AIA Japan

Toto Gallery Ma Exhibition visit with Hirokazu Suemitsu SUEP. “Harvest In Architecture”
2022-09-03 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | 東京都
In-Person Event:
Toto Gallery Ma Exhibition visit with Hirokazu Suemitsu SUEP. “Harvest In Architecture”
SATURDAY, september 3, 2022 10:00 ~ 11:45 JST
Program Synopsis
Mr. Hirokazu Suemitsu, principal architect of SUEP., will give AIAJ members an exclusive tour of his very popular exhibition “Harvest in Architecture” at the Toto Gallery Ma. This exhibition presents their unique view of sustainability and global environment through recent works and research.
SUEP. is an architect unit working internationally out of offices in Tokyo and Fukuoka. Making the Earth’s environment their primary focus, they have been utilizing simulation technology to study the behavior of natural elements such as wind and heat to develop environmental building designs for a new age where architecture exists symbiotically with nature through cycling energy and resources.
Language
The visit will be conducted in English. We encourage questions and hope to have interesting discussions.
CES:
2.0 LU/HSW
Venue: TOTO GALLERY·MA
3F, TOTO Nogizaka Bldg., 1-24-3 Minamiaoyama, Minato, Tokyo, Japan 107-0062 (1-minute walk from Exit 3 of Nogizaka Station on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line) TEL: 03-3402-1010
Registration Fee: Free
Organizer: AIA Japan
Description of the exhibition from the Toto Gallery Ma website:
TOTO GALLERY·MA is pleased to present the exhibition Harvest in Architecture by SUEP. (Hirokazu Suemitsu and Yoko Suemitsu).
What distinguishes SUEP. is the way they view architecture as an instrument for activating ecological processes. By focusing on natural features such as topography, groundwater systems, vegetation, and ecosystems and studying the action of wind, heat, and water with simulations to inform their designs, they have been working to construct buildings that integrate circular resource flows. Through taking a tolerant approach towards nature, they aim to enable people to enjoy the blessings of the Earth while contributing towards realizing a society where this can be done in a sustainable fashion. Additionally, they value the importance of enhancing the livability of buildings not only by improving functional performance but also by sharing with residents, users, and community members the joy of taking part in the circular flows.
The exhibition’s title, Harvest in Architecture, is an expression of the architects’ gratitude for being able to harvest the fruits of the Earth every day and also of their commitment to help ensure that we can continue doing so. The show will feature their research and investigations and shed light on how they have been connecting their findings to their circular building designs.
One could describe SUEP.’s work as a series of attempts to forge a new future by connecting architecture with our planet. What role can architects play in the effort to sustain the rich blessings of the Earth through coexisting with nature rather than exploiting it one-sidedly? The architects will put their ideas and experimentations on full display through this exhibition.
TOTO GALLERY･MA

Seeing green, Doing green: Biophilic Design and Environmentally-Responsible Behaviors by Erin M. Hamilton (Texas Tech University) ＆ Anne Herndon (Lake | Flato)
2022-07-16 10:00 - 12:00
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 pursuit of sustainability requires not only constructing and maintaining a green building, but ensuring that we consider how best to support the green behaviors of occupants within these buildings. On the university campus, green buildings are especially positioned to serve as places of environmental education and in turn, occupant awareness of green building features supports environmentally responsible behaviors (ERBs).
This project explores how occupants interpret the sustainability of two LEED certified buildings at the Universities at Shady Grove in the U.S. state of Maryland. The design of the first, the LEED Platinum Biomedical Sciences and Engineering Education Facility by Lake|Flato Architects & Cooper Carry, incorporated biophilic intent, while that of the second, a LEED Gold building, did not. In other words, the LEED Platinum building looks like a sustainable building, whereas the sustainability of the LEED Gold building could easily be missed. This mixed-methods study involves an online survey of building occupants, photograph-based methods, and follow-up interviews with a subset of occupants. The outcomes of this work contribute theoretically to our understanding of how to support and promote ERBs within green buildings. The integration of nature and natural analogues into the built environment through biophilic design promotes both physical and psychological well-being. This project aims to lay the foundation for discussing the role of biophilic design in promoting both personal and planetary well-being.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
After attending this program, attendees will be able to:

Generate examples of the 14 Patterns of Biophilia in practice.
Identify high-impact green building and biophilic features that communicate sustainable design to building occupants.
Understand how biophilic design elements contribute to the creation of a restorative environment.
Identify opportunities for leveraging built architectural works to collect post-occupancy data about occupant perception and behavior.

CES:
2.0 LU/HSW
watch recorded video

Visit GA Houses Project 2022
2022-06-04 11:00 - 13:00
Visit GA Houses Project 2022
Yumiko Yamada (aia Japan)
Saturday, June 4, 2022 @ 11:00 JST
AIA Japan’s first face-to-face event of the year!
SUMMARY:
The GA Houses Project is an annual exhibition featuring over 51 ongoing residential projects around the world. AIA Japan Event Committee reserved the GA Gallery and bookshop on Saturday, June 4 for a private visit for AIA Japan members and friends. Nobuhiro Kitazawa, principal of Office of Nobuhiro Kitazawa, and Kurumi Inaba from Office of Ryue Nishizawa presented their house projects. After the presentation, the attendees had a discussion with the presenters and had lunch with everyone.
Hosted by Yumiko Yamada, 2022 AIAJ Secretary / Event Committee Chair / Partner of Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA

history – city – architecture – people: creating living environments by Moriko Kira (Moriko Kira Architect)
2022-05-27 19:00 - 21:00
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 forth between Amsterdam and Tokyo.
It is my pleasure to be active be in the countries with completely different culture.
The Netherlands has a strong history of city planning and architecture since sixteenth century and as architect, either working on historic or new building, you are always aware of the relationship between city and architecture and its history. How people live together changes and architecture always reacts to these changes. The aging society, the polarization and diversification of society and the weakening ties of families and communities…. There are so many questions where we architects could try to give answers by creating new living environments.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
After attending this program, attendees will be able to:

Explore the urban development of city of Amsterdam and how it has kept the quality of urban structure and architecture that sustain the health, safety and welfare of its residents.
Identify qualities of Amsterdam which support the sense of belonging to the surrounding.
Describe what are the important conditions of urban design to enhance the welfare of its residents including diversity and the inclusiveness.
Compare the nature of Bottom-Up developments and name the important conditions to nurture the mutual communications and support.
Identify the important roles of Bottom-Up organizations to succeed in creating healthy and safe living environment.

CES:
2.0 LU/HSW Pending for approval

Possibilities of In-Between Space by Ken Tadashi Oshima (The University of Washington)
2022-05-07 10:00 - 12:00
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 explored as a dynamic, creative process of transformation through examples ranging from Frank Lloyd Wright’s Imperial Hotel in comparison to his Midway Gardens design in Chicago, to the work of contemporary architects from Kengo Kuma to RCR and beyond.!
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
After attending this program, participants will be able to:

Describe building design strategies for international projects with differing site conditions.
Discuss the translation of design ideas in various cultural frameworks between various countries including Japan and the United States.
Describe design construction processes with varying building code regulations.
Describe lessons learned from post-occupancy evaluation of historic structures.

