Osamu Okamura: Visit your city
Why is architecture important
We invite you to a lecture and discussion by architect Osamu Okamura about the Chicago Architectural Foundation and the current possibilities for raising public awareness of architecture. The lecture and discussion will take place on November 1, 2018, at 6:00 PM at the Architecture Gallery Brno at Starobrněnská 18 in Brno.
The Chicago Architectural Foundation has been dedicated to promoting good architecture for 52 years. Its programs attract nearly 700,000 visitors annually, with 450,000 participating in architectural tours, and 30,000 children involved in educational programs. The architectural boat tour through the city center is among the top 10 sought-after tourist attractions in the entire United States. The foundation consists of 80 employees, more than 500 volunteers, and 12,000 members. How can we discuss serious architectural topics in an engaging way today? And how does one of the largest and most successful architectural cultural institutions in the world operate?
Osamu Okamura is an architect, curator of the exhibition Shared Cites: Creative Momentum, program curator at the reSITE Festival, correspondent for the publishing cooperative A10, a board member of the Czech Architecture Foundation, a lecturer at the international school of architecture ARCHIP / Architectural Institute in Prague, a member of the Commission for Urban Development, Architecture, and Public Space of the Prague 7 City Council, a certifier for the Registry of Artistic Outcomes of Czech universities in the segment of Architecture, and a nominator for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award for the Czech Republic. From 2005 to 2012, he served as editor-in-chief of the architectural magazine ERA21, and he is currently a member of its editorial board. From 2013 to 2017, he was the program director of the international festival and conference for more livable cities, reSITE. In 2014, he was selected among New Europe 100 – one hundred exceptional innovators from Central and Eastern Europe – by Res Publica, Google, and the Visegrad Fund, in collaboration with the Financial Times. In 2018, he worked at the Chicago Architectural Foundation, supported by the J. William Fulbright Commission in the Czech Republic - Fulbright-Masaryk Scholarship.
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The Chicago Architectural Foundation has been dedicated to promoting good architecture for 52 years. Its programs attract nearly 700,000 visitors annually, with 450,000 participating in architectural tours, and 30,000 children involved in educational programs. The architectural boat tour through the city center is among the top 10 sought-after tourist attractions in the entire United States. The foundation consists of 80 employees, more than 500 volunteers, and 12,000 members. How can we discuss serious architectural topics in an engaging way today? And how does one of the largest and most successful architectural cultural institutions in the world operate?
Osamu Okamura is an architect, curator of the exhibition Shared Cites: Creative Momentum, program curator at the reSITE Festival, correspondent for the publishing cooperative A10, a board member of the Czech Architecture Foundation, a lecturer at the international school of architecture ARCHIP / Architectural Institute in Prague, a member of the Commission for Urban Development, Architecture, and Public Space of the Prague 7 City Council, a certifier for the Registry of Artistic Outcomes of Czech universities in the segment of Architecture, and a nominator for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award for the Czech Republic. From 2005 to 2012, he served as editor-in-chief of the architectural magazine ERA21, and he is currently a member of its editorial board. From 2013 to 2017, he was the program director of the international festival and conference for more livable cities, reSITE. In 2014, he was selected among New Europe 100 – one hundred exceptional innovators from Central and Eastern Europe – by Res Publica, Google, and the Visegrad Fund, in collaboration with the Financial Times. In 2018, he worked at the Chicago Architectural Foundation, supported by the J. William Fulbright Commission in the Czech Republic - Fulbright-Masaryk Scholarship.
Supported by the J. William Fulbright Commission in the Czech Republic - Fulbright-Masaryk Scholarship - and the Czech Architecture Foundation with great thanks to the Chicago Architectural Foundation.
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