Among young Japanese architects, mindsets are shifting: Whereas in the past, the short lifespan of buildings enabled architecture to be tailored to individual clients’ desires and phases of life, today the focus is on communality, new material cultures, gradual transformation, and repairing shrinking neighborhoods. Working in the context of Japan’s population decline, this new generation of architects is leading the way towards a new aesthetic that emphasizes process and community, realigning architecture with its social role.

Presentations by Yuma Shinohara (curator of make do with now, Swiss Architecture Museum), Wataru Doi (dot architects), and Chie Konno (teco architects) will be followed by an in-person panel discussion. Moderation: Markus Krieger (ARCH+)

The event will be in English.