This lecture is the first one of two lectures that AIA Japan and I-AUD, Meiji University jointly host for Spring Semester 2022: https://iaud.jp/news/post-2022-05-02-233338/

2022 President Club Meeting
2022-05-05 12:00 - 15:00
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 was founded in the 1830s on the Kutsukui Kado, which passed through Noborito, and has been operating daily with the support of local people, inheriting traditional freshwater fish dishes. In 2019, it was moved to the Tama Riverside.
Participants
2022 – Ar. Tomoaki Tanaka, AIA
2021 – Ar. Segene Park AIA
2020 – Ar. Leo Nishimura, Int’l Assoc. AIA
2019 – Ar. Akira Nakamura AIA
2018 – Ar. Daishi Yoshimoto AIA
2017 – Ar. Scott Gold AIA
2015 – Ar. Richard Moriwaki AIA
2014 – Ar. Yasuyuki Sakurai AIA

Your Home & Your Health: Understanding Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) at Home by James Scott Brew (Nikken Sekkei)
2022-04-23 10:00 - 12:00
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 be bad for your health. This session will focus on an introduction to indoor air quality at home, why you should care about it, and what to do if your air needs improvement. In addition to identifying the most common sources of pollution in homes, the speaker will use stories of serious health impacts from common toxins and chemicals that happened to 3 architects—2 of whom he knows personally. The speaker will also introduce his personal air quality education journey and how he monitors air quality in his Tokyo home, as well as how to mitigate some of the common problems that most homes have.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
After attending this program, attendees will be able to:

Identify at least three (3) indoor air quality (IAQ) pollutants.
Explain the relationship between air quality and health.
Describe three (3) strategies to improve the IAQ in your home.
Explore tragic stories of personal health impacts from common household sources.

CES:
2.0 LU/HSW Pending for approval

The role of architecture in realizing carbon neutrality by Shin-ichi Tanabe (Waseda university)
2022-03-17 19:00 - 21:00
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% of greenhouse gasses are CO2, and 85% of it originates from energy use. Issues around energy efficiency, demand side management, renewable energy, and embodied carbon will be discussed.
In the latter half of the lecture, James Scott Brew, a member of AIA Japan and the Continuing Education System committee will join the crosstalk. After James briefly addresses his perspective on issues in response to Professor Tanabe`s lecture, they will explore together, with audience participation, what architects and architectural engineers can do for the future society.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
After attending this program, attendees will be able to:

Identify at least three (3) current global issues on carbon neutrality.
Explain what is required in the architecture field to resolve the carbon neutral issues.
Describe three (3) important strategies for the resolutions focusing on Japan.
Explore what architects and architectural engineers can do for the future society during the interactive crosstalk.

CES:
2.0 LU/HSW

President Club Virtual Meeting
2022-02-10 19:00 - 21:00
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 friendly tradition for giving advice from the past presidents to the newly elected president. During the meeting, 2022 AIAJ President Tomoaki Tanaka and eight former AIAJ presidents discussed AIA Japan and AIA International`s 2022 schedule, concerns about the architectural organizations in Japan, facilitating International Associate member engagement, supporting emerging professionals, and etc.
Tomoaki said he would take advice and promised that if the situation improved, he would arrange the face to face Presidents’ Club meeting.

AIA Japan YEAR-END EVENT: 2021 END OF YEAR OPEN HOUSE / AWARD CEREMONY
2021-12-18 14:00 - 18:00
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 want and don’t feel obligated to stay for the entire event. During the open house, there will be the 2021 AIA Japan Design Award Ceremony followed by a short presentation of the winners. We hope to see you in our year-end event with the rest of our friends. We are pretty sure that with your presence, our very special day would be perfect.
The open house will be held virtually and an informal gathering. This means that you can come and go as you want and don’t feel obligated to stay for the entire event. During the open house, there will be the 2021 AIA Japan Design Award Ceremony followed by a short presentation of the winners.
SCHEDULE:

1st Half (2 hours)

Introduction: hosted by Segene Park, AIA, 2021 AIA Japan President

President short speech
Year-end report

Design Award Ceremony: hosted by George Kunihiro, FAIA, 2021 AIA Japan Design Award Committee Chair / 2016 AIAJ President

Jury members` comments
Design award ceremony
Award winner presentation
Shortlisted project slide show

Certificate of Appreciation Ceremony: hosted by Segene Park, AIA

Recognition for Outstanding Contribution to AIA Japan

Introduction of 2022 AIA Japan Officers: hosted by Segene Park, AIA

Announce officer`s name
2022 AIA Japan President short speech

Announcement for Year-End: hosted by Segene Park, AIA

Sanbon-jime (三本締め), which consists of three ippon-jime, i.e. three sets of three claps and one final clap (3-3-3-1 3-3-3-1 3-3-3-1)
Learn about a Japanese custom of ceremonial rhythmic hand clapping: click Here

2nd Half (1 hour – )

Casual Session: hosted by George Kunihiro, FAIA

Social gathering hosted by noted architect and educator, George Kunihiro, FAIA
Watch AIAJ event unseen scenes And deleted scenes
New Year message from AIA Japan

Kadokawa Culture Museum, architecture in a new era that transcends binary opposition by Suguru Watanabe & Keiko Onohara (kengo kuma & associates)
2021-11-27 10:00 - 12:00
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 office, an event hall linked to animation culture, a hotel, a retail store, Musashino Reiwa Shrine, and a seamlessly integrated library and museum. It is a city where people “participate” and “create”, connecting with the surrounding area. Introducing the Kadokawa Culture Museum, which symbolizes the most diversity of in Tokorozawa Sakura Town, with a focus on design.
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
Suguru Watanabe (Kengo Kuma & Associates / Partner)
Suguru Watanabe joined Kengo Kuma & Associates in 2005. He is involved in designing not only domestic and overseas architectural projects of various sizes, but also furniture, graphics, video, products, etc. At Tokorozawa Sakura Town, he is in charge of design supervision of the entire exterior, Kadokawa Culture Museum, Musashino Reiwa Shrine, and landscape.
Keiko Onohara (Kengo Kuma & Associates / Designing Staff)
Keiko Onohara joined Kengo Kuma & Associates in 2018. She was in charge of interior design of Kadokawa Culture Museum.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
After attending this program, participants will be able to:

Through practice at the Kadokawa Culture Museum, we will discover how architectural design connects regions, people, and culture.
We will explain the “stone” that is a feature of the exterior design of the Kadokawa Culture Museum, and clarify the differences from the conventional stone architecture and the visual effects obtained.
We will find the possibility of how the concept of modern diversity such as “mixture of high culture and low culture” can be made into architecture, by taking the spatial composition of the museum.
We will introduce new information provision methods (software) and bookshelves (hardware) that we have tried at the library, and clarify the differences from conventional libraries.

