Spettacolo
Enjoy the full breadth of window culture at YKK AP's "Windowology 10th Anniversary Exhibition: The World Through the Window", on show at the Spiral Garden (Minato-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN) until October 9.
YKK AP is a member of the YKK Group* , whose diverse activities include the manufacturing of fasteners and architectural products. In 2007, YKK AP began exploring windows from various viewpoints through Windowology, which revolves around the idea that "Windows represent civilization and culture". The program was expanded in scope with the establishment of the Window Research Institute in 2013.
The exhibition showcases the fruits of Windowology research from the past decade and invites visitors to think about and experience windows in a variety of different ways. The exhibitors include eight university and institutional researchers, who have each prepared exhibits about their window-related investigations, and three artists—Leandro Erlich, Takashi Homma , and Yusuke Kamata—who have each created new window-themed artwork. Also featured is a special exhibit of artwork by renowned Italian architect Michele De Lucchi .
An international symposium titled "Windowology 10 Anniversary Symposium: Windows Represent Civilization and Culture" was held in conjunction with the exhibition on Tuesday, October 3 . Twenty-seven distinguished experts came together to discuss windows throughout the full-day event.
YKK AP also marked this special anniversary year by opening the Window Research Institute Annex (YKK Izumi Building) on October 1 . The new facility will be utilized to further promote the appreciation of window culture.
http://madogaku.madoken.jp/en/
Thursday, September 28 to
Monday, October 9 , 2017
11:00–20:00 (open daily)
Spiral Garden (SPIRAL, 1F)
5-6-23 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku,
Tokyo 107-0062 JAPAN
Free
YKK AP Inc.
Leandro Erlich (Artist),
Takashi Homma (Photographer), Yusuke Kamata (Artist)
by Taro Igarashi
by Yuichiro Kodama
by Koji Sato
by Yoshiharu Tsukamoto
by Norihito Nakatani
by Hiroshi Hara
by Shin Muramatsu and Miru Rokkaku
Michele De Lucchi (Architect)
Saturday, October 21 –
Sunday, November 12 , 2017
1F Exhibition Room, KIT Library Center, Kanazawa Institute of Technology
Free
Wednesday, February 28 –
Tuesday, March 27 , 2018
Tonchiku Gallery, Tohoku University
Free
*The research exhibits will also travel to the Nagoya Institute of Technology, Osaka City University, and Kyushu University (details will be announced on the exhibition website).
Tuesday, October 3, 2017 , 10:00‒20:00
Spiral Hall (SPIRAL, 3F)
5-6-23 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku,
Tokyo 107-0062 JAPAN
Free. Prior registration required (this event has ended).
*Simultaneous interpretation provided.
(alphabetical order) (indicated in quotation marks)
(Photographer)
(Professor, The
University of Tokyo ; Architect), "Window Word Chain"
(Professor Emeritus, The
University of Tokyo ; Architectural Historian; Architect)
(Professor,
Keio University ), "Window Sociology"
(Photographer), "Window Photography"
(Professor, Tohoku University; Architectural Historian/Critic; General Supervisor of Windowology), "Window History"
(Professor, Keio University ), "Window Healthology"
(Professor,
Hosei University ; Architect), "Window Sightology"
(Professor,
Keio University ), "Window in Self-Building"
(Professor,
Tokyo City University), "Window Lightology"
(Professor Emeritus, Kobe Design University; Architect), "Window Environmental Contrology"
(Associate Professor,
Hiroshima University), "Windows in the Tropics"
(Architect)
(Professor, Hitotsubashi University ), "Window Sociology"
(Professor Emeritus,
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich; Architect), "Window Spaces"
(Principal, Maki and Associates; Architect)
(Professor, The
University of Tokyo ; Architectural Historian), "Window Phylogenetics"
(Professor,
Waseda University ; Archiologist), "Window Documentary"
(Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The
University of Tokyo ; Architect), "Window Phylogenetics"
(Associate Professor, National Museum of Ethnology; Architectural Anthropologist), "Window Ethnology"
(Associate Professor, The
University of Tokyo ; Architect), "Window Renovationology"
(AnS Studio), "Windows in Advanced Architectural Design"
(Professor,
Tokyo City University; Architect), "Windows in Houses"
(Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology; Architect), "Window Behaviorology"
(Professor Emeritus, The
University of Tokyo ; Architect), "Yoshichika Uchida Window Seminars"
(Professor,
Tokyo University of the Arts ; Architect), "Window Dialectology"
(Chairman & CEO, YKK AP Inc.)
YKK AP Inc. Customer Support
General Tel.: +81-120-20-4134
Architecture/Design-Related Tel.: +86-120-72-4134
http://www.ykkap.co.jp
Windowology Exhibition PR Office / HOW INC.
E-mail：pressrelease@how-pr.co.jp
Tel: +81-3-5414-6405 / Fax: +81-3-5414-6406
Photo - https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/568939/1_Leandro_Erlich.jpg
Photo - https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/568940/2_Research_Exhibits.jpg
Photo - https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/568941/3_Takashi_Homma.jpg
Photo - https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/568942/4_Takashi_Homma.jpg
Photo - https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/568943/5_Yusuke_Kamata.jpg
Photo - https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/568943/5_Yusuke_Kamata.jpg