archiPicnic: 2011

Sunday, April 17, 2011

ARIGATO!! for coming

ARIGATO FOR COMING

Amazing speakers

Organizing team and helpers

Thank you very much for coming to our special event, Global Pecha Kucha Night- Inspire Japan last night. 11 speakers presented, and nearly 280 people RSVP'd, and well over 100 people came despite the heavy rain.

We raised $2,011, all of which will be donated to Architecture for Humanity.

I noticed that the Global PechaKucha Night was not happening in NYC on Monday, and I decided to organize one on Tuesday. We put this event together from scratch in only 4 days - that's SOKOJIKARA!

I cannot thank enough all the speakers who put their amazing presentation together in a couple of days. I cannot thank enough the organizing team members and helpers who worked so hard to make this happen. I cannot thank enough our sponsors, TOTO USA and GSAPP Columbia University who kindly offered us space, food and drinks.

For those who missed, you can still watch the video on Ustream.
(Since we had some technical difficulties, it starts from the 3rd presenter.)

I would like to continue my effort to raise awareness, remind people of this tragedy and support the long-term reconstruction of Japan.

Thank you again!!

Motoko Shoboji
Lead Organizer

program

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Global PechaKucha Night 4/16 (Sat)

INSPIRE JAPAN
THINK / PARTICIPATE / DONATE / INSPIRE

満員御礼

THIS EVENT HAS REACHED FULL CAPACITY!!!

☆If you have not RSVPed please view on Ustream!

☆Viewing also taking place at Wood Auditorium @Avery Hall of Columbia University!!!

This event will be taking place in the 62 cities in the world on the same day.
Please watch us on Ustream! http://www.ustream.tv/user/archiPicnic

Date: Sat, APRIL 16, 2011

Time: 7-9pm
Location: TOTO Gallery (in SOHO)
25 Mercer St.
New York, NY 10013

*Also shown live at the Wood Auditorium in the Avery Hall of Columbia University!!*

SPEAKERS
Toru Hasegawa (Adjunct Assistant Professor, Columbia University GSAPP )
Clifford Pearson (Deputy Editor-In-Chief, Architectural Record)
Yutaka Takiura (Architecture for Humanity, Pratt Institute)
Mio Uchida (Hope for Japan, Founder)
Kanako Iuchi (Consultant/researcher on disaster recovery)
Paul Miller Aka DJ Spooky
Johnny Strategy (Editor-In-Chief, Spoon & Tamago)
studioSUMO, Sunil Bald, Yolande Daniels
Masahiro Sasaki (Born and raised in Otsuchi, a town affected by Tsunami)
Joshua Perez (U.S. representative, OpenSimSim)
Jake Prince (a New Yorker in Natori, a city affected by Tsunami)

Sponsors:
TOTO USA
and
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University

Please RSVP at archipicnic@gmail.com
Please write your Name, Number of guests, and Email address, and indicate “PechaKucha NYC RSVP” in the title of the email

Organized by: archiPicnic

Special PK Event website: http://archipicnic.blogspot.com/

Global PK website: http://global-day.pecha-kucha.org/

*Regular PechaKucha Night is organized by PechaKucha Night New York, and this special global event in NYC is organized by archiPicnic

Participating Cities:
66 cities, and counting… we are going to make NYC the 67th.

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What is Global PechaKucha Night – Inspire Japan?
Japan has inspired designers for many generations. On the March 11, Japan suffered what has been described as a 1000 year event. The earthquake and tsunami destroyed 400km of coastline, killing over 10,000 people, leaving 400,000 people homeless, and has triggered a nuclear situation that is still unfolding. Japan has inspired us all, now is it our turn to "Inspire Japan."

Please join us on April 16 and be a part of Global PechaKucha Day - Inspire Japan. Let's all come together and show Japan that the creative world is thinking of them, that all is not lost, and that it is possible to stand up and rebuild, even in villages and towns which have been completely destroyed. With creativity and passion, anything is possible.

- Astrid Klein & Mark Dytham, PechaKucha Founders - Tokyo

Support Architecture for Humanity?
Yes! Proceeds from Inspire Japan will go directly to Architecture for Humanity (AFH), who PechaKucha supported last year with Global PechaKucha for Haiti. They currently have a Team in Sendai and a design fellow in Tokyo. http://architectureforhumanity.org/

What are PechaKucha Nights?
PechaKucha Nights are informal and fun gatherings where creative people get together and share their ideas, works, thoughts, holiday snaps - just about anything really, in the PechaKucha 20x20 format.

