Excitement is building in anticipation of this fantastic opportunity to research built environment education in Japan. Cara from the ACN has done a great job organising a fascinating and varied itinerary, including visits to:Katsushika V Elementary School
Toyo Ito and members of NPO
Kashiwa Urban Design Centre
Urban Renaissance Agency
Yokohama Bank Art, Yokohama Creative City and Yokohama City Council
Visiting these places, looking at, experiencing, talking about architecture and how people learn about it in a different culture is going to be fascinating. But I must confess that I am most excited about meeting Toyo Ito, whose Serpentine Pavilion I visited in 2002 - have a look at his beautiful organic structures: www.toyo-ito.co.jp.
So now all that remains to be done in preparation for my trip is to get some presentations together and buy gifts for our hosts, about which there as been much much discussion in the TBE office!
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