Foreword

As each of the members of this class are currently studying abroad, it is exciting to have the opportunity to share the following conversation with our guest lecturer. However, before getting into the actual discussion, we would first like to thank Tsuyoshi Tane for his willingness to be apart of this booklet. Without him this project would not have been possible. Below is a biography illustrating both the background and ideology of our esteemed guest.

Tsuyoshi Tane is a Japanese architect based in Paris. He founded ATTA

- Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architects in Paris France, after being co-founder of DGT. Tsuyoshi believes in the idea of architecture belongs to a memory of the place that creates an architecture for the future as his concept - “Archaeology of the Future”. His major works are the best known for the creation of “the Estonian National Museum”(2016), “Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art”(2020), “The Al Thani Collection”(2021) and currently working on the “Imperial Hotel Tokyo”. (To be completed in 2036). In his career, he has received numerous awards and honors, including, Grand Prix AFEX 2021 - French Architects Overseas, the Metal of Jean-Dejean Prize of the French Académie d’Architecture, Estonian Cultural Endowment Grand Prix, nomination for the European Union Mies van der Rohe Award 2017 and 67th Japanese Ministry new face Award of Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts. He published the monograph “TSUYOSHI TANE - Archaeology of the Future” (TOTO publisher).