CES:
2.0 LU for AIA Members

Search Term by Shohei Shigematsu (OMA)
2021-11-20 10:00 - 12:00
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 of Engineering of Kyushu University, he moved to the Netherlands to join OMA in 1998. Since joining, he was appointed as Director of OMA New York in 2006 and became a Partner in 2008.
He has recently completed the Audrey Irmas Pavilion for a historic Jewish Temple in Los Angeles, the renovation of Sotheby’s New York headquarters, luxury high-rise towers in San Francisco and Miami, and OMA’s first ground-up building in New York City, a residential complex at 121 East 22nd Street. Sho has successfully completed designs for cultural venues including the Quebec National Beaux Arts Museum and the Faena Arts Center in Miami Beach. Currently in progress are the expansion of Buffalo’s Albright-Knox-Gundlach Art Museum, a new building for the New Museum in New York, and an underwater sculpture park in Miami Beach. Sho has also designed exhibitions for Prada, the Venice Architecture Biennale, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Park Avenue Armory, and Dior’s first US retrospective. His urban and public space designs include an integrated mixed-use village masterplan for Facebook in Menlo Park and a post-Hurricane Sandy urban water strategy for New Jersey.
He oversees OMA’s projects in Japan, including Coach’s Omotesando flagship, a newly completed Tenjin Business Center in Fukuoka (2021) and Toranomon Hills Station Tower, mixed-use high-rise in Tokyo for Mori Building Co, Ltd. (2023). Sho has been a visiting professor at Cornell University Graduate School of Architecture (AAP), Columbia University GSAPP and Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) and now since 2021, he was appointed as Professor at Human Environment Studies, and Director of Built Environment Center with Art & Technology (BeCAT), Kyushu University.
CES:
2.0 LU for AIA Members

Laview Tour by Yoshitaka Tanase (Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA)
2021-11-06 10:00 - 12:00
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 are La Samaritaine department store in Paris, and the new Bocconi Campus in Milan, a LEED platinum educational facility and urban park.
Yumiko Yamada, partner at SANAA and 2021 Program and Event Committee chair will also be present.
SUMMARY:
Experience Laview, the Seibu Railway limited express train designed by Kazuyo Sejima. With its smooth geometry, oversized windows, and unique exterior finish, riding Laview feels close to nature and is a very special experience.
Yoshitaka Tanase, the lead designer of Laview will guide AIA Japan on a special tour explaining the design and process. The visit will start with a tour at the Seibu garage followed by a ride to beautiful Chichibu area on Laview.
This event is limited to 20pp for AIA Japan, ULI Japan, and JIA International Relations Committee Members.
AIAJ will send a invitation to members. Children are welcome if accompanied by an adult. Please indicate number of people including children on registration form.
For more information on the train, please visit the Seibu website: seiburailway.jp
SCHEDULE:

10:00 Meet at Kotesashi Station
10:00 Introduce guide + the day’s schedule
10:15 Walk to Laview Garage
10:30 Visit Garage seiburailway.jp
12:00 Walk to Kotesashi Station
12:24 Train to Tokorozawa Station
12:30 Arrival Tokorozawa Station
12:30 Buffer time (toilet break, etc) = Obento to eat on the train
12:51 Laview ride
13:11 People who want to get off at Hanno Station can do so but the great views are from here to Chichibu.
13:47 Arrival Chichibu (event ends) Chichibu Travel Guide

IMPORTANT NOTES:

Masks covering nose and mouth are required at all times.
Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
We will walk from to and from the station to Seibu garage. Please wear comfortable shoes.
This event will conclude at Chichibu Station. Visitors are free to take any train back to Tokyo.
This visit will not include food or drinks. There will be time to purchase snacks prior to boarding the train.
Train tickets to and from Chichibu will be paid by AIA Japan.

CES:
2.0 LU for AIA Members

The Future of Carbon Neutral Design by Junko Nakagawa (Atelier Ten)
2021-10-21 19:00 - 21:00
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 steps to designing a carbon-smart building are two-fold: minimize embodied carbon and bring operational carbon to zero. This session will look at the holistic carbon profile of the built environment and the cutting-edge tools and processes that design teams can use to design carbon out of their projects.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Ar. Junko Nakagawa (Atelier Ten New York / Associate Director)
As an Associate Director at Atelier Ten and an experienced sustainable design consultant and architect, Junko possesses a strong interest in collaborative work with architects and design clients on high-performance building projects and masterplans. Her diverse range of experience includes past work on academic buildings, cultural and institutional structures, performing arts centers, high-rise commercial buildings, and master planning projects, with a particular focus on international projects.
Junko received her Master of Architecture degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
After attending this program, participants will be able to:

Understand the relationship between embodied and operational GHG emissions, and the design process for reducing each.
Incorporate the process for smart embodied carbon design by understanding critical project milestones, types of analysis, and key stakeholders involved at each stage.
Understand the necessity of using hourly GHG emissions data vs a single annual value in predicting GHG emissions and reductions.
Apply the methodologies and processes for reducing embodied and operational GHG emissions to their own design work and/or energy analysis practice.

CES:
2.0 LU/HSW for AIA Members

NATURE IN AND AROUND BUILDING by JUNKO ANAZAWA (ATELIER Fuuchi)
2021-09-30 19:00 - 21:00
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 live in dense urban areas and average 90% of time spent indoors. We are facing the challenge of our time, like other countries globally, how to create a natural environment that is accessible by city dwellers and workers and how to reconstruct human-nature relationships that contribute to physical mental well-being. Now, nature in and around buildings has become essential. And creating those environments can be achievable by holistic design approaches.
This lecture will share some recently built projects that suggest strong landscape – architecture ties. This will open discussion of how knowledge and expertise of landscape architecture can contribute to the effort of human-centric placemaking that provides health, safety, and welfare for occupants.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
Junko Anazawa (Atelier Fuuchi / Principal)
Junko Anazawa was born in 1972 in Tokyo Japan, she received bachelor’s degree in Urban Sociology from Tokyo Women’s Christian University and master’s degree in Landscape Architecture from University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Fine Arts (Current Weitzman School of Design) and went on working for local urban design/planning firms in Seattle, WA. Since relocating back to Japan in 2004, she has been practicing landscape design at Landscape Design, Inc. and Mitsui Jun and Associates Architect, Inc. She became independent in 2020, founded Atelier Fuuchi as her own design practice.
Her more than twenty years of professional experience includes single family residential, multi- family residential, hotels, office, and urban master planning projects of both public and private sectors.
Find out more about her work on atelierfuuchi
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
After attending this program, participants will be able to:

Understand Japanese garden traditions that provide fundamental views of how people see and relate to nature.
Learn how contemporary landscape architecture evolves from traditional garden design/construction practices and considering for a healthy and safe living conditions.
Review some urban landscape projects done by close collaboration with architectural design, which aim to provide health, safety, and welfare for users.
Familiarize with ‘interior landscaping’ approaches based on biophilic design and the effort to create human-centric spaces that provide healthy living conditions for the welfare of its occupants.

