AIA Japan - Reverence for Nature, Passion for Precision with James Lambiasi
When: Friday 16 July 2021 @ 06:00 (Eastern US time)/ 19:00 (Japan time)
CES Credits - 2.0 LU for AIA Members
Speaker: James Lambiasi, Principal and co-founder of James Lambiasi Architect; Former President of AIA Japan
Description:
James Lambiasi will present excerpts of a NHK documentary in which he was involved, tracing the relationship of Japan's mechanical doll "karakuri ningyo" making tradition to its technological prowess in manufacturing we know today.
James is one of the founding members of AIA Japan and served as its President in 2008. He has been featured on NHK as a navigator for 8 episodes of “NHK World`s Series On Japanese Architecture”.
Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK), Japan Broadcasting Corporation is Japan`s only public broadcaster. See here and here for his latest NHK featured video.
AIA Japan Program and Event Committee Chair, Yumiko Yamada will host this casual event. A separate invitation will be sent to all registrants the day before the event to ensure attendees have camera and audio options.
This is a Live Only event
Speaker Bio:
James Lambiasi has been a practicing architect and critic in Tokyo for over 25 years. He is the principal of James Lambiasi Architect, serves as a visiting lecturer at Shibaura University and Temple University Japan Campus, and acts as an independent business consultant for Japanese projects executed by the American architectural firm Pickard Chilton. He is a contributing architectural critic for the online publication Artscape Japan, and has hosted seven episodes of the NHK television series “Journeys in Japan” focusing on architecture in Japan. He is a founding member of the AIA Japan Chapter, and served as its President in 2008.
