the world.

012 London / London / London

We present the movies of windows all around the world.

011 London / Brussels / London

We present the movies of windows all around the world.

010 Paris / Rome / Paris

We present the movies of windows all around the world.

009 Brussels / Amsterdam

We present the movies of windows all around the world.

008 Paris / Paris / Paris

We present the movies of windows all around the world.

Part 1: Yoshiharu Tsukamoto “Window Behaviorology”

“Human behaviors are the best design resources.” Architect Yoshiharu Tsukamoto (Atelier Bow-Wow/Professor Tokyo Institute of Technology) has…

Movie “The Birth Canal”

movie “The Birth Canal” “Hashirama equipment” is a term used for cultural assets and refers to the entire architectural componen…

007 Assisi / Amsterdam

We present the movies of windows all around the world.

006 London / Foligno / London

We present the movies of windows all around the world.

005 Paris / Paris / Paris

We present the movies of windows all around the world.

004 Paris / Amsterdam

We present the movies of windows all around the world.

003 London / York / Utrecht

We present the movies of windows all around the world.

Movie “THE CORALLUM”

movie “THE CORALLUM” “Hashirama equipment” is a term used for cultural assets and refers to the entire architectural components …

Garlic Window in Vessalico village

Lemon raised under the shining sun; cured ham aged in a rich flavor by growing mold; wine made from grapes raised under well-ventilated perg…

Architectural Ethnography, Part B

To commemorate the opening of the 16th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia (May 26th-November 25th 2018) the Window…

Windows and Memories

The artist Leandro Erlich became quite a topic of conversation at this past “Windowology 10th Anniversary Exhibition” with the presentation …

Architecture in Photography and Windows

Iwan Baan is a photographer whose work has taken him around the world from Asia to Africa. Last year he participated in a panel discussion o…

Michele de Lucchi and Windowology

Michele de Lucchi is a leading Italian architect who has been active in his field since the 1980s. The drawings he created for his interview…

Movie “Transition of Kikugetsutei”　

Windowology: Study on Hashirama-Sochi; Equipment In Between ─Transition of Kikugetsutei─ movie “Transition of Kikugetsutei” Kiku…

Window into Another Culture

Veneer House Project a series of projects implemented by Hiroto Kobayashi Laboratory at Keio University SFC propose prototypes of deployable…

A Conversation on Windows and Stories

This is a video of a conversation on windows and stories between architect Hiroshi Hara and contemporary artist Leandro Erlich. Filmed on Ap…

Pleasure of Opening Windows

Part 3 of “The Joys of Making Windows” the serial article by Hiroto Kobayashi Laboratory at Keio University SFC introduces a project of maki…