CES:
2.0 LU/HSW for AIA Members

PRODUCT TO PLANET by Leon Rost, AIA (BIG)
2021-09-16 19:00 - 21:00
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 structural complement to steel and concrete systems, and as a carbon-sequestering complement to green and PV roofs. Zooming out to a global perspective, we explore how mass timber fits in to a sustainable master plan for our planet, and investigate the potential of robotic manufacturing on mass timber construction.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Ar. Leon Rost, AIA (BIG / Partner)
Leon Rost began his collaboration with Bjarke Ingels in 2005 at PLOT in Copenhagen. After completing architectural studies at California Polytechnic University, Leon worked with renowned offices in Japan, Scandinavia, and Portugal on a variety of cultural, residential and master planning projects. Leon joined BIG with the launch of the New York office in 2011, and in 2018 he became a Partner, leading a range of projects with a focus on sustainability, technology, and the public realm. Currently, Leon is leading the design of the competition-winning Johns Hopkins University Student Center, the Oakland A’s ballpark masterplan, Google’s visionary campus and headquarter buildings with over 3 million SF currently under construction, as well as Woven City, Toyota’s prototype city of the future.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
After attending this program, participants will be able to:

An understanding of how mass timber was used as a complimentary system to an overall building structural system and sustainability narrative.
An example of CLT slabs used as trays for leave-in formwork and balustrade in the Google Charleston East project.
An example of timber mullions used at unprecedented scale in the Google London project.
The potential of robotic mass timber construction using manufacturing technology.

CES:
2.0 LU/HSW for AIA Members

Asahi shuzo virtual tour: One of the World`s Largest Sake Brewery Architecture Tour by CEO of Asahi Shuzo Kazuhiro Sakurai & Jun Mitsui
2021-09-11 10:00 - 12:00
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 of the bridge by Kengo Kuma & Associates. In addition to the virtual tour, there will be a short presentation on the design of the Asahi Shuzo New York Brewery by Jun Mitsui.
How can the modern facilities help produce high-end sake, temperature control and ventilation systems compared to the traditional Sake Breweries? How does high technology improve its building performance? The brewery requires a lot of manpower, and needs a lot of space to craft quality sake, while being located deep in the mountains which also improves the sustainability of the facilities and decreases energy consumption.
The virtual tour takes the audience to a new bridge. After suffering from heavy rains several years ago which destroyed the bridge in front of the brewery. Kengo Kuma has designed a new bridge with wooden structure rather than a concrete structure that improves physical, emotional, and social well-being of users
This event is an informal discussion about architecture and design for breweries, and modern sake brewery buildings, with sake toasts starting right after the virtual tour and presentation.
Learning Objectives

Understand the modern brewery that saves energy consumption and decreases the carbon footprint of the facilities compared to the traditional brewery. Explaining the modern building mechanical system for improving indoor air quality as the brewery cannot allow any air contaminants.
Demonstrate how natural materials used in bridges can improve the safety of users in relation to the seismic activities in Japan.
How does the natural surroundings of the site around the facilities improve physical, emotional, social well-being of users, and sustainability.
The strategies that promote human health and happiness, the traditional Japanese building look alike New York sake brewery uses natural wooden materials and provide unique cultural opportunities to the neighborhood.

OVERSEAS PARTICIPANTS:
Asahi Shuzo provided sake samplers to AIA Japan, ULI Japan, JIA IR Committee memberships with request.
Click here to find out the list of Asahi Shuzo’s overseas partner websites.
Asahi Shuzo website: here
Dassai Joel Robuchon in Paris, France: Click here
About Joel Robuchon: Through his various restaurants, including the newly awarded 3-star rating for his restaurant in Singapore, he accumulated a total of 32 Michelin Guide stars – the most of any chef in the world. Click here for more about Joel.
« Japanese table art never ceases to amaze me — especially the way the tableware changes with the seasons »
J.Robuchon
« French cuisine pairs almost better with sake than with wine ! »
J.Robuchon
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Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion by Geeta Mehta (Asia Initiatives)
2021-08-28 10:00 - 12:00
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 with the financial bottom line in mind. This is depleting the social and ecological capital of communities and cities. Geeta will discuss how cities and neighborhoods can be designed to strengthen the social capital of communities. Good design should promote equity, diversity and inclusion. Housing, infrastructure and public spaces can be designed to empower every one, irrespective of income, age and gender, to achieve their potential. Geeta is a strong advocate for triple-bottom-line accounting for all large architectural, urban design, and infrastructure projects. Besides the environment impact statement required before projects are approved, she also proposes a requirement for social impact statements. She will discuss how the focus on Social Capital leads to increase in financial and ecological capital also, and happiness.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
After participating in this lecture-discussion, attendees will be able to:

Learn about the impact architecture and urban design can have on equity, diversity and inclusivity.
Learn about triple bottom line accounting for projects to strengthen social, ecological and financial capital outcomes.
Learn about good and bad examples of the built environment, and their outcomes for communities.
Learn about and from ‘social engineering’ projects in Japanese and Western history

CES:
2.0 LU/HSW for AIA Members

NCARB & You: Practicing architecture in the U.S.
2021-07-21 19:00 - 21:00
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 in a U.S. jurisdiction.
Did you study architecture, or are you already licensed to practice architecture outside the U.S.? Join Harry M. Falconer, Jr., FAIA, NCARB, HonD, Hon. FCARM, Vice President of Experience + Education, and Patricia Ramallo, AIA, NCARB, CAE, Senior Manager of Experience + Education, for an overview of the licensure process –including the education, experience, and examination requirements.
Topics will include:

Architecture Practice in the U.S.
Organizations supporting the licensure process
Path to licensure and alternative options for foreign applicants
How to progress successfully through the Architectural Experience Program® (AXP®)
What to expect with the Architect Registration Examination® (ARE®)
Value of the NCARB Certificate

A Q&A session will follow the presentation. NCARB representatives will also remain online to help address specific questions on an individual basis.

