2024 Japanese Architects Talk Series 2: 「矩」KANE - The Canon of Japanese ArchitectureNEW

Japanese Architects Talk Series 2 Kane:The Canon of Japanese Architecture. Presentation & Discussion by Takaharu Tezuka and Yui Tezuka (Tezuka Architects) , Don Choi (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo) and Hitoshi Abe (UCLA)
By The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles

Date and time
Tuesday, December 10 · 7 - 8:30pm PST. Doors at 6:45pm
Event lasts 1 hour 30 minutes

Location
The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles, 5700 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 100 Los Angeles, CA 90036

All Ages
The talk series “5 Dimensions of Japanese Architecture” is organized around five concepts unique to Japan to show the purposeful planning of Japanese architecture. Renowned Japanese architects and scholars will speak at each symposium about their ideas on architecture and the resulting projects.

The second session, with lecturers Takaharu Tezuka and Yui Tezuka (Tezuka Architects) and Don Choi (Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo) and moderated by Hitoshi Abe (UCLA), addresses the concept of「矩」KANE.

One of Takaharu and Yui Tezuka's incredible projects is the Fuji Kindergarten in Tachikawa, Tokyo. It was awarded numerous prizes, including the Moriyama RAIC International Prize and UNESCO's Global Award for Sustainable Architecture. Takaharu's TEDx Talk about this amazing school facility recorded 7th in the world for the number of views in 2015!

Co-Organized by UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies
UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design, UCLA xLAB