Our practice 'MIta intercept' was started to imaginatively open this underground space, which spans many layers into the earth and encompasses the various ages of civilization, as a common space for the public.

As the project name suggests, it is based on our interception into the different ages, societies and distanc- es, born from the multifaceted interactions of people.

'Intercepting history hidden under the ground layers.', 'Intercepting the multiple facets of the campus community.', 'Intercepting modern society through the research into Mita at our academic research facilities.', 'Creating mutual inter- ceptions with the international community and the cyberspace that is connected seamlessly.'

We aim that these intercepts between the distinct but vibrant fragments of history will unravel a new perspective on society as well as innovationize our future.

‘MIta intercept’ also expands into the realm of journalism through the medium of the university's standing signboards. There could not be a more appropriate catalyst or medium than this to trigger the senses of visitors as they cross the border between the real world and the imaginative space.

According to some, this signboard, called "Sticker," originated from signboards restricted in the 1960s but has been evolved with extra mobility as a medium for students to express themselves. The regulation of these standing signboard started at various universities in Tokyo, and it is now subject to further restric- tions under various municipal landscape ordinances, and signboards used as expressive mediums targeted at those off campus are being removed from universities like Kyoto University, Hosei University, and Waseda University.

This project has further innovated these mobile signboards to have multiple boards, which almost resemble people, combined into a single unit to create something like a screen onto which digital media can be projected. This strategy to nonchalantly bypass the restrictions of the era embodies the various cultural contexts and intentions as well as the wills of students, expressed in the shapes of the signboards. This "Sticker", which serves as an avatar to lead people from reality into the imaginative underground space, will surely lead to exposure and unexpected infor- mation, like our discovery of the buried artifacts, ultimately serving as a mode of expression to help facilitate interaction between the campus community and people from outside.