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The Urban and Architectural Ideas of Fumihiko Maki

From the fall semester of the 2021 academic year and funded by industry donations, Keio University SFC began offering the course "Urbanism Ideas and Architecture of Fumihiko Maki" as an archiving activity regarding the work of Fumihiko Maki. In this class, we ask students to study his architectural works and writings based on the following intellectual and noble convictions. The course ties to explore and contemplate Fumihiko Maki’s footsteps as an architect.

Humanism

Development of a language of polyphony and interactivity in urban design through an engagement with civic issues across space and time

Cosmopolitanism

Exchange with the currents of international culture, critical consideration of Japanese design in a global context, and mediation of Modern, regional, and international tendencies in architecture

Collaboration

Creation of an atmosphere of collaboration by limiting the size of the office and project teams and encouraging communication through sketches, drawings, models, and open conversation

Decency

Brought up in the city of Tokyo as a background, the embodiment of refined Japanese culture that seeks modesty and purity

2021
 2022
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Acknowledgements
The archive extends its thanks to the Maki family and Maki and Associates. Many Thanks to the friends and colleagues who have contributed to the ongoing development of this project. 

The Maki Archive and associated research projects are made possible by the generous support of the Takenaka Corporation. 
The archive is based at Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus and led by a team of researchers and assisted by students, advisors, faculty, and allied professionals. The team includes:

Yasushi Ikeda, Project Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance
Hiroto Kobayashi, Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance
Yohko Watanabe, Professor,  Keio University Art Center
Tohru Ohnuma, Project Research Associate, Graduate School of Media and Governance

Don O'Keefe, Part-time Lecturer ( 2021 )
Keio University was founded in 1858 by Yukichi Fukuzawa, a distinguished scholar and champion of social reform and modernization. Keio is the oldest institute of western higher education in Japan and among its most prestigious. 

Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC) is one of 11 Keio University campuses in Tokyo and Kanagawa prefecture, Japan. Fumihiko Maki designed most of the SFC campus, which opened in 1990.