WINDOW RESEARCH INSTITUTE

In collaboration with the VILLUM Window Collection, architectural historian and professor Taro Igarashi will give a lecture on the history of Japanese windows, focusing on their development and significance in both traditional and modern architecture at the event held during the Copenhagen Architecture Biennale 2025.

After the lecture, the Window Research Institute will demonstrate how Japanese shoji windows made with washi paper are crafted. Here, you can observe and experience the meditative process of traditional craftsmanship and the art of making windows by hand.

Twenty participants will be selected to join the shoji workshop. Participants will be chosen by lottery on the day of the event.

 

Event Overview

Date & Time: September 23, 15:00–18:00
Venue: VILLUM Window Collection, Maskinvej 4, 2860 Søborg
Language: English
Admission: 150 DKK (includes lecture, workshop, and light refreshments) – Limited spots available
Registration Deadline: September 16, 2025
URL: https://www.cafx.dk/biennial-events/lecture-workshop-exploring-the-art-of-japanese-windows-ad24c

 

Additionally, a guided tour of the special exhibition Window Behaviorology by the Tsukamoto Laboratory will be held.
This Japanese exhibition is based on research into windows and human behavior, and functions as a study exhibition. It invites you to immerse yourself in the Tsukamoto Laboratory’s research, findings, and publications from around the world, including Scandinavia.

Tsukamoto Laboratory is led by architect and professor Yoshiharu Tsukamoto, co-founder of the architecture studio Atelier Bow-Wow.

 

Event Overview
Date & Time: Every Thursday during the Biennale, 17:00–19:00
Language: English
Admission: Free
URL: https://www.cafx.dk/biennial-events/guided-tours-at-window-behaviorology-6e3f0

 

Top image: Yurika Kono