This page communicates the participation by students at Parsons School of Design in the 6th LIXIL In
The LIXIL International University Architectural Competition is a design competition hosted by LIXIL JS Foundation. Situated on a site in the Memu Meadows of Taiki-cho, Hokkaido, the competition seeks sustainable architectural solutions from nominative universities around the world. The theme of this year’s competition is “Comfort and Lightness" for the next generation sustainable house in Taiki-C
03/19/2016
Final day of the competition is done: our proposal is carefully wrapped in layers and shipped with love. Congratulations all LIXIL International Student Architectural Competition / LIXIL 国際大学建築コンペ participants on the completion of this exciting journey! We can't wait to see everyone's work and share our own.
03/18/2016
It is with great excitement that the Parsons Team submitted their proposal for the LIXIL International Student Competition! We are all enjoying a moment of reflection on the design process.
03/15/2016
Sharing with you our last final presentation slide that we had with guest critics. Just 3 days left!
03/15/2016
Last week of the competition and final discussions on the design! We can't wait to share with you the result!
02/29/2016
Coming back to Italo Calvino's essay, "Six Memo's for the Next Millennium" the first of which is on lightness.
02/13/2016
02/13/2016
Parsons LIXIL Team's first milestone presentation with guest critics to open up even broader discussion on mobility and Japanese culture with professionals from the field.
02/03/2016
Parsons LIXIL Team's last meeting on planning and stargazing the process to design a home of Comfort and Lightness.
Parsons LIXIL Team Charette < / >
A 10 hour period of intensive design development, collaboration, feedback, mental / physical exertion and innovative project proposals.
01/29/2016
The Parsons / LIXIL International Student Architectural Competition team is embarking on a 4 month exploration of what "Comfort + Lightness" are for the 21st century sustainable home. Ideas of mobility at the site, building and body scale, daylight harvesting and a connection to natural systems are at the forefront of our initial concept development.