Description from Gallery Ma website: Shigenori Uoya has renovated over 120 Kyo-machiya (Kyoto's traditional townhouses) based on his research on the composition of Kyoto and other cities and is engaged in architectural practice focused on the issue of inheriting urban context. In Kyoto, historic cityscapes are on the verge of extinction, with machiya (townhouses) 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, […]
Saturday, September 7, 11:00-13:00 at the Heritage Houses Trust lecture followed by a tour of Sonoda House by Junzo Yoshimura. Lecture Topic: This event includes a lecture on the work of the non-profit organization Heritage Houses Trust and a tour of the Sonoda House, which the Trust was actually involved in preserving. The participants will […]
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 […]
NCARB & You: AIA Japan Join NCARB Assistant Vice President, International Relations, Patricia Ramallo, AIA, NCARB, MBA, CAE, LEED AP BD+C & Homes, for a presentation on a range of licensure topics relevant to students, aspiring architects, supervisors, architects, and people in the architecture profession. The presentation will review the steps necessary to achieve licensure […]
Cero 9 Founder and Principals, Cristina Díaz Moreno & Efrén García Grinda Description Worlding is the term used to review the architectural work and trajectory of Cristina Díaz Moreno and Efrén García Grinda, founders of the Madrid-based architecture studio amid.cero9. As an intellectual design method, worlding implies a particular way of being in the world. […]
Tokyo Metropolitan Area Underground Discharge Channel Tour Join us on Saturday October 26 for a a guided tour of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel, the world’s largest underground flood water diversion facility. The project was built to store the excess stormwater during heavy rains and typhoons to avoid flooding in the low elevation […]
All members welcome.
Join us on Saturday, November 9 for a special lecture in English by onishimaki+hyakudayuki / o+h titled, "Architecture, A Place to be Loved." They will introduce their works and exhibition now on view at Gallery Ma in Tokyo (on view until November 24). The lecture will be held at Shibaura House and will be both […]
Naomi Pollock, FAIA: Exceptional Japanese Houses from 1945 to the Present Join us on November 14 for a lecture by Naomi Pollock, FAIA titles, "Exceptional Japanese Houses from 1945 to the Present." ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== DUE TO VENUE REQUEST, THE LECTURE WILL NOW START AT 18:30. PLEASE TAKE ELEVATOR TO THE 5TH […]
Bonenkai is this Friday, Dec 13 in Aoyama! Members - please let us know you are coming by registering HERE! This event is open to: Members Board and committee members's guests. AIAJ invited guests See you there!
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