Event: 'MA: Zones Of Emergency-Artistic Interventions-Creative Responses To Conflict & Crisis' Print
  Greater Boston
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Date: Monday, November 14, 2011 At 07:00 pm

Location: Bartos Theater at MIT, Wiesner Building, Lower Level, Cambridge, MA

Description: In the aftermath of the disaster suffered in Japan, MIT launched the MIT Japan 3/11 Initiative, a multi-year collaborative project focused on disaster-resilient planning, design and reconstruction. Back from the first MIT Japan 3/11 workshop which took place this summer, Shun Kanda and Jim Wescoat will discuss the process and challenges in planning and implementing alternative strategies for disaster-preparedness. Shun Kanda is a Tokyo native and the Director of Architectural Studies for the MIT-Japan Program. James L. Wescoat, Jr. is Aga Khan Professor in the School of Architecture and Planning at MIT. MIT Japan 3/11 Initiative: http://web.mit.edu/japan3-11/home.html