Special Cooperation for Architecture Student Workshop Ninna-ji Temple 2023

This workshop is organized by Art and Architect Festa, a non-profit organization, with the aim of “encouraging students majoring in architecture and environmental design to leave the campus and create actual social works in a given location under the guidance of lecturers who are mainly architects active in Japan and abroad. The purpose of the program is to “create actual social works of art in a given location under the guidance of instructors who are mainly architects.
We are providing special cooperation from the viewpoint of nurturing the bearers of the “artworks”.
Two advisors from our company participated in the competition, and our representative, Mr. Sakurai, served as a critic.

The setting for the 2023 competition was Ninna-ji Temple in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, which was built in 888 and remained a temple of the highest rank until the end of the Edo period (1603-1868) as a monastery with its abbot being a member of the imperial family.

Fifty-four students selected from all over Japan were divided into 10 groups to learn about the historical background and characteristics of the site while making follies.

▼What is Architecture Student Workshop?
Organized by Art and Architect Festa, a non-profit organization (NPO). It is a workshop where university and graduate students majoring in architecture and design gather to learn the process of creating architecture through hands-on experience under the guidance of architects and other professionals who are active at the forefront of the field.