NCARB & You: Practicing architecture in the U.S. by AIA Japan EP committee & NCARB WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 2021 @ 19:00 JST (18:30 TO 19:00: TEST SESSION) SUMMARY: AIA Japan and the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) invite you to a live webinar on the process of obtaining a license to practice architecture […]
online lecture: Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion by Geeta Mehta (Asia Initiatives) Saturday, August 28, 2021 @10:00 JST (09:30 to 10:00: TEST SESSION) SUMMARY: Since architecture and urban design are social acts, she believes that they must have a social purpose. However, the current model of hyper-capitalism is forcing developers and architects to create buildings only […]
Online EVENT: Asahi shuzo virtual tour: One of the World`s Largest Sake Brewery Architecture Tour by CEO of Asahi Shuzo Kazuhiro Sakurai & Jun Mitsui SUMMARY: One of the world's largest sake brewery virtual tour by CEO of Asahi Shuzo. Kazuhiro Sakurai will provide a live architectural tour of the brewery building and the design […]
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 […]
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