Online+In-Person Event

Online Lecture: history – city – architecture – people: creating living environments by Moriko Kira (Moriko Kira Architect) Friday, May 27, 2022 @ 19:00 - 21:00, JST (18:30 to 19:00: TEST SESSION) AIA Japan's first hybrid lecture was held on May 27 with IAUD and Meiji University. SUMMARY: Since 1992, I am travelling back and […]

Summary Japan fulfilled its massive post war housing demand in a little more than 30 years. Since 1974, the industry changed from speed and ease to “spatiality,” an abstract term invented to sustain production, from which an integrated spatial concept of "inside and outside" developed to the present. Interior spaces are most affected by the […]

Friday, August 2, 19:00-21:00 at Manas Trading Showroom (see map) Join us on Friday, August 2nd, at 19:00 for Mitsuhiro Kanada's lecture titled, "Socially Sustainable Way of Building: Natural Material as Catalyst for Community Engagement." This lecture will be online and in-person at the Manas Trading Showroom in Nakameguro. For those joining use in person, […]

Sharon Prince, Founder, Grace Farms Foundation Special Guests: Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA LECTURE DESCRIPTION: The Design for Freedom movement is raising awareness about the pervasiveness of forced and child labor in the building material supply chain. The built environment continues to be heavily reliant on forced labor. We will explore the risks […]