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 […]
Laview Tour by Yoshitaka Tanase (Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA) Saturday, November 6, 2021 @10:00 JST GUIDES: Yoshitaka Tanase is a partner at SANAA (Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA). Yoshitaka has been with SANAA since its founding in 1995 and has contributed to numerous award winning projects. His most recent projects […]
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 […]
AIA Japan YEAR-END EVENT: 2021 END OF YEAR OPEN HOUSE / AWARD CEREMONY SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2021 @14:00 JST AIA Japan invites you to join us for an open house party on Saturday, December, 18th. The open house will be held virtually and an informal gathering. This means that you can come and go as you […]
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 […]
2022 President Club Meeting by Honorary Fellow Council on May 15 AIA Japan President Club meeting was held in KASHIWAYA in the RIVERSIDE POINT. https://www.nihonryouri-kashiwaya.jp/ Noborito is located in the natural scenery of the Tama River and the Tama Hills. The area was formerly used as a lodging for carpenters, plaster, craftsmen, and travelers. Kashiwaya […]
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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