Reverence for Nature, Passion for Precision: What can we learn from Japan's mechanical doll making tradition? by JAMES LAMBIASI, AIA
2021-07-16 19:00 - 21:00
ONLINE EVENT:
Reverence for Nature, Passion for Precision: What can we learn from Japan’s mechanical doll making tradition?
by JAMES LAMBIASI, AIA
FRIDAY, JULY 16, 2021 @ 19:00 JST (18:30 TO 19:00: TEST SESSION)
SUMMARY:
It is a pleasure to be invited to be a presenter for AIA Japan’s informal discussion series. As our discussion topic, I would like to present excerpts of a NHK documentary in which I was involved, tracing the relationship of Japan’s mechanical doll “karakuri ningyo” making tradition to its technological prowess in manufacturing we know today. While my experience in producing this documentary provided many enlightening experiences which I would like to share, it brought up just as many questions that I hope to ponder together. For example, are there characteristics of Japanese tradition and culture that influence the relationship between humans, nature, and the technology produced? As architects, are there lessons here that we can also connect back to our own discipline? I don’t have the answers! But I hope this will be an opportunity to share opinions and experiences regarding this topic. I am looking forward to seeing you then.
– Jim
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
James Lambiasi AIA has been a practicing architect and critic in Tokyo for 26 years. He is the principal of James Lambiasi Architect, serves as a visiting lecturer at Shibaura University and Temple University Japan Campus, and acts as an independent business consultant for Japanese projects executed by the American architectural firm Pickard Chilton. He is a contributing architectural critic for the online publication Artscape Japan, and has hosted eight episodes of the NHK television series “Journeys in Japan” which focuses on architecture in Japan. He is a founding member of the AIA Japan Chapter, and served as its President in 2008.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Understand the evolution of technology in Japan, from traditional crafts to the advanced technological global status Japan has today.
Understand cultural and religious aspects of Japan that influence outlook on nature.
Understand traditions in Japanese architecture that relate to its simultaneous reverence for nature and passion for precision.
Understand how cultural traditions that shape Japanese craft pervade into the discipline of construction and influence modern architectural design today.

CES:
2.0 LU for AIA Members

Tokyo the Story Behind by George Kunihiro, FAIA
2021-06-26 10:00 - 12:00
Tokyo the Story Behind
by George Kunihiro, FAIA
Saturday, June 26, 2021 @10:00 JST (9:30 to 10:00: TEST SESSION)
SUMMARY:
Focus of the presentation will be on the chronology and the critical issues which affected the Japan’s involvement…
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Ar. George Kunihiro, FAIA (Kokushikan University / Professor)
George Kunihiro, FAIA, is a noted architect / educator. He is a Professor of Architecture at the Kokushikan University in Tokyo, Japan. He has also held a teaching position at Harvard University, Yale University and Columbia University in the United States and Methodius University in Macedonia.
Professor Kunihiro received Master of Architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design and Bachelor of Arts from the University of California / Berkeley. In 1980, Professor Kunihiro began his private practice in San Francisco. Subsequently, he opened his office in Los Angeles and New York and designed numerous projects in the United States and in Japan. In 1997, Professor Kunihiro moved his base to Asia. Since his arrival back in Tokyo, he has maintained an international architectural practice, and as an academic, continues his research on the modern heritage in the contemporary Asian society.
Professor Kunihiro has received numerous international recognitions including the Presidential Medals from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and from Federacion de Colegios de Arquitectos de Mexico in recognition of significant contribution to the field of architecture. He was also selected to the 11the Annual Space Design Review in 1992, and received the Japan Commercial Environmental Design Award in 1993. In 2008, “2@5”, a residence in Tokyo, was selected in the JIA Architect of the Year Annual.
Professor Kunihiro has been active in promoting the profession and research in Asia. From 2011 to 2012, He served as the President of the Architects Regional Council Asia (ARCASIA), an organization of 21 national institutes of architects in Asia. He is currently the Vice Chairman of mAAN (modern Asian Architecture Network), an organization working to conserve and to revitalize the 20the Century Asian heritage. With mAAN, Professor Kunihiro has organized international workshops on cultural and industrial heritage in China, Indonesia and Turkey. In 2009, he was elevated to the College of Fellows. In 2011, he was appointed Visiting Professor at prestigious Tsinghua University in Beijing, PRC, where was a Senior Visiting Scholar in 2013. In the same year, Professor Kunihiro served on the National Board of the AIA as the as International Director, and in 2014-15, as a Member of the Strategic Council. In 2012, Professor Kunihiro was appointed the Commissioner of the Longquan International Bamboo Architecture Biennale to coordinates the community design of a local village in Zhejiang Province, PRC. From 2016-2017 Professor Kunihiro was on the Board of Directors on the International Region of the AIA. In 2017, he was appointed as an Advisor to the President of the ARCASIA. He has also been a member on various international juries and lectured widely on the subject of modern architecture, heritage revitalization and urban design.
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Collective Identity | Singular Curiosity: Three Years, Six Projects by COLIN KOOP (SOM)
2021-06-19 11:00 - 13:00
Collective Identity | Singular Curiosity: Three Years, Six Projects
by COLIN KOOP (SOM)
Saturday, JUNE 19, 2021 @10:00 JST
SUMMARY:
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Colin Koop, a Design Partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP
Colin Koop is a design partner in SOM’s New York office. Throughout his 18 years at the firm, Koop has developed a broad body of work defined by a strong social conscience, a research-driven and collaborative approach, and purpose-built results. Koop begins the design process by seeking to understand the unique qualities of a place; his goal is to find modes of expression that embody context, while charting new, ambitious paths forward. His emphasis on systematic thinking is tempered with a concern for an individual’s experience of the completed work—an approach that reconciles scientific thinking with a humanist point of view. Focused on the challenges facing our planet, Koop seeks to address the disruptive impact of technology, the effects of climate change, shifts in regional and global culture, the importance of preserving the past, and the need to create a more equitable world. He has extensive experience in a diverse array of project types, including education, transportation, high-rise, and urban planning. His projects span the globe, with work completed or underway in China, India, the Middle East, North America, and South America. He recently designed the New Futura residential towers in Singapore. In the U.S., he is currently working on the new Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and 4 Hudson Square, a new headquarters for The Walt Disney Company’s New York operations. Koop’s work has been recognized by the American Institute of Architects, the Urban Land Institute, and the Municipal Art Society of New York. His projects have been published in A+U, Architect Magazine, Metropolis, Bauwelt, Fast Company, Wired, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal.
SUMMARY:
How does a designer retain one’s unique sensibilities while operating within a larger collective? This question has animated the careers of over eight decades of thinkers at Skidmore Owings & Merrill, of which Colin Koop represents the next generation. Currently the youngest partner at SOM, Colin will reflect on the state of one of the most influential multi-generational design practices during a time of transformational change, how to wrestle with a rich but complex design history, and how one’s curiosity and particular interests can manifest themselves within a portfolio of work. He will discuss recent projects like the new East Coast headquarters of the Walt Disney Company, the newly completed Moynihan Train Hall, and the ongoing Moon Village Research Initiative.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Participants in this session will be able to:

Explain how to balance the integrity of historic structures with the demands of modern transportation facilities.
Design resilient habitat structures for interplanetary settlements.
Explore how interdisciplinary collaboration at the intersection of architecture and engineering creates efficient yet beautiful structures
How site and climate analysis can produce new forms of contemporary architecture specifically tailored to people and place.

