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2014 PRESS RELEASE

JAPAN INFORMATION AND CULTURE CENTER (JICC)
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Press Office - PR#49–2014, June 18, 2014

 

Traveling Exhibition and Lecture:
"How Did Architects Respond Immediately after 3/11? (The Great East Japan Earthquake)"

 

 

The Japan Foundation, Manila has invited renowned Filipino architect and urban planner Felino "Jun" Palafox, Jr. to present a talk entitled, "Re-plan, Remake, Rebuild Back Better, Safer, Smarter, and Sustainable Buildings, Communities, and Cities" on June 21 (Saturday), 3:00 p.m. at the UP Asian Center Museum in Diliman, Quezon City. The lecture is an educational component of the traveling exhibition, "How Did Architects Respond Immediately after 3/11? (The Great East Japan Earthquake)".

 

The Japan Foundation, Manila, in cooperation with the Embassy of Japan, Japan International Cooperation Agency, and the UP Asian Center, commenced the traveling exhibition last June 9 at the GT Toyota Hall of Wisdom, Asian Center in UP Diliman. The exhibit is open to the public, Monday through Friday, until July 14, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

 

Through visual and text panels, as well as models and video presentations, the exhibit highlights the numerous projects dedicated to the rebuilding of both structures and communities devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake.

 

For more details, please contact The Japan Foundation, Manila at 811 6155 to 58 and email@jfmo.org.ph or the UP Asian Center Museum at 920 3535, 981 8500 loc. 3580 and upacmuseum@gmail.com.

 

 

   
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