Janis and I attended the Global Pecha Kucha Night - Inspire Japan last night which was hosted by producer's Steven and Jane Cox of Cause+Affect and held at The Cascade Room here in Vancouver.
Presenters were:
Michael Green • McFarlane | Green | Biggar Architecture
Linus Lam • Architecture for Humanity Vancouver
TODD MACALLEN • Molo Design Studio
DAVE OLSON • Story Maker / Writer / Prodcuer
Michael Green (McFarlane | Green | Biggar Architecture) built an installation for the outside of the Cascade (see image below). It's based on the Shinto tradition of Ema where people write their wish on a wood board and hang it up. All attendees were handed a piece to write their wish for Japan on to hang outside on the string provided after the event. He also had some good environmental solutions to building with respect to the use of wood versus cement and solar power versus nuclear power. See a video of the presentations here
The Vancouver event raised $1000 (in one hour) for Architecture for Humanity Rebuild Japan Plans. You can also continue to donate online by clicking on the big DONATE button at the top of their site, or by PRE-ORDERING ($20) an e-book they are producing which will include all the posters made for the event globally here (bottom of page). All profits will go to Architecture for Humanity and ArchiAid.
All images by Cause+Affect Design Ltd.'s photostream.
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