Open to all
FA Lecture Series — 04 | S26
Title: Architecture & Environment
Speaker: Kazuyo Sejima
Date: 18th March | Time: 18:00 Hrs
Venue: BNB Hall
Attendees are requested to be seated by 17:45 Hrs.
Delivered under the Japan – India Distinguished Visitors Programme, co‑organised by Shahani Associates and the International House of Japan.
About 40 years ago, Kazuyo Sejima began exploring how architecture might create a more seamless relationship between interior and exterior space. Her central question was: What kind of architecture can truly connect people with their surrounding environment? Over the decades, she has come to believe that achieving this connection enables us — those living in the present — to shape new landscapes while honoring the ones that already exist.
Born in Ibaraki Japan, Kazuyo Sejima graduated from the Japan Women’s University in 1981. In 1987 she opened her own studio in Tokyo and then in 1995, together with Ryue Nishizawa, she founded SANAA. Her own works include House in Plum Grove, Inujima Art House project, and Japan Women’s University Mejiro Campus. SANAA’s main works include the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa, the Rolex Learning Center, Louvre-Lens, Grace Farms, Bocconi University New Urban Campus, La Samaritaine, Art Gallery of New South Wales — Naala Badu Building, Kagawa Prefectural Arena, and Taichung Green Museumbrary. In 2010 Kazuyo Sejima was appointed director of the 12th International Architecture Exhibition of Venice Biennale. Her honors include the Japan Architecture Award, Venice Biennale Golden Lion Award, Rolf Schock Prize in Category of Visual Arts, Pritzker Architecture Prize, Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Letters, Prix de l’Équerre d’Argent, the Medal with Purple Ribbon, Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture, Praemium Imperiale, Royal Gold Medal, and has chosen for the Person of Cultural Merits.
