You are invited to SENSAI seminar: Taro Ashihara, Akira Sakamoto, Eizo Shiina, Ken Yokogawa. The japanese architects will explaine to romanian architects the "sensai" concept.
Guided tour of the exhibition.

Monday, 20th November, 18.00 h, MNAC, 3rd floor, People's House, Bucharest.

Program_conferences: “Xtreme East. Contemporary architecture from Japan”, an event within the frame of the 2006 Bucharest Architecture Biennial (BAB).

15th Nov.

10.00 – 10.30 – opening Xtreme-East conferences/presentation
10.30 – 11.30 – conference Kazuhiro Kojima | FLUID DIRECTION
11.30 – 12.00 – coffee break
12.00 – 13.00 – conference Tetsuo Furuichi | INCONSISTENCY / COMPLEXITY AND CONTRADICTION IN THE EMPIRE OF SIGNS
13.00 – 13.30 – coffee&snack break
13.30 – 14.30 – conference Sou Fujimoto | NEW PROJECTS

16th Nov.

10.00 – 10.30 – opening Xtreme-East conferences/presentation
10.30 – 11.30 – conference Kengo Kuma | ANTI-OBJECT
11.30 – 12.00 – coffee break
12.00 – 13.00 – conference Masahiro Harada & Mao Harada | IN PROCESS. TIMELESS
13.00 – 14.00 – coffee&snack break with architects and press/press office

Conference fee 45 euro | Student fee: 15 euro. Fees include VAT.
Conferences will take place at the ROMANIAN PEASANT MUSEUM, Studio Horia Bernea, from 10.00.
Museum adress: no. 3, Kiseleff street , sector 1, Bucharest Romania

BAB06 brings to Bucharest the best examples of Japanese contemporary architecture: 2 exhibitions and 5 professional conferences on Japanese architecture.

2 exhibitions

8 November 2006 – 8 January 2007, the National Museum of Contemporary Art

• SENSAI Japanese Architecture exhibition: exhibiting architects Taro Ashihara, Yasushi Horibe, Kazuo Iwamura, Chitoshi Kitara, Hiroshi Naito, Akira Sakamoto, Eizo Shiina, Yoshiji Takehara, Akira Watanabe, Ken Yokogawa.
• continuity vs mutation exhibition: exhibiting architects Jun Aoki, Ryuichi Ashizawa, Sou Fujimoto, Tetsuo Furuichi, Masahiro Harada & Mao Harada / Mount Fuji Architects Studio, Kumiko Inui, Jun Igarashi, Waro Kishi, Kazuyasu Kochi / Kochi Architects Studio, Kazuhiro Kojima, Kengo Kuma, Hironori Matsubara + BMA, Hiroshi Naito, Tetsuya Nakazono / Naf Architect & Design, Kenji Nawa / Suwa Seisakujo, Taira Nishizawa, Kazuyo Sejima & Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA, Kuniaki Takahashi, Makoto Tanijiri / Suppose Design Office, Jun Sato Structural Engineers. Responsible: arh. Yoshihide Kobanawa

5 professional conferences: the Romanian Peasant’s Museum

• 15 November: Kazuhiro Kojima, Tetsuo Furuichi, Sou Fujimoto
• 16 November: Kengo Kuma, Masahiro Harada & Mao Harada / Mount Fuji Architects Studio

Conference participation fee: 45 Euro
Student fee: 15 Euro *

* all taxes included

• Kazuhiro Kojima.
  Title: FLUID DIRECTION
• Tetsuo Furuichi.
  Title: INCONSISTENCY / COMPLEXITY AND CONTRADICTION IN THE EMPIRE OF SIGNS
• Sou Fujimoto.
  Title: NEW PROJECTS
• Kengo Kuma.
  Title: ANTI-OBJECT
• Masahiro Harada & Mao Harada.
  Title: IN PROCESS. TIMELESS

To register for the Professional Conferences on Japanese architecture, you can register online or download the Registration form and send it together with the payment order by fax (004 021) 211.21.90 or scanned, by e-mail at office@arhitectura1906.ro. Organizers will confirm your participation to conferences after receiving the participation fees.

• 02.11.2006, 16.00, press conference of the Romanian architecture contest-exhibition, arhi_Generator, MNAC, ¾ Gallery - National Theatre Bucharest
• 02.11.2006, 18.00, Vernissage of the Romanian architecture contest-exhibition, arhi_GENERATOR, MNAC, ¾ Gallery - National Theatre Bucharest
• 08.11.2006, 18.00, Vernissage of the Japanese exhibition “Continuity vs. Mutation”, National Museum of Contemporary Art, 3rd floor
• 08.11.2006, 18.00, Vernissage of the Japanese exhibition “Sensai”, National Museum of Contemporary Art, 3rd floor
• 11.11.2006, 19.00, The awarding festivity of architecture contest-exhibition, arhi_Generator, Romanian Athenaeum. arhitectura_100 years exhibition
• 15.11.2006, 10.00, professional conferences - Romanian Peasant Museum, Horia Bernea Room:
  • arch. Kazuhiro Kojima, Fluid Direction
  • arch. Tetsuo Furuichi, Inconsistency/Complexity and Contradictions in The Empire of Signs
  • arch. Sou Fujimoto
• 16.11.2006, 10.00, professional conferences - Romanian Peasant Museum, Horia Bernea Room:
  • arch. Kengo Kuma, Anti - Object
  • arch. Masahiro Harada & Mao Harada: In process. Timeless
• 20.11.2006, "Sensai" Symposium, arch. Taro Ashihara, arch. Eizoo Shiina, arch. Ken Yokogawa, National Museum of Contemporary Art, 3rd floor

Recommanded by BAB 2006

• 04.11.2006, 12.00, Vernissage of the scenoghaphie exhibition Helmut Sturmer (opened 04-15.11.2006), National Theatre, foyer 1st floor, National Theatre Festival
• 30.10 – 10.11.2006, LUT / ADOBE Exhibition, Mariana Celac, Carturesti
• 4/11/18/20.11.2006, Visits with the artist Diana Gomez - project FIND YOUR IDENTITY, Rahova, International Center of Contemporary Art, CIAC
• 13.11.2006, 11.00, professional conference arch. Jean-Guy Lecat, A space for today (Un espace pour le theatre aujourd'hui),Act Theatre, National Theatre Festival
• 21.11.2006, Czech industrial archeology exhibition, "Ion Mincu" University of Architecture and Planning”, Czech Cultural Center and the Embassy of Czech Republic
• 27.11.2006 – 30.11.2006, Mapping exercise, urban regeneration workshop, part of "Va urma" project. With the participation of Hana Loftus, from General Public Aagency, London; British Council