Teaching Staff (Landscape Design)

Title	Professor Dean of the Graduate School of Transdisciplinary Arts
Research Fields	Urban studies (Transdisciplinary)
Education	1998 M.Arch., Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan, USA 1995 B.Arch., Tokyo University of the Arts
Selected Professional Experience	2021-Present Dean, Graduate School of Transdisciplinary Arts 2018-Present Visiting Professor, University of 17 Agustus 1945 Surabaya, Indonesia 2017-Present Professor, Akita University of Art 2010-Present Co-Director, OHS (Operations for Habitat Studies), Indonesia 2010-Present Fellow, Asian Public Intellectuals (API) Fellowship Program, The Nippon Foundation 2007–2009 Co-Director, Crisis Design Network (CDN), Japan / Singapore / USA 2003–Present Director / Architect, Lab for the WonderLandscape (LWL)
Recent Activities	<Selected projects / activities> 2021 Project co-manager, “Transdisciplinary arts picnic”. Sponsor: Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan. Akita University of Art. Akita / Okinawa 2019-2021 Director, “Keikan akushon puroguramu: Kaneyama-machi machinami (keikan) zukuri 100-nen undo: suteji II [Landscape action program: 100-year movement for the development of the townscape (landscape) of Kaneyama Town: Stage II]”. Kaneyama Town, Yamagata 2018-2021 Project co-manager, “AKIBI Transdisciplinary arts practice: Travel of site study”. Sponsor: Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan. Akita University of Art. Akita 2018-2019 Workshop leader. METAPOLA. Sponsor: Japan Foundation Asia Center. Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 Surabaya (UNTAG Surabaya). Indonesia 2018 Director, An international conference on transdisciplinary arts (ICTA 2018): Creativity across boundaries. Akita University of Art Graduate School of Transdisciplinary Arts. Akita 2017 Workshop leader, “Over the façade (in Kyoto)”. Rhode Island School of Design Japan workshop. Kyoto 2016 Moderator, “Absent spaces” (workshop). IIAS-CSEAS Winter School 2016: Mapping the aesthetics of urban life in Asia: A dialogue with the arts. International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS). Kyoto University Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS). Kyoto 2015-Present Co-director, “Alter-shelter” workshop series. Operations for Habitat Studies (OHS), Surabaya, Indonesia 2013-2014 Project director, “Impact of urban migration for major cities in Indonesia” (Asian Public Intellectuals Fellowships Program grant recipient). Various locations in East Java, Indonesia 2013 Art director, Hokusai exposed (exhibition). Old Truman Brewery, London, UK   <Selected lectures / presentations> 2019 A space for the living knowledge, opened by art that engaging with society (guest lecture). 5th international conference on urban studies: Border, transportation, and space. Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Airlangga. Surabaya, Indonesia 2018 Guest lecturer, “PLACE-SENCE 2.0” (international workshop). Faculty of Art and Design, Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB). Bandung, Indonesia 2018 Collective sourcing for public planning and practice: Distilling knowledge from traditional methods of cohabitation (roundtable moderator). Africa-Asia, a new axis of knowledge -Second edition. International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 2018 Guest lecturer, “Urban literacy”. Faculty of Art and Design, Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB). Bandung, Indonesia 2017 Kampung, a concept of second Asia (guest lecture). EUROPALIA arts festival 2017. Brussels, Belgium   <Selected publications> 2019 Column, Kenchikushi [Architect] (April, May, June editions). Japan Federation of Architects & Building Engineers Associations 2019 Border crossing: Arts creating space for living knowledge. Oriental culture 100: Knowledge for life in the hope of bridging to alternative worlds, pp.205-223. Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo 2018 Coauthor, INFLUX -17 practices from forefront of urban migration in Asian cities-. OHS Press (ISBN 978-602-1339-22-0) 2017 Frontier of urban habitation. Surabaya: City within kampung universe. EUROPALIA arts festival 2017
Courses Taught	Contemporary Art Seminar (Landscape Design) Design Survey (Landscape) Landscape Design Seminar 1 (Introduction) Landscape Design Seminar 2 (Project Planning and Development) Landscape Design Seminar 3 (Implementation) Graduation Project (Landscape Design) (Graduate School of Transdisciplinary Arts) Transdisciplinary Arts Theory Applied Transdisciplinary Arts Theory A Transdisciplinary Arts Seminar Transdisciplinary Arts Practicum A Guided Research I, II (Master’s Program) Transdisciplinary Arts Research: Expression I, II Transdisciplinary Arts Research: Theory I, II Guided Research I, II, III (Doctoral Program)

Further details (in Japanese) can be found at the following link: KISHI Kenta (Japanese page)