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Infosession | Posturban Japan – Tradition to Contemporary Design

Zoom; RISD Global, PW 321
Infosession

Please join Architecture Critic, Junko Yamamoto, and Architecture Associate Professor, Armando Hashimoto, for an infosession covering the Wintersession Travel Course, Posturban Japan | Tradition to Contemporary Design, on September 18, 2023, at 6 PM in the RISD Global office, 321 ProvWash.

The application for Wintersession Travel Courses 2024 will open on September 4, 2023 at 7 PM and close on October 1, 2023 at 11:59 PM.

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Posturban Japan | Tradition to Contemporary Design

What if Tokyo becomes a forest?

The population in Japan is decreasing, and the population is aging faster in cities. In Ukraine, 30 years after the Chernobyl disaster, the exclusion zone became a forest where wild animals thrive. Considering the foreseen scenarios of our future technologies, such as remote medical treatment, flying cars, driverless buses, and AI-operated white-collar jobs, the definition of convenience may no longer be based on location.

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