Past Event

Infosession | Posturban Japan – Tradition to Contemporary Design

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 25, 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.

Speakers:

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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Events

Global Summer Studies 2025 General Pre-Departure Meeting
Taproom, Memorial Hall 401
Fall 2025 Semester Studies and Outgoing Exchange General Pre-Departure Meeting
ProvWash, Room 302

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Announcements

Three New RISD Global Summer Courses Explore the Arts in Greece, Japan and the Philippines
Call for Faculty Proposals – Global Summer Studies 2025 & Wintersession Travel Courses 2026
Global Summer Studies Scholarship Application Open Now