What is 20x20?
PechaKucha 20x20 is a simple presentation format where you show 20 images, each for 20 seconds. The images forward automatically and you talk along to the images.

I have said enough, please come join us and Inspire Japan! Please check us back!!

Thursday, March 17, 2011

NYから、できること。Hope for Japan

http://hope-for-japan.blogspot.com/
archiPicnic常連のMioちゃんが始めた活動です。English follows.

日時：３／１９日　土曜日　１０AM- ３PM
場所：ユニオンスクエア, NY

日本でそれぞれに不安や悲しみを抱えながらも、
助け合い、励まし合い、一生懸命がんばっているみなさんに、
海外から日本を想い、応援している人たちの声を、
ひとつでも多く届けたいと思っています。

来てくださった方々には、小さな布に手書きのメッセージを書いていただき、
それとともにみなさんの写真/映像をとり、
Hope for Japan のブログへのアップを通して、
日本の皆さんに届けたいと思います。
また、メッセージの書かれたひとつひとつの布は、
その場にいる人たちの手で縫い合わせて、後日日本へ届けられます。
当日、メッセージを書きにきていただける方、
また、布を縫い合わせたり、周りにいる人たちへの呼びかけを
手伝っていただける方、ぜひお越しください！

お問い合わせ　hopeforjapanny@gmail.com　

"Hope for Japan"
Location: Union Square, NY
Date/Time: 3/19 Saturday, 10AM- 3PM

We wish to deliver messages from people outside Japan,
who are caring, thinking, and praying for those in Japan.
Messages will be written on small pieces of fabric, and the photos/ videos of those
messages and people will be brought to Japan through our blog.
The individual fabrics will be patched together at the site to be sent out to Japan.
Please come visit us to bring your messages for Japan!

Inquiries: hopeforjapanny@gmail.com

NYから、日本人建築家としてできること。Architecture for Humanity NY chapter　翻訳者募集

Architecture for Humanity and its teams in Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto are partnering with other organization to mobilize around the long term reconstruction effort.
At this point, we are calling out to the New York network for Japanese/ English translation assistance. If you are interested in helping, please contact Rita Saikali at ritasaikali@afhny.org to get involved. この団体はAIA, JIA とも協力しており、長期的な再建のサポートをするnon-profit 団体で、先日TOTOでの会にもいらしたPrattの一番人気色男教授である滝浦さんが関わっていらっしゃいます。フルタイムで働いていてもできると思うので、Ritaにメールする時に、どのくらいの時間をボランティアできるかなどもメールにお書き下さい。（Yutaka またはMotokoから聞いたと言えばわかるはずです）また、下記のサイトからDonationもできます。　
http://architectureforhumanity.org/　　
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xhllzn_architecture-for-humanity-s-kate-stohr-talks-dylan-ratigan_news　

NYから、建築家としてできること。-AIA NY "Dialogue towards new Japan" panel discussion(5/24)　スポンサー紹介のお願い

AIA NY "Dialogue towards new Japan" panel discussion(5/24)　スピーカー＆スポンサー紹介のお願い

先日もメールに書きましたが、AIA NYにて5月24日（火）に日本の建築に関するパネルディスカッションを計画しています。当初予定していたパネルの趣旨を変更し、多くの命を救った日本の建築技術についてを題材にすることになりました。これを機にアメリカの建築家に日本の底力から多くを学んでもらい、日本の建築家や企業を元気付ける事ができればと思っております。

このイベントはJapan Society と総領事館から後援の約束を得ており、特に領事館の方からはできるだけ米メデイアの人たちにも聞いてもらい、また日本を勇気付けて欲しいとのお言葉をいただきました。

現在、スポンサーとなってくださる企業を早急に探しています。

皆様のお知り合いでご興味がありそうな方がいらしたら、ご紹介いただけませんでしょうか。（shoboji@gmail.com　までメールいただければ別途メールします）また、こんな企業はどうか？というヒントなどをいただけるだけでも嬉しいです。

どうぞよろしくお願いいたします。

archiPicnic IV more photos

archiPicnic IV

2/26/11にNYのTOTO Showroom にて archiPicnic 第4弾（インドア編）が開催されました！
当日は35人の建築家・デザイナーの方が集まり、とても楽しい会になりました。

TOTOさん、ありがとうございました。
皆さん是非Washletを世界に広めましょう！

また今回はヒロシくんとジュンちゃんのお別れ会も兼ねていました。またNYに来てね。