Stadslab organizes a Master Class in Fukuoka, Japan. 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. 

Strategic agenda for Fukuoka is to invest in some of its main assets: an innovative and top-level business district, a modern and more seamlessly connected network of public transport modalities, enhanced connectivity between knowledge institutes and businesses, modern harbor and airport terminals and in general an attractive environment for its workforce. 

As part of a three year program Stadslab now offers a Master Class on Placemaking, taking place in Fukuoka, April 12-21, 2012, supervised by Saline Verhoeven (Landscape architect at Bureau B+B urbanism and landscape architecture, Amsterdam) and Andrew David Fassam (director urban design at URA, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Singapore).

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 until February 1st, 2012. 

Further information:

Program of the Master Class

Presentation at preceding Expert Meeting in July 2011