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Generative Architecture from Asia (Ito Toyo)
- Speaker: Ito Toyo (Architect)
- Moderators: Fujimura Ryuji (Architect), Kobayashi Masami (Vice President, Meiji University)
- Date: Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 7:00 pm (reception 8:15-9:00 pm)
- Venue: Iwasaki Koyata Memorial Hall, International House of Japan
- Language: Japanese (without interpretation)
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- Admission fee: 1,000 yen (IHJ Members/Students: 500 yen)(reservations required)
- *Admission fee includes one drink at the reception.
Architect
Ito Toyo
Ito’s major works include Sendai Mediatheque, ‘Minna no Mori’ Gifu Media Cosmos and National Taichung Theater.
He has received numerous awards including the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale, Royal Gold Medal from the Royal Institute of British Architects and the Pritzker Architecture Prize.
He has been dedicated to reconstruction after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. He initiated the project “Home-for-All”, which is a communal hut for people affected by the tsunami, to gather and communicate with each other. 16 “Home-for-All”s have been completed by 2017. As commissioner of Kumamoto Artpolis, Ito has been working on “Temporary Housing with Home-for-All” as part of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake relief, over 90 “Home-for-All”s have been built and a few more are still ongoing.
In 2011, Ito established a small private architectural school “Ito Juku,” which organizes various activities for participants to consider the future of cities and architecture.
Representative Director, ryuji fujimura architects
Fujimura Ryuji
Professor/Vice President, Meiji University
Kobayashi Masami
After receiving a Master’s in Architecture from the University of Tokyo, Dr. Kobayashi joined Kenzo Tange Associates. Prior to his current position, he served as a Lecturer and Associate Professor at Meiji University and Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. His main publications include Public Space Design with Citizen Participation (X-Knowledge, 2015). He is a trustee of the International House of Japan.
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