CES:
2.0 LU for AIA Members
Please enter your name and membership number via “chat” during the lecture or registration page, so that you can obtain the 2.0 learning units.

An informal discussion to inspire, imagine, and think together the future of our cities and the way we live: Towers All around Me
2021-06-12 18:00 - 20:00
An informal discussion to inspire, imagine, and think together the future of our cities and the way we live: Towers all Around Me
Saturday, June 12, 2021 @18:00 – 19:30JST
EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Tokyo, Hong Kong, London, New York, Shanghai, Dubai…. Modern cities grow towards the sky to create more space, more landmarks, and more density. How have towers changed our environment and our lifestyles? How long can they last? Can they change over time? How can they be more open for public use? This is an online discussion with architects from Hong Kong, London, and Tokyo to discuss current / recent works, emerging technologies, and how they are challenging the way we design and live with in cities today.
ABOUT THE PANELISTS:
Ar. Florence Chan, Director at KPF
Florence Chan is an architect with experiences in the US, Canada, Hong Kong and China, with special interest on supertall building design. Ms. Chan’s completed projects ranges from highly complexed mixed use developments to supertall buildings. These include Victoria Dockside – a mixed use waterfront development in Hong Kong; Ping An Finance Center – the tallest tower in Shenzhen; and CTF Center – the tallest occupiable mixed use tower in Guangzhou. She is currently serving as the Vice President of AIA Hong Kong Chapter, and Board Member of the Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Hong Kong Chapter. A believer in the power of education, Ms. Chan served as Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and frequents in reviews in local architectural schools. She received her Master in Architecture from Harvard Graduate School of Design and Bachelor in Social Science (Architectural Studies) from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Ar. Takeyuki Katsuya, Director at Nikken Sekkei
Takeyuki Katsuya is an architect with 1st class license in Japan. He joined Nikken Sekkei in 2000 after graduating with a master’s degree from Kyoto University Graduate School of Engineering Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering. He has been involved in designing a wide range of buildings including the timber structure office Mokuzai Kaikan (2009); Toa Road Corporation Headquarters (2015); Sophia University’s Sophia Tower (2017); Maggie’s Tokyo (2017); and the Ariake Gymnasium (2019) dedicated to the International Big Sports Festival in Tokyo (2020-2021). He has also designed various projects in the Middle East, China, and Russia, including train stations and headquarters buildings. In 2016, his team won first prize at the International Design Competition for FC Barcelona’s home stadium design, the New Camp Nou. In 2019, his team completed the new high-rise tower, Shibuya Scramble Square in collaboration with Kengo Kuma and SANAA and designed the observatory, Shibuya Sky.
Ar. Midori Ainoura, Design Partner at PLP Architecture in London
Midori Ainoura has over 20 years’ professional experience designing complex office, residential, academic, institutional, and master planning projects across the UK, the US, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Midori led the design of The Edge, a multi-award-winning intelligent and sustainable icon in Amsterdam created for Deloitte. She is a founding member of PLP Labs, the practice’s in-house interdisciplinary research and consulting unit that challenges future urban issues from city, human and digital perspectives. She lectures regularly on next-generation workplace design and placemaking across Europe and Asia. Midori is also leading PLP’s Tokyo studio together with Raita Nakajima, the practice’s permanent representative in Tokyo.
ABOUT THE PANELIST:
Ar. Angela Pang, principal of PangArchitect
Angela Pang is an independent design practice based in Hong Kong and recipient of a Special Award from the Hong Kong Institute of Architects and Green Building Award from the Hong Kong Green Building Council. Always guided by site and program, the firm questions, investigates, and challenges conventional standards and seeks innovations and alternatives. Recent works include Student Dormitory for 300 students for the Chinese University of Hong Kong, renovation and extension to Lingnan University’s main library, Polytechnic University library extension and transformation, and the Shinohara Kazuo exhibition design held at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, the ETH in Zurich, and the Kemper Art Museum at Washington University. She has taught architecture design studios at the University of Hong Kong, Washington University in St. Louis, and Cornell University.

The Design of the Burj Khalifa by William F. Baker (SOM)
2021-05-29 10:00 - 12:00
The Design of the Burj Khalifa by William F. Baker (SOM)
Saturday, May 29, 2021 @10:00 JST (9:30 to 10:00: TEST SESSION)
SUMMARY:
The Speaker for this lecture is William F. Baker, Structural Engineering Design Partner for the architectural engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP, who was the structural engineer for Burj Khalifa, currently the tallest high-rise building in the world. Bill will trace the early structural design development from the Competition held in 2003 to the Grand Opening of the building in 2010. The presentation will discuss what were the issues that dominated the design of the structural system and the resulting building form with the three wings, which step back in a spiral pattern ,buttressing the core. He will also discuss the impact the building has had on the surrounding properties (the Burj Khalifa Effect) over the past decade.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
William (Bill) F. Baker (SOM / Partner)
William (Bill) F. Baker is a Structural Engineering Design Partner for the architectural engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP. His work spans a wide array of structural engineering projects, ranging from small pavilions to the world’s tallest structure, the Burj Khalifa. One of the focuses of his research and design is the optimization of structural/architectural geometry to minimize the embodied carbon of buildings. He has an Honorary Professorship in Structural Engineering Design with the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge where his research and lectures focus on design and on adapting the contributions of Rankine, Airy, Maxwell, and Michell to structural optimization and modern structural design. Baker’s honors include being a member of the National Academy of Engineering, an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Gold Medal from the Institution of Structural Engineers, the Fritz Leonhardt Preis (Germany), the Gustav Magnel Gold Medal from the University of Ghent, the Fazlur Rahman Khan Medal from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, and the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Outstanding Projects and Leaders Lifetime Award for Design. He has received Honorary Doctorates in engineering from the University of Stuttgart, Heriot-Watt University, Illinois Institute of Technology, and the University of Missouri.
His principle areas of interest and expertise concern the structural engineering design of buildings; most notably, tall and very tall buildings (skyscrapers), long span roofs and specialized structures. With a focus in tall building design, he has led the structural engineering design of 26 towers over 300 meters tall, including the world’s tallest manmade structure, the 2,700-foot-tall Burj Khalifa. His long-span roof experience varies from the cable-supported roof structure at Chicago’s McCormick Place North Building, the Broadgate Exchange House in London and the Entrance Pavilion for General Motors’ Headquarters in Detroit. His work on specialty structures ranges from the engineering of sculptures in collaboration with numerous artists, including James Carpenter, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, James Turrell, and Jaume Plensa to collaboration on highly engineered and detailed single family homes. Further interests extend to research and development related to structural optimization and structural topology. By exploring optimal topologies, he hopes to create new architectural design opportunities based on engineering principles.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
After attending this program, participants will be able to:

Describe the key attributes and the name of the structural system of the world’s tallest building.
Explain why a point tower for normal height cannot be simply scaled up to the height of the Burj Khalifa.
Discuss the effect that the Burj Khalifa development had on the surrounding properties (the Burj Khalifa Effect).
Describe how the shape of the Burj Khalifa reduced the wind forces on the tower.

