Lecture by Christian Dimmer, Associate Professor, Urban Studies, Waseda University, Tokyo.

 

Details:

Wednesday,November 6th, 2024

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM (EST)

UL105, University Center,

63 5th Ave, New York, NY.

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Dr. Christian Dimmer is Associate Professor for Urban Studies at Waseda University

in Tokyo, Japan. He is a co-founder of the charitable, design-led disaster response

organisation, Open Architecture Collaborative｜Tokyo Chapter, the Alliance of

Humanitarian Architecture｜Sendai, as well as of the TPF²｜Tohoku Planning

Forum, which facilitates the exchange of ideas, projects and initiatives for rebuilding

resilient, liveable, sustainable communities in the disaster-hit areas of Tohoku in

north-eastern Japan. One of his research and scholarly focai is public space in

Japan, and his publications include “Miyashita Park, Tokyo: Contested Visions of

Public Space in Contemporary Urban Japan,” “Common Matters,” “Planning for

sustainable Asian cities,” and many other international publications.

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This event has been organized by Miodrag Mitrasinovic for the School of Design Strategies’ Public Space Lab. It is free and open to faculty, staff, students and the general public.