Center for Architecture and Urban Studies, Ponte 9, 3/F, Rua das Lorchas, Macau SAR

DATE & TIME

26 September 2014, 18:30 – 20:00

VENUE

Center for Architecture and Urban Studies, Ponte 9, 3/F, Rua das Lorchas, Macau SAR

ABOUT THE TALK

In association with the exhibition currently on show at Ponte 9 (“Design and Disaster: Kon Wajiro’s Modernologio”) this lecture will focus on a group of Japanese artists and architects known as The Street Observation Society. Formed in 1986 by architectural historian Terunobu Fujimori and avant-garde artist Genpei Akasegawa, together with a fluctuating group of friends and collaborators, the Street Observation Society continues to search Japan’s city streets for moments of beauty and interest in everyday places and objects. This lecture will trace the development of the Street Observation Society, and contextualize it within a longer and broader lineage of fieldwork on the Japanese city.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Thomas Daniell is Head of the Department of Architecture and Design at the University of Saint Joseph. He holds a B.Arch from Victoria University of Wellington, an M.Eng from Kyoto University, and a Ph.D from RMIT University. Widely published, he is a correspondent and editorial consultant for the journals Mark, Volume, and Interstices, and was previously on the editorial board of the Architectural Institute of Japan Journal. His books include FOBA: Buildings (2005), After the Crash: Architecture in Post-Bubble Japan (2008), Houses and Gardens of Kyoto (2010), and Kiyoshi Sey Takeyama + Amorphe (2011).