NATURE IN AND AROUND BUILDING by JUNKO ANAZAWA (ATELIER Fuuchi)

NATURE IN AND AROUND BUILDING
by JUNKO ANAZAWA (ATELIER Fuuchi)

Thursday, September 30, 2021 @19:00 JST (18:30 to 19:00: TEST SESSION)

SUMMARY:
In a country with diverse topography and rich plant community, Japanese have developed human-nature intimacy and unique spatial relationships between buildings, gardens, and landscapes.

Now we live in a society where most people live in dense urban areas and average 90% of time spent indoors.  We are facing the challenge of our time, like other countries globally, how to create a natural environment that is accessible by city dwellers and workers and how to reconstruct human-nature relationships that contribute to physical mental well-being.  Now, nature in and around buildings has become essential. And creating those environments can be achievable by holistic design approaches.

This lecture will share some recently built projects that suggest strong landscape – architecture ties. This will open discussion of how knowledge and expertise of landscape architecture can contribute to the effort of human-centric placemaking that provides health, safety, and welfare for occupants.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER:

Junko Anazawa (Atelier Fuuchi / Principal)

Junko Anazawa was born in 1972 in Tokyo Japan, she received bachelor’s degree in Urban Sociology from Tokyo Women’s Christian University and master’s degree in Landscape Architecture from University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Fine Arts (Current Weitzman School of Design) and went on working for local urban design/planning firms in Seattle, WA.  Since relocating back to Japan in 2004, she has been practicing landscape design at Landscape Design, Inc. and Mitsui Jun and Associates Architect, Inc.  She became independent in 2020, founded Atelier Fuuchi as her own design practice.

Her more than twenty years of professional experience includes single family residential, multi- family residential, hotels, office, and urban master planning projects of both public and private sectors.

Find out more about her work on atelierfuuchi

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
After attending this program, participants will be able to:

1. Understand Japanese garden traditions that provide fundamental views of how people see and relate to nature.
2. Learn how contemporary landscape architecture evolves from traditional garden design/construction practices and considering for a healthy and safe living conditions.
3. Review some urban landscape projects done by close collaboration with architectural design, which aim to provide health, safety, and welfare for users.
4. Familiarize with ‘interior landscaping’ approaches based on biophilic design and the effort to create human-centric spaces that provide healthy living conditions for the welfare of its occupants.

CES:
2.0 LU/HSW for AIA Members