Open lecture and workshop on the interrelationship between politics and architecture in Japan

Yoko Takau-Drobin Announcement
Location
Sweden
Subject Fields
Architecture and Architectural History, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Japanese History / Studies

The School of Architecture and the School of Education and Communication for Engineering Science at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, have the pleasure to announce a lecture and a workshop on the interrelationship between politics and architecture in Japan.

The Open lecture:

Data: Tuesday, 4 September

Time: 17.30-19.00

Place: Salongen, KTH Library building, Main campus (subway station Tekniska högskolan)

The Workshop

Date: Tuesday, 5 September

Time: 17.00-19.00

Place: School of Architecture, KTH main campus

 

Research on the interrelation between politics and architecture has been conducted intensively by Prof. Takashi MIkuriya, University of Tokyo, and has been a part of programs at the Open University of Japan. This research project is aimed at showing how politics has dictated conditions for buildings where political meetings take place. Simultaneously, the architecture of the buildings has influenced political affairs.

 

Assistant professor Shin Sato is a co-researcher of the research project and has been working with Prof. Mikuriya for many years. We are happy to invite him to Stockholm with Kungl. Vitterhetsakademien´s help. Prof. Sato will give a lecture with much of visual material on Monday and will hold a workshop to show participants the working method of their research on Tuesday. Both events will be held in English.

 

Everyone who is interested in the subject is welcome. 

Contact Information

Yoko Takau-Drobin, Language and Communication, KTH; the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm

Contact Email
yoko@kth.se