Omotenashi House is Chiba University's proposal for the 2012 European Solar Decathlon.
Our mission is to create an innovative energy efficient solar powered home that will highlight ecological and social sustainability. Our aim is to revive and utilize Japanese aesthetic and sustainable traditions to produce a home that can suit the needs of the modern context.

読売新聞「エコ住宅国際大会千葉大チーム挑む」"Yomiuri Shimbun" - newspaper article

“Yomiuri Shimbun” – newspaper article

2011年8月13日の読売新聞に記事が掲載されました。
Presentation@PKN

Presentation@PKN

We, Shota Tajima and Gordon Higgins, presented our Omotenashi House at the event called “Pecha Kucha Night (PKN)” in Roppongi on April 27th 2012. We showed 20 slides in English. It was really fun and good opportunity to present the idea in front of audience. For more information please go...
meeting110407@Chiba University

meeting110407@Chiba University

                          In this meeting we decided to solidify the English version of the Omotenashi Concept in English. We had a short presentation highlighting the need for the house. We decided that the house was necessary because of: The...
Model Making

Model Making

We have started our model making. A team of students have been assembled and our boxes have arrived. We hope to have everything done and shipped in the next two weeks which is no simple feat as we’re building two wooden models, one for international and one for Japanese exhibition....
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(日本語) キャラクター候補集まりました!

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The 4th day !

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(日本語) キャラクター絶賛募集中!!!

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The third day

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The second day

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We begun construction of “the Omotenashi-house” !!!

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