Built Environment: An Alternative Guide to Japan
Exhibition on Japanese Architecture
September 1-30, 2020
Exhibition on Japanese Architecture
September 1-30, 2020
Online Gallery and Virtual Tour can be viewed here: https://metmuseum.ph/built-environment-an-alternative-guide-to-japan/
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The Japan Foundation, Manila and the Metropolitan Museum of Manila, in cooperation with Embassy of Japan in the Philippines and supported by JT International (Philippines) Inc, present the traveling exhibition Built Environment: An Alternative Guide to Japan, open from September 1 to 30, 2020 at the Metropolitan Museum of Manila.
Built Environment: An Alternative Guide to Japan presents a rarely considered aspect of Japan, taking the built environment of the various of regions of a country that is geographically diverse and often struck by natural disasters, with the aim of examining how Japanese peoplehave engaged and struggled with the natural environment and how they have carried on and created locality. Featuring photographs, text, and videos designed to mirror the country’s unique archipelagic formation, the exhibition presents a total of 80 buildings, civil-engineering projects, and landscapes from each of Japan’s 47 prefectures, extending from the modern era of the late 19th century to the present.
The webinar Our Built Environments: Zoom Webinar on Architecture featuring the exhibition curator Prof. Kurakata Shunsuke (Osaka City University) and speakers Arch. Kurokawa Sho (CEO, Sho Kurokawa Architects Co. Ltd.), Arch. Jo Miranda (Chairman, United Architects of the Philippines – Emergency Architects), and Engr. Lorenna Hernandez (Tao-Pilipinas) and moderated by Arch. Emmanuel Minana opened the exhibition last Sept. 1.
View the webinar video below:
View the webinar video below: