Dezeen has teamed up with London's Royal Academy of Arts to broadcast this year's annual architecture lecture by Atelier Bow-Wow founders Yoshiharu Tsukamoto and Momoyo Kaijima.
In the lecture, which is titled Architectural Behaviorology, the Japanese architects discussed the architectural impact of the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964 and 2021 and how it has affected their own practice.
Atelier Bow-Wow worked with local people to help rebuild Momonoura village after it was devastated by the 2011 tsunami
The duo also explained their approach to architecture ? how they try to create a continuous loop between research, teaching and their own design work ? before discussing how they have increasingly shifted their attention to rural areas of Japan. Projects featured in the talk include Atelier Bow-Wow's work over a number of years in Momonoura, a small fishing village that was devastated by the Tsunami in 2011.
Kaijima explained how they worked with the villagers to create new accommodation made from local materials to attract new residents and visitors to the area.
Atelier Bow-Wow's Tanada Terrace Office is a concept for a rural office
Tsukamoto presented projects including the studio's Tanada Terrace Office pavilion, a concept for a rural office that Atelier Bow-Wow built with Muji in an area of Japanese farmland dominated by terraced rice fields.
The concept intended to suggest a new typology of building that could provide a space for city workers to visit the countryside in ...