Osamu Okamura: Visit Your City: Why is Architecture Important?!
We invite you to a lecture and discussion by architect Osamu Okamura on the Chicago Architectural Foundation and the current possibilities for raising public awareness about architecture.
The Chicago Architectural Foundation has been dedicated to promoting good architecture for 52 years. Its programs attract nearly 700 thousand visitors annually, with 450 thousand participating in architectural tours and 30 thousand children engaging in educational programs. The river architectural tour through the city center is among the top 10 most sought-after tourist attractions in the United States. The foundation consists of 80 employees, more than 500 volunteers, and 12 thousand members. How can serious architectural topics be communicated in an engaging way today? And how does one of the largest and most successful architectural cultural institutions in the world operate?
Osamu Okamura is an architect, curator of the exhibition Shared Cites: Creative Momentum, program curator of the reSITE Festival, correspondent for the publication collective A10, member of the Board of the Czech Architecture Foundation, lecturer at the international school of architecture ARCHIP / Architectural Institute in Prague, member of the Urbanism, Architecture and Public Space Development Committee of the Prague 7 City District Council, certifier for the Register of Artistic Results of Czech Universities in the Architecture segment, and nominator for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award – for the Czech Republic. From 2005 to 2012, he served as editor-in-chief of the architectural magazine ERA21 and is currently a member of its editorial board. From 2013 to 2017, he was the program director of the international festival and conference for livable cities, reSITE. In 2014, he was selected among the New Europe 100 – one hundred exceptional innovators from Central and Eastern Europe – by Res Publica, Google, and the Visegrad Fund, in cooperation with the Financial Times. In 2018, he worked at the Chicago Architectural Foundation, supported by the J. William Fulbright Commission in the Czech Republic - Fulbright-Masaryk Scholarship.
Supported by the J. William Fulbright Commission in the Czech Republic - Fulbright-Masaryk Scholarship - and the Czech Architecture Foundation with great thanks to the Chicago Architectural Foundation.
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The Chicago Architectural Foundation has been dedicated to promoting good architecture for 52 years. Its programs attract nearly 700 thousand visitors annually, with 450 thousand participating in architectural tours and 30 thousand children engaging in educational programs. The river architectural tour through the city center is among the top 10 most sought-after tourist attractions in the United States. The foundation consists of 80 employees, more than 500 volunteers, and 12 thousand members. How can serious architectural topics be communicated in an engaging way today? And how does one of the largest and most successful architectural cultural institutions in the world operate?
Osamu Okamura is an architect, curator of the exhibition Shared Cites: Creative Momentum, program curator of the reSITE Festival, correspondent for the publication collective A10, member of the Board of the Czech Architecture Foundation, lecturer at the international school of architecture ARCHIP / Architectural Institute in Prague, member of the Urbanism, Architecture and Public Space Development Committee of the Prague 7 City District Council, certifier for the Register of Artistic Results of Czech Universities in the Architecture segment, and nominator for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award – for the Czech Republic. From 2005 to 2012, he served as editor-in-chief of the architectural magazine ERA21 and is currently a member of its editorial board. From 2013 to 2017, he was the program director of the international festival and conference for livable cities, reSITE. In 2014, he was selected among the New Europe 100 – one hundred exceptional innovators from Central and Eastern Europe – by Res Publica, Google, and the Visegrad Fund, in cooperation with the Financial Times. In 2018, he worked at the Chicago Architectural Foundation, supported by the J. William Fulbright Commission in the Czech Republic - Fulbright-Masaryk Scholarship.
Supported by the J. William Fulbright Commission in the Czech Republic - Fulbright-Masaryk Scholarship - and the Czech Architecture Foundation with great thanks to the Chicago Architectural Foundation.
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