Laboratoř stylů: Poválečná architektura v Japonsku 1945–1982
Výstava Adama Štěcha ve Winternitzově vile
The exhibition opening will take place on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, at 18:00 in the Winternitz Villa. Admission to the opening is free and complimentary. The exhibition can subsequently be visited during the villa's opening hours (Sunday–Wednesday, 12:00–18:00) from June 11, 2026, to October 4, 2026.
The authorial team of the creative group Okolo presents the sixth exhibition cycle in the Winternitz Villa.
Curator and architectural historian Adam Štěch continues his previous exhibition on interwar Japanese architecture and carries on the narrative of the development of modern architecture there in the post-war period. His own photographic research maps diverse trends in Japanese architectural culture and places alongside each other the iconic projects of Kenzō Tange, Kishō Kurokawa, Kazuo Shinohara, and unknown and often very unorthodox examples of Japanese modern architecture. The exhibition also includes a showcase of period furniture and product design.
Japanese architecture of the 20th century is a fascinating evolution of experiments and adaptations to dramatic changes in society, industry, and modern lifestyle. In the 1950s and 1960s, Japan fully opened up to the rest of the world, and architecture became one of the main attributes of a new technologically advanced nation.
European modernist influences were transformed by the young generation of architects into a characteristic urban language of densely populated cities. Modernism, brutalism, and later specifically Japanese Metabolism style were at the birth of new bold projects that transformed traditional Japan into one of the world's most modern societies.
Concept, text, and photography: Adam Štěch
Graphic design and installation: Matěj Činčera and Jan Kloss
Production: Kristina Cysařová
The authorial team of the creative group Okolo presents the sixth exhibition cycle in the Winternitz Villa.
Curator and architectural historian Adam Štěch continues his previous exhibition on interwar Japanese architecture and carries on the narrative of the development of modern architecture there in the post-war period. His own photographic research maps diverse trends in Japanese architectural culture and places alongside each other the iconic projects of Kenzō Tange, Kishō Kurokawa, Kazuo Shinohara, and unknown and often very unorthodox examples of Japanese modern architecture. The exhibition also includes a showcase of period furniture and product design.
Japanese architecture of the 20th century is a fascinating evolution of experiments and adaptations to dramatic changes in society, industry, and modern lifestyle. In the 1950s and 1960s, Japan fully opened up to the rest of the world, and architecture became one of the main attributes of a new technologically advanced nation.
European modernist influences were transformed by the young generation of architects into a characteristic urban language of densely populated cities. Modernism, brutalism, and later specifically Japanese Metabolism style were at the birth of new bold projects that transformed traditional Japan into one of the world's most modern societies.
Concept, text, and photography: Adam Štěch
Graphic design and installation: Matěj Činčera and Jan Kloss
Production: Kristina Cysařová
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