[Katsura Library] Exhibition: "Close Encounters" (Nov.18-Nov.28)
The exhibition, ”Close Encounters―Kyoto through the eyes of international students & their proposals for alternative experience in mass-tourism sites" is being held by the Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering at Katsura Library.
Date and Place:
- November 18-22, 2024 (Katsura Library 1st floor reading room)
- November 22-28 (Katsura Library 2nd floor Research Commons)
Free viewing during library opening hours.
Details of the Exhibition:
In the Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, we offer a class called "Architecture Design Studio II" in the second semester. Every year, we invite guests from Japan and abroad and work on three small projects that can be completed in about a month.
For the first project in 2024, we invited Professor Matteo Poli and Professor Francesca Zanotto from the Politecnico di Milano as guests to think about tourism and bamboo architecture in Kyoto. In a world where tourism has become a standardized experience due to overtourism and social media, we proposed an architectural device that helps individuals rebuild their relationship with the place. All 11 students enrolled this year are international students. We hope you will enjoy the analysis of Kyoto from the perspective of international students and the bamboo architecture model that proposes a new experience in an overcrowded tourist destinations.
Organiser: Thomas Daniell (Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering), Yosuke Komiyama (ER Center, Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering)
Inquiries: Yosuke Komiyama, komiyama[at]archi.kyoto-u.ac.jp
*This exhibition is being held as part of the Katsura Campus Empirical Research Fund-adopted project "Development of modular furniture to promote the upcycled use of wooden building materials" (Komiyama Laboratory), and the display stands are CoLoT, modular furniture made from upcycled CLT panel offcuts. Please also take a look.
Exhibition Flyer:
Photo of the exhibition setup
