PRODUCT TO PLANET by Leon Rost, AIA (BIG) Thursday, September 16, 2021 @19:00 JST (18:30 to 19:00: TEST SESSION) SUMMARY: From hand-held product to a city-building scale, Leon demonstrates how wood can be an integral aspect of a concept design, and carry through into execution. Google projects in California and London deploy mass timber as […]
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 […]
The Future of Carbon Neutral Design by Junko Nakagawa (Atelier Ten) Thursday, October 21, 2021 @19:00 JST (18:30 to 19:00: TEST SESSION) SUMMARY: As the urgency to address climate change and halt greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) continues to grow, designers have a responsibility to make smart design decisions to minimize their buildings’ GHG emissions. The […]
Search Term by Shohei Shigematsu (OMA) Saturday, November 20, 2021 @10:00 JST (9:30 TO 10:00: TEST SESSION) ABOUT THE LECTURER: Shohei Shigematsu (OMA / Partner) Shohei Shigematsu is a Partner of OMA and the Director of its New York office. Sho was born in 1973 in Fukuoka. After graduating from the Department of Architecture, Faculty […]
Kadokawa Culture Museum, architecture in a new era that transcends binary opposition by Suguru Watanabe & Keiko Onohara (kengo kuma & associates) Saturday, November 27, 2021 @10:00 JST (9:30 TO 10:00: TEST SESSION) SUMMARY: Tokorozawa Sakura Town has various programs and technologies such as a book manufacturing factory using digital technology, a distribution warehouse, an […]
President Club Virtual Meeting by Honorary Fellow Council on February 10th On February 5th, The Annual AIA Japan (AIAJ) President Club Meeting was held via zoom again this year due to rapid spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus. The total cases reached 95,453 throughout Japan on February 5th. The meeting was an AIAJ`s […]
Online Lecture: The role of architecture in realizing carbon neutrality by Shin-ichi Tanabe (Waseda university) Thursday, March 17, 2022 @19:00 JST (18:30 to 19:00: TEST SESSION) SUMMARY: Shin-ichi Tanabe, Professor at the Department of Architecture, Waseda University will address issues on carbon neutrality in the field of architecture from a global perspective. In Japan, 91% […]
Online Lecture: Your Home & Your Health: Understanding Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) at Home by James Scott Brew (Nikken Sekkei) Saturday, April 23, 2022 @10:00 JST (09:30 to 10:00: TEST SESSION) SUMMARY: The air in your home is likely much worse than the air outside. Given how much time we spend at home, this can […]
Online Lecture: Possibilities of In-Between Space by Ken Tadashi Oshima (The University of Washington) Saturday, May 7, 2022 10:00 - 12:00JST (9:30 - 10:00 is a test session) SUMMARY: This talk examines architectural design processes between Japan and a global constellation of creators, cultures and contexts through time and space. Notions of translation will be […]
Online Lecture: Seeing green, Doing green: Biophilic Design and Environmentally-Responsible Behaviors by Erin M. Hamilton (Texas Tech University) ＆ Anne Herndon (Lake | Flato) Saturday, July 16, 2022 @ 10:00 - 12:00, JST (09:30 to 10:00: TEST SESSION) SUMMARY: The challenge of global climate change necessitates interdisciplinary problem solving. In the built environment sector, the […]
Online Lecture: Creating a Forest in the City: Pioneering Wood Structure in Architecture by Kazuyoshi Kimura (Shelter Inc.) FRIDAY, OCT 28, 2022 19:00 - 21:00JST (18:30 - 19:00 is a test session) BIO: Kazuyoshi Kimura, Chairman and Founder of Shelter Inc. Graduated from the Department of Architecture, Ashikaga Institute of Technology in1972. In 1973, he […]
Connecting the Dots: Creating Resilient Communities through Transition Design Friday, February 24, 2023 19:00 - 21:00 Christian Dimmer is Associate-Professor for Urban Studies at Waseda University’s School of International Liberal Studies (SILS). He graduated with honours from the inter-disciplinary Spatial and Environmental Planning program of the Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. Christian earned his PhD […]
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