In this episode of SCCI Cinéphile Hub 2020, SCCI Tokyo Correspondent, Kate Klippensteen, speaks with Kengo Kuma & Associates founder and architect, Kengo Kuma, with minä perhonen founder and designer, Akira Minagawa. Describing the nature of collaboration across projects as diverse as the recently opened Ace Hotel Kyoto, or the Rikuzentakata Amway House – a community centre for survivors of the March 2011 Great Japan Earthquake and Tsunami – together, Kuma, Minagawa and Klippensteen explore the social, economic, cultural and humanitarian responsibilities of design.
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