Taisei Construction Inc.’s (president: Takashi Yamauchi) permanent collection gallery Gallery Taisei is holding an architecture exhibition by Rogelio Salmona entitled “Open Spaces/Collective Spaces” from September 8th to November 21st 2008.
Salmona is a noted South American architect from Colombia whose original sketches, models, photographs and videos - some 130 pieces - will be on display at this exhibition, supported and produced by the Colombian Association of Architects.
This is the first exhibition in Japan to take a comprehensive look at the work of Salmona, and is part of a series of cultural events to mark the 100th anniversary of friendly relations between Japan and Colombia.
Symposium: September 8th (Mon) 6 pm - 9 pm
Shinjuku Center Building 52F, Taisei Construction, Large Hall
Panelists:
Martha Devia (professor, National Bogota University, exhibition director)
Maria Elvia Madorinian (landscape architect, Salmona’s widow)
Hiroshi Naito (architect, professor at Tokyo University) and others
Topics:
Salmona’s architecture, architecture and urban development in the Republic of Colombia
Address:
17F Shinjuku Center Building, 1-25-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023 (Map)
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