Saline Verhoeven (Bureau B+B urbanism and landscape architecture, Amsterdam) and Andrew David Fassam (URA, Singapore) will supervise Stadslab's forthcoming spring Master Class in Fukuoka, Japan. The Master Class on Placemaking is part of a three year program focusing on strategic urban transformations.
Fukuoka is the largest city on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu. It is a modern metropolis with good international air and sea connections. Cosmopolitan Fukuoka boasts of an amazing collection of architectural masterpieces, by international top architects such as Aldo Rossi, Toyo Ito, Emilio Ambasz, Rem Koolhaas, Steven Holl, Kisho Kurokawa, Cristian de Portzamparc, Michael Graves and many others. Two larger themes and sites will be addressed during the Master Class:
Theme I Downtown Public space design, place-making, connectivity and accessibility
Theme II Waterfronts Urban transformations, re-programming dockyards and other port areas, creating incubator districts
Large discounts for early bird applications; period extended until February 1st, 2012.
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