As a joint project between the Field of Art and Design for Spatial Experience and the Concentration in Environmental Design, we will be inviting Professor Radek Toman from Brno University of Technology (Czech Republic) to hold a 3-day special workshop. In this workshop, we will use a psychogeographical approach to capture the environment around the Suginami campus and design a house for the wild animals that live in the urban environment.
There is a limit to the number of participants, so please make your reservation early.
Eligibility: students and faculty of Joshibi University of Art and Design
Admission: Free
Language: English (With English-Japanese interpretation)
Location: Suginami Campus, Building 2, Room 2211
Capacity: 24 people (reservations required, applications will close when capacity is reached)
Date: August 19th (Tue) – August 21st (Thu), 2025
Reservation form: https://forms.gle/YhTvpjKjGfWhMm1A7
WS schedule
Day 1. August 19th (Tue), 2025 10:30-16:00
AM / Open lecture: ” CITIES AND THEIR EMPTY PLACES”
PM / Workshop: “Exploring and mapping the urban wilderness”
Day 2. August 20th (Wed), 2025 10:30-15:00
AM&PM / Workshop: “Designing of nesting sites for solitary bees and birdhouses with the implementation of the design and its placement in the landscape”
Day 3. Thursday, 21st August, 2025 10:30-15:00
AM&PM / Workshop: ” Designing of nesting sites for solitary bees and birdhouses with the implementation of the design and its placement in the landscape”
Radek Toman
Guest lecturer.
Architect, Vice Dean for international relations at the Department of Architecture, Brno University of Technology.
An architecture and urban researcher who explores sustainable ways of managing urban development by observing human activities in the city from a wilderness perspective, while interpreting the relationship between unused urban land and natural ecosystems.