Designing Japan for Tomorrow
Posted in: Today's ChiliWe recently attended the Disaster Relief Charity Talk Session held at Mori Art Museum titled, “Designing Japan for Tomorrow”. Amongst the panel who shared their visions on how they see Japan can rebuild itself out of the disaster were some of Japan’s most noticeable architectural names.
In the wake of the disaster in Tohoku a number of architects and designers have come together to form a group called the “Kishin no Kai”. On the panel from the group at the event were such names as Ito Toyo, Kengo Kuma, Riken Yamamoto, Naito Hiroshi and Kazuyo Seijima from Sanaa. A veritable who’s who of Japan architects all committed to helping rebuild Japan. The group spoke on some of their projects they are currently involved in which included town planning and relief housing design up in quake stricken Tohoku. “Local architects and craftsmen are the most important people to help in rebuilding the area, and vital to this is the use of local resources in the process”, commented Kengo Kuma during his frank presentation where he stressed that the group are not part of the government, who have been heavily criticized recently, but working together with the people in need.
The full session was broadcast on Ustream and translated into English:
The International Congress of Architecture, UIA, will be held in Tokyo this year from September 25th to October 1st, described as the “Olympics of Architecture”. Designers and architects from around the world will gather to discuss this years main theme, ” “DESIGN 2050,” discussing the future of architecture and cities, no doubt focusing upon how Japan can rebuild in sustainable ways. CScout Japan will also be running archiTokyo immersions around the same time, not only exploring the hidden designs and secrets we have uncovered, but actually meet the most influential architects working in Japan today. Participants will have the chance to discuss the way architecture and design can play a part in the way our future environments are shaped, not only in Japan but on a global scale.
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