Series of lectures "Modern architecture of Japan" Automatic translate

When Kenzo Tange was awarded the Pritzker Prize in 1987, he became the first Japanese architect to receive the award. For 30 years, seven more architects from Japan have consistently received the award, thereby finally confirming the leadership of the architectural school of the Land of the Rising Sun. If in the mid-1960s or 1970s only specialists knew about Japanese architects, today buildings designed by Tadao Ando, ​​Shigeru Ban, Kengo Kuma, Toyo Ito, Kazuyo Sejima, So Fujimoto and many other authors can be seen far beyond outside of Japan. What is the secret of the success of this school, what distinguishes them from others

and distinguish from each other, can we talk about the "Japanese wave" in the architecture of the XXI century? The series of lectures, arranged chronologically, is intended to demonstrate the development of Japanese architecture from the late 1960s to the present, through the evolution of the work of individual architects.

Lecturer — Anna Guseva, art historian, PhD (University of Tokyo), Associate Professor at the HSE School of Historical Sciences. Specialist in the history of Japanese architecture, garden art and urban planning in Japan and Russia, as well as the history of art collecting in Japan and China.

February 1, 2022
Introduction. New architecture for a new Japan. Architecture after 1868

In the first lecture of the cycle, we will talk about how the profession of architect arises in Japan and the system of architectural education is formed. We will delve into the history of Japanese architecture during the Meiji period (1868-1912): we will talk about how traditions and new trends were intertwined, about what influence foreign masters had on the first professional Japanese architects and engineers. We will pay special attention to how the method of the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright was reflected in the work of the Japanese.

February 8, 2022
How to be Japanese architecture: discussions about style and form. 1930-1950s

The lecture will focus on the architecture of Japan in the mid-twentieth century, when discussions about what Japanese architecture should be were in full swing. We will talk about the experiments of the architect Chuta Ito in creating a new national language, about the "modern Japanese style" in the work of Koji Fujii, and about the so-called post-war "discussion about tradition" on the example of the work of Kenzo Tange and Noboru Kawazoe. In addition, we will tell about the trips to Japan of the most important European architects Bruno Taut and Walter Gropius.

February 15, 2022
Japanese New Architecture Coming Out: 1964 Olympics and Expo 70

At the lecture, we will talk about a specific direction in Japanese architecture of the second half of the 20th century - metabolism. Representatives of this trend considered the building as an organism growing in space. We will discuss the work of Metabolist architects: Kenzo Tange, Kiyonori Kikutake, Kisho Kurokawa, Fumihiko Maki, Sachio Otani, and also get acquainted with their ideas in the field of urbanism. The focus of our attention will be the impact on the architecture of Japan of the international exhibition EXPO-70, held in Osaka.

February 22, 2022 Breaking
Bad. Postmodernism in Japan 1970-1980s

In the 1980s, there was an economic boom in Japan, which led to a sharp rise in property prices. The lecture will focus on the period of the 1970-1980s. We will discuss the architecture of the "bubble economy", as well as consider various experimental architectural projects. Students will learn about the work of such architects as Shin Takamatsu, Toyokazu Watanabe, Kijo Rokkaku, as well as the architects of the ArchiteXt group.

March 1, 2022
After the bubble burst. Architecture 1990s-2000s

The lecture is devoted to the issues of residential construction in Japan at the turn of the 20th – 21st centuries. We will talk about the ways in which the architects proposed to solve social issues, as well as dive into the essence of discussions about the modern Japanese house. Our focus will be on the architects Riken Yamamoto, Yoshiharu Tsukamoto and Momoyo Kajima (Bow-Wow Atelier), Kazuhiko Namba and Manabu Chiba.

March 15, 2022
Modernism or minimalism?

When it comes to the style of modern Japanese architecture, the following associations usually come to mind: a minimum of details, the use of concrete as one of the main materials, restrained colors and an abundance of empty space. What are the strengths and weaknesses of Japanese minimalism? What is its originality? At the lecture, we will look for answers to these questions, considering the projects of Yoshio Taniguchi, Tadao Ando and the architectural bureau SANAA.

March 22, 2022
Concrete, wood, paper: favorite materials of Japanese architecture

At the next lecture of the cycle "Masters of Japanese Architecture of the XX-XXI centuries" we will plunge into the study of materials traditional for Japanese architecture. Despite the widespread introduction of new construction technologies, wood and paper even now are not inferior to their superiority in private construction. It will be about the work of architects Kengo Kuma, Terunobu Fujimori and Shigeru Ban.

March 29, 2022
"Anonymous architecture" of construction corporations

The formation of the Japanese architectural school takes place not only in universities. Large architectural and construction corporations play a significant role in this process. A significant part of modern architects begins their careers there. At the lecture we will get acquainted with the works of such authors as Nikken Sekkei, Nihon Sekkei, Kume Sekkei, Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei.

April 5, 2022
Japanese architecture in the 21st century. New landmarks

In Japan, about 15,000 students graduate each year as an architect. At the lecture, we will talk about the young generation, about those who determine the face of modern Japanese architecture today, and about those who are guided by young architects in their work. We will look at trends in private construction and interior design. Our focus will be on the work of So Fujimoto, Kumiko Inui, Junya Ishigami, Katsutoshi Sasaki and Yuko Nagayama.

Lectures will be held in the lecture hall of the Museum of Architecture at the address: st. Vozdvizhenka, 5 (metro Biblioteka named after Lenin).

Ticket price for the lecture: 400 rubles. or 200 rubles.

Tickets can be purchased immediately before the lecture, at the museum box office.

There will also be live online broadcasts of lectures. You can buy tickets for online broadcasts of the January and February lectures right now on the page of each of the lectures, under its description.