This lecture delves into the buried rivers of Tokyo, tracing the city's transformation from Edo--the historic 'City of Water'--to the modern metropolis it is today. While Tokyo may seem to have lost its intimate connection to its waterways, this bond has merely evolved into a more concealed and intricate relationship. Beneath the urban fabric lie culverted rivers, their traces now reimagined as long, narrow, meandering paths. These hidden corridors, exclusively pedestrian, weave through the city like secret arteries, revealing an unseen structure that silently holds Tokyo together.

Ivana's academic and professional journey has been centered at the intersection of urban research and architecture. She is currently a research fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies Southeast Europe, University of Rijeka. She gained her PhD from Meiji University in Tokyo where she was affiliated as a Research Assistant. The international practical experiences spand from Kengo Kuma and Nikken Sekkei Architects in Japan, Al Borde Arquitectos in Ecuador and Hochschule Wismar in Germany. Moreover, Ivana has been a senior associate in the Urban Planning Department at two municipalities and has been a faculty instructor in her hometown, Skopje.

Koshiro Ogura:

Koshiro Ogura, Institute of Science Tokyo, Technical Support Staff

 Koshiro Ogura (b. 1997, Tokyo, Japan) is an architect and researcher, currently works as a technical support staff at the Science Tokyo (former Tokyo Tech), with academic ties to ETH Zürich. His work explores architectural representation, with a focus on Kazuo Shinohara's legacy.

 

Eduard Hauska:

Eduard Hauska, Institute of Science Tokyo, PhD Candidate

(bio): Eduard is a doctoral candidate and Advanced Human Resource Development Fellow at the Shin-ichi Okuyama laboratory, Department of Architecture, Institute of Science Tokyo. Eduard graduated with a Bachelor of Science from KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm) in 2019 and a Master of Engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2022. His current research concerns the role of architects' discourse and criticism in contemporary architectural culture, particularly in relation to the idea of complexity as the underlying concept of the Post-modern paradigm.

 

Abudjana H. E. BABIKER:

Abudjana Babiker is an architect, researcher, and curator based in Tokyo. He completed his architecture studies in 2016 at The National Ribat University, Khartoum, Sudan, and subsequently worked as a teaching assistant in architectural design studios. He is a registered architect in Sudan Engineering Council since November 2016. Awarded MEXT scholarship for graduate studies, he joined Waseda University in 2020 for research, master's, and Ph.D. programs. He has actively participated in a number of architecture competitions, architecture/urban research and transdisciplinary projects, and exhibitions and contributed to a number of publications and conferences. He is a founding director of Mittetulundusühing Polis Architecture Institute. His major research interests and activities encompass architectural theory and design, urban design, the production of politics and social affects in architecture, production and reproduction in architecture, architectural borders and territories, architectural representation and architectural journalism.