Contemporary Japanese architecture exhibition

The Embassy of Japan and the Japan Foundation is organising an exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Architecture, displaying over a hundred photographic images of some of the most exquisite contemporary Japanese architectural designs in Japan. This exhibition has been organised to introduce contemporary Japanese architecture to Sri Lanka with a view to further promoting cultural exchanges between Sri Lanka and Japan.

The exhibition displays a carefully selected repertoire of contemporary Japanese architectural designs conceived by renowned Japanese architects covering a span of a recent ten years between 1985 and 1996. The first part of that period coincides with an era of economic prosperity in Japan where the architectural world was brimming with life opening up new possibilities for architecture and culture in general. A rich diversity of architectural expression that was achieved during this period reflecting part of contemporary Japanese culture is very much evident in these exhibits.

The exhibition also demonstrates the transformations that took place in architectural design in the short ten-year period in Japan. The works have been divided into seven categories, namely, metropolises, medium-size cities, towns and villages, suburbs, reclaimed land, countryside, and resort areas, thereby depicting how architectural expression responded to changes in social conditions in Japan apart from its geographical settings. The exhibition provides a better understanding of the nature of Japan and its architecture today and also drives home the fact that architecture is the product of climate, society and especially, the times.

The exhibition will take place in Kandy in collaboration with the Kandy Municipal Public Library, at the E. L. Senanayake Children's Library Hall, Kandy from May 6 to 9, from 9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.

The same exhibition will also be held in Colombo, in collaboration with the Public Library of Colombo from May 13 to 16, at the Main Auditorium of the Public Library of Colombo from 9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.