Living Locally: Reconsidering Critical Regionalism

Arts Maebashi

Finished

Artists

Takahito Kimura, Yuken Teruya, Takashi Fujino/Ikimono Architects, Midori Mitamura, Mitsuhiro Yamagiwa et al.

Contemporary Japan is at a turning point, as many people begin giving importance to values quite different to those of material/economic abundance and reconsidering the meaning of local communities. Coexistence with the environment,”degrowth economics,” the progressive aging of society, and changing ideas about family, all widely seen as pressing challenges, seem to be having a substantial impact on the lifestyle of individuals. In his 1983 essay “Towards a Critical Regionalism,” the architect and critic Kenneth Frampton proposed that spatial design reflect the history/culture/natural environment of a locality. Some 30 years later, we once again find ourselves reflecting deeply on social change, and through architectural design and art rethinking those connections to our localities that we feel in our everyday lives.

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Talk
Date: 10/17 (14:00)

Schedule

Oct 9 (Fri) 2015-Jan 12 (Tue) 2016

Opening Hours Information

Hours	10:00-18:00
Closed	Wednesday Closed during the New Year holidays.
Notice	Open on October 28th and December 23rd. Closed on December 24th. Closed for New Year holidays from December 28th through January 4th.

Fee

Adults ¥600, University Students, Seniors 65 & Over ¥400, High School Students and Under, Persons with Disability Certificates + 1 Companion free

Website

http://www.artsmaebashi.jp/en/?p=1190