SANAA Lecture Changed to Feature Kazuyo Sejima!

On February 9 at 5 PM, Kazuyo Sejima of SANAA will now be lecturing instead of Ryue Nishizawa.  However, the topic of the lecture will remain the same (see below for lecture description and ticketing information).

Kazuyo Sejima studied architecture at Japan’s Women’s University and worked for Toyo Ito after completing her studies. She established her own practice in 1987 and began working collaboratively with Nishizawa in their warehouse office in Shinagawa, Tokyo under the name “SANAA” in 1995.  Since Sejima’s work with Ito, lightweight materials and abstract spatial composition have been influential in her designs and can be seen in projects such as the artist’s Platform Houses and SANAA’s 21st Century Museum in Kanazawa, Japan.  When describing SANAA’s current work, Sejima explained, “For the time being the method we are using is premised on the extremely modern idea of making the content of the building the human actions that take place within (to) create the architectural form.”

Artist Lecture: Kazuyo Sejima
Saturday, February 9, 5 PM
Kane Hall, Roethke Auditorium, UW Campus
$10 Members / $15 General / $12 Students and Seniors
Tickets available through brownpapertickets.com

In conjunction with the Henry’s SANAA exhibition, architect Kazuyo Sejima will present a lecture highlighting her firm’s design process. The lecture will provide a rare opportunity to hear about a unique body of work that challenges the boundaries separating architecture and art.

21^st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan.  1999-2004.  Courtesy of SANAA.  Photo credit: Yukio Futagawa.