CES:
2.0 LU for AIA members

Delivering the Value of BIM to Owners with a Digital Twin by Marcus Kim (Autodesk)
2021-05-15 10:00 - 12:00
Delivering the Value of BIM to Owners with a Digital Twin by Marcus Kim (Autodesk)
Saturday, May 15, 2021 @10:00 JST
SUMMARY:
Digital Twin is the trending topic in the AEC industry today. Like BIM during the early days, digital twin is a revolutionary idea that is often spoken but not truly understood. At its simplest, the digital twin represents a collection of digital data that represents for the AEC industry, anywhere from a general physical object to an engineering component, to a building. However, some mistake a digital twin to be nothing more than 3D; what people fail to understand is that a creation of a digital twin is intended to have a specific use case. During this presentation we will cover the following:
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Marcus Kim (Autodesk / Executive)
Marcus Kim is an industry BIM expert with over 15 years experience working on and managing the BIM maturity, production, and maintenance of monumental scale architecture and design projects, utilizing the latest digital design processes and technology, with a focus on Enterprise BIM Implementation, VDC and Data analytics. Joining Autodesk in 2008, Mr. Kim has worked with many large international companies, with the mission to effectively advise and steer companies towards BIM business intelligence, through the development of workflows and standards. Currently at Autodesk, Mr. Kim is a Technical Solutions Executive, supporting Autodesk’s manufacturing customers who are actively engaged with implementing BIM for the development, construction, and maintenance of their facilities. Mr. Kim is the author of the Mastering Autodesk Revit for Architecture series (2017, 2018, and 2020), the definitive industry book on Revit and is a frequent speaker at Autodesk University.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Participants in this session will be able to:

Identify and summarize the digital twin concept
Identify the layers of information and data that are able to be incorporated into a digital twin
Understand what Owner’s are looking for in a digital twin
Explore examples of how utilizing digital twin would influence the AEC industry
Investigate a digital platform available to manage the data that comprises a digital twin

CES:
2.0 LU/HSW for AIA members

Learning from Japanese traditional villages: Reflecting ecological knowledge on architecture utilizing simulation by Norihisa KAWASHIMA (Meiji University)
2021-04-26 19:00 - 21:00
Learning from Japanese traditional villages: Reflecting ecological knowledge on architecture utilizing simulation
by Norihisa KAWASHIMA (Meiji University)
Monday, April 26, 2021 @19:00 JST
SUMMARY:
Norihisa Kawashima will show researches and local practices in Japan to learn ecological knowledge from traditional Japanese villages and conventional architectural typologies through environmental analysis using computational simulation, and showed that we can experience and learn the traditional knowledge, which our ancestors established over a long period of time, in a short period of time using computational simulation, and we can apply the knowledge to design new sustainable architecture and city.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Identify the local practices and traditions passed on through generations by the Japanese village ancestors to learn ecological knowledge and conventional architectural typologies by using computational simulation.
Apply the knowledge accumulated by the traditional village with the use of environmental analysis and computational simulation to design new sustainable architecture and the city.
Investigate the methodology of environmental research that was conducted in the traditional village of “Nishi Awa”.
Explore the possibility to re-interpret what was learned from the conventional buildings as contemporary architecture as in the case of “House with Saw-Tooth Roof in Ichinomiya”.

CES:
1.0 LU/HSW for AIA members

Human Wellness: Pandemic and Beyond Wellness Design to Build Environment by Luke Leung (SOM)
2021-04-26 00:00 - 02:00
Human Wellness: Pandemic and Beyond Wellness Design to Build Environment by Luke Leung (SOM)
Monday, April 26, 2021 @00:00 JST
SUMMARY:
In 2019, United Nation World Health Organization (WHO) categorized health threats that can derail humans and a pandemic was number 3 on the list. When COVID-19 hit us in early 2020, we saw it firsthand of what the impacts can be.
In this presentation, the latest research on COVID-19 will be presented with quantifiable data on risk and impacts with a focus on how that impacts built environment design.
This presentation will also look beyond the current shadow into the holistic health impacts in our future and what are the strategies to make us healthier. Global population above 60 years old was about 7% in 1950, 13% in 2020, and likely 28% by 2070. With the aging of the population, next global health emergency can have more devastating impacts and can derail our future economy if they are not adequately addressed.
Our built environment and our life styles have been decoupled with nature and its natural cycles. The key for a healthy future will be a realignment with nature inside and outside of our built environment. The focus on this presentation will start with human centric health design, and move beyond to terrestrial health. Holistic health of humans requires also a healthy earth to thrive together.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Participants in this session will be able to:

Describe the importance of wellness in the future, including by 2070, the percentage of global population above 60 years old will increase from 13% today to 28%, which is also the age group that is prone to pandemic issues.
Plan for the global health threats of the future including not only pandemics, but also health issues from climate change (e.g. wild fire, air pollution), chronic diseases, etc. as laid out in the WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION reports.
Explore the solution to health issues can lie in the physiology, building, community, and terrestrial health. The refocus on physiology of humans including respiratory system, the circulation system, the nervous system, the muscular system, the skeletal system etc. is important.
Summarize the single most important aspect of wellness is when human and nature thrive together. Terrestrial health in nature will impact built environment health.

CES:
1.0 LU/HSW for AIA members

Designing Buildings with Human Health, Welfare & Safety Priority by Stephen Tanno (SCHUECO)
2021-04-22 19:00 - 21:00
Designing Buildings with Human Health, Welfare & Safety Priority
by Stephen Tanno (SCHUECO)
Thursday, April 22, 2021 @19:00 JST (18:30 to 19:00 is a TEST SESSION)
SUMMARY:
Mr. Stephen Tanno, Director of Pre-Construction Services of Scheco International will talk about the theme of “Health, Welfare & Safety” encompassing sustainable, low-carbon, low-energy design and passive environmental control. He will define the principles of human-oriented comfort and highlight measures to enhance health and promote wellness. He will explain about products and options to reduce surface contamination to help deliver healthy buildings.
The presentation will include a case-study example of an educational building in London completed in 2020 which achieved a “BREEAM Excellent” certification. The building is an outstanding example of low energy design and collaborative working.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Stephen Tanno (Scheco Interenationnal / Director)
Mr. Stephen Tanno is a Director of Pre-Construction Services of Scheco International. He graduated from The University of Southampton in 1987 and worked as a Consulting Engineer for the next 16 years, including 5 years with Ove Arup in Sydney and 8 years as Group Director with Buro Happold, where he founded the Facade Engineering Group, in London. After 12 years working with premium European façade contractors, Stephen joined Schueco International in 2015 as Director of Pre-Constructions Services.
Stephen has worked on projects all round the world, is a chartered engineer and has a consistent track record of leading and delivering complex and bespoke high quality projects. He is a lateral thinker and has an all-round appreciation for design, engineering and build-ability. Stephen has extensive knowledge of project delivery from initial planning and design stages right through construction and handover.
In recent years Stephen has collaborated with numerous architects to develop sustainable and functional façade designs that went on to be implemented to a realistic budget through a reliable delivery mechanism by close collaboration with façade contractors.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Participants in this session will be able to:

