PHILADELPHIA, PA (September 13, 2024) – The Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University is pleased to highlight several public events taking place this fall, featuring distinguished speakers and addressing critical topics in architecture and design. 

AED Presents: Spatial Practice Within Contested Geographies 

September 19, 2024  6:00 p.m.
ARCH 104, Tyler School of Art and Architecture   

Co-hosted by Tyler and the Journal of Architectural Education (JAE), this forum will address the agency of design disciplines in repairing and overcoming future injustices within the context of global urbanization and its impact on political spaces. This event convenes selected JAE editorial board members to discuss recent journal topics, including settler-colonialism, design, infrastructure, and ecology within geographic areas of conflict.  Participants: Nora Akawi, Cooper Union; Billy Fleming, University of Pennsylvania; Rania Ghosn, MIT; Taryn Mudge, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple; Jeffrey S. Nesbit, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University; Ozayr Saloojee, Carleton University; Ivonne Santoyo-Orozco, Bard College; Nora Wendl, New Mexico / JAE 

Architecture and Environmental Design (AED) Presents is a combined series of architecture, landscape architecture, and planning lectures hosted at Tyler throughout the year. 

2024 Robert Z. Shuman Lecture: Masafumi Yukimoto 
October 23, 2024 
4:00 p.m. 
ARCH 104, Tyler School of Art and Architecture and virtual on Zoom  

Renowned architect and Tyler alum Masafumi Yukimoto (BSArch '98) will deliver the 2024 Robert Z. Shuman Lecture. Yukimoto, founder of Komy Studio based in Takasaki and Tokyo, Japan, will share his journey from studying at Tyler to establishing his innovative architectural and interior design practice. 

Yukimoto's talk will focus on his experiences studying and working in the United States, and how he integrated American practices into his work, particularly emphasizing the concept of 'making' in architecture. 

Born in Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture, Yukimoto pursued architectural studies at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture, graduating with a Bachelor of Architecture in 1998. During and after his graduation, he worked in various architecture and design-build firms in Philadelphia, including Onion Flat and MBA, where he was deeply influenced by the idea of "architecture as making." In 2006, he moved to Michigan to attend Cranbrook Academy of Art, earning his Master of Architecture degree. His postgraduate journey led him back to Japan, where he embarked on a new chapter in his career, working with renowned architects at Shigeru Ban Architects and Kengo Kuma and Associates. In 2021, he established komy studio, returning to his roots in his hometown of Takasaki City. 

Visit the Tyler Calendar of Events for more information on these and other upcoming events. 

About the Tyler School of Art and Architecture 

The Tyler School of Art and Architecture is a collaborative community of bold thinkers and change makers in the fields of art, architecture and design at Temple University, a large, urban, public research university in Philadelphia. Tyler educates and inspires students to be active participants in society with the highest aspirations for creative and social achievement, individual expression, scholarly discovery and innovation.    

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