The Japan Foundation is hosting the exhibition Parallel Nippon: Contemporary Japanese Architecture 1996–2006 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (Shabi).

Parallel Nippon focuses on 110 representative architectural specimens selected from among buildings constructed primarily in Japan in the 10 years from 1996 to 2006, presenting them against the backdrop of Japan’s sociocultural environment. With visual aids, such as photographs and video footages, and three-dimensional models, it retraces how Japan’s architectural scene has answered with fine-tuned designs to the demands of the age amid the transition from the period of the Japanese speculative bubble to the post-bubble period. The exhibit is built around the idea of contrast: expanding metropolises versus local communities plagued by declining birthrates, grand cultural facilities with an international focus versus small but sensitive community facilities for local children or for the local elderly, and so forth.
After Tokyo, the exhibition will be reorganized and will tour other countries for the next 10 years.

Duration:	Saturday October 21 to Sunday, December 3, 2006
Venue:	Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photograpy (Shabi) 1-13-3 Mita, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0062 Tel 03-3280-0099, Fax 03-3280-0033
Organized by:	The Japan Foundation, Architectural Institute of Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo Shimbun
Supported by:	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan

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