Demonstrate that sustainability & conservation of resources can be achieved by using the principles of natural ventilation and thermal mass which also promote the health and welfare of building occupants.
Explain the idea of healthy buildings needing fresh air and discuss human wellness promotion by allowing connection to the outside but avoiding external noise pollution in city environments.
Illustrate that surface contamination with bacteria and viruses can be reduced through the use of anti-microbe and easy to clean finishes thereby promoting a healthy and safe environment.
Analyze the embodied carbon in buildings and the carbon footprint over the whole life of a building and demonstrate that it can be enhanced by low-energy good design and fine craftsmanship to build buildings that are defect-free and will endure for generations.

CES:
2.0 LU/HSW

Health, Wellness and Productivity Unlocking the Human Potential in Buildings by James Scott Brew (Nikken Sekkei)
2021-03-18 19:00 - 21:00
online lecture:
Health, Wellness and Productivity Unlocking the Human Potential in Buildings
by James Scott Brew (Nikken Sekkei)
Thursday, March 18, 2021 @19:00 JST
SUMMARY:
Global green building rating systems are increasingly including new requirements connected to occupant health, wellness and productivity. In order to meet these evolving green building standards, we need to better understand the evidence-based health and wellness interventions that can directly impact worker productivity and well-being. The results of recent medical research that explores this connection between buildings and the health and wellness of its occupants will support the business case for healthier green designs, beyond energy savings alone. Several studies documenting human productivity gains and improved cognitive function will be referenced as evidence to support this topic. Case studies of built projects will highlight specific health and wellness strategies implemented.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Participants in this session will be able to:

Identify three (3) proven design strategies that impact worker efficacy.
Describe three (3) or more financial metrics related to worker performance.
Explain the relationship between building codes and health and wellness.
Explore specific strategies applied in actual projects used as case studies.

CES:
2.0 LU/HSW for AIA members

Locally-based Sustainable Design Approach for Walkability in Dubai by Takeshi Maruyama (American University Dubai)
2020-12-17 19:00 - 21:00
Locally-based Sustainable Design Approach for Walkability in Dubai
by Takeshi Maruyama (American University Dubai)
Thursday, December 17, 2020 @19:00 JST
SUMMARY:
Since the discovery of oil in 1966 and its subsequent financial revenues, Dubai has been developing rapidly into a global city – while mainly adapting the western urban development style. Suburban growth exploded, with urban sprawl becoming an issue since the early 1980s. Local towns spread out and expanded in scale. Consequently, Dubai could be called ‘Cities within a city,’ representing many fragmented western-style suburban communities connected by automobiles. People often attribute problems with walkability or the limited pedestrian-oriented activities to the harsh weather. Still, harsh weather in Dubai lasts roughly four months out of the year, causing people to avoid the outdoors during that period. Nevertheless, the somewhat limited walkability continues throughout the year, even in the nicer weather. Then what is the leading cause of this phenomenon?
My study argues that this limited walkability is not due to weather but due to the urban structure caused by mega-developments in Dubai, which do not consider human scale or local culture. For instance, old districts such as Satwa or Karama have a more compact scale; therefore, pedestrian activities occur naturally. Aggressive adaptation of western-style urbanization completely goes against locally-adapted sustainable design approaches that ancestors have fostered in the city. Driveways and fenced-gardens have replaced the narrow alleys (Sikka) and the court-yard houses of the past. These drastically changed the structure of communities, therefore, impacting walkability as well as the health, safety and welfare of its residents.
This issue is a common theme discussed in the thesis courses and sustainability design studios, which I am instructing at the university. The lecture will demonstrate potential design solutions for walkability and enhancing outdoor public space usage within existing urban areas.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Ar. Takeshi Maruyama is a professor at American University Dubai
Takeshi Maruyama joined AUD as a full-time Assistant Professor in 2014. In 2019, he was awarded AUD’s Provost’s Award for creativity in Design and Visual Arts and was later appointed as Associate Professor of Architecture in the School of Architecture, Art & Design in June 2020. Since joining AUD, he teaches the thesis course and the graduation design project for the senior students and courses related to sustainability, environmental systems, and building services for other years.
Prior to his teaching experience, he was a practicing professional architect for 25 years. After practicing in Takenaka Corporation, one of Japan’s biggest design-built companies for ten years, he moved to Dubai to join a local architectural design firm, dxb.lab architecture in 2006. Following five years of work with the firm, he launched his own practice, takeshi maruyama design unit, in 2011. In parallel, he currently works with another local architectural design firm, Archidentity, as an associate architect to manage projects.
Takeshi Maruyama is involved in various projects, not only from an architectural perspective, but also from an interior design one. His work can be seen in a multi-purpose networking space Shelter in Al Quoz and book Café The Archive in Safa Park. Mr. Maruyama’s work was also featured in several magazines such as Commercial Interior Design and Timeout Dubai. The Archive was introduced as a model of renovation at the UAE pavilion in Venice Biennale in 2014. His expertise covers all architectural design phases from concept design to site supervision. He is particular about the detail design cultivated by Japanese craftsperson-ship.
Mr. Maruyama has posted several articles in the Japanese architectural magazine Nikkei Architecture, such as Comparison of Design Progress between Dubai and Japan in 2007, Burj Khalifa Architectural Report in 2010, and Environmental Architecture in UAE/Dubai in 2017. In 2019, he was featured in The Middle East Architects Magazine, where he discussed ‘subtle sensitivity’ in design.
To connect Japan to the Middle East culturally, Mr. Maruyama holds a series of invited lectures in the universities and organizations in Japan to introduce the UAE and its culture. He also enhances the relationship with the Japanese embassy and consulates in Dubai, and the University of Tokyo, which resulted in the two universities collaborating and organizing joint student and faculty events.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Describe Dubai’s rapid globalism after discovering the oil and its implantation of western urban development, suburbanization, and mobilization style, and its impact on peoples’ health, safety and welfare.
Analyze current Dubai’s strategies on walkability applied in recent public and commercial development areas; and
Compare old traditional methods for walkability such as Sikka and wind towers originally in this region with current strategies.
Illustrate an example of an appropriate modern sustainable design approach based on local conditions using neglected Sikka spaces seen in the westernized residential area.

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