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UTokyo will offer a MOOC series titled “Four Facets of Contemporary Japanese Architecture” starting on July 31 via edX.org. Lead instructor Kengo Kuma, world-renowned architect and Professor of the Graduate School of Engineering, has invited other leading Japanese architects to participate in the course, to be delivered in Japanese with English subtitles. The first course will focus on one of the four facets of Japanese architecture: theory. Along with the lectures by the course instructors Kengo Kuma, and Yusuke Obuchi, the course will feature discussions with architects who played a significant role in influencing the development of theoretical frameworks that contributed to guiding contemporary Japanese architecture. Terunobu Fujimori, Arata Isozaki, Hisao Kohyama, Kengo Kuma, Hidetoshi Ohno, and Kazuyo Sejima will visit their buildings and discuss the ideas behind their respective works. For more information, visit https://www.edx.org/school/utokyox