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Shibuya Gawa Monster

Speaker: Pino Heye
Date: May 28th 2024, 19:00 JST
Location: BioClub Tokyo & https://zoom.bioclub.tokyo

In this Artist Talk, Pino will take you on a journey to uncover the almost forgotten Shibuya River. We will discuss what the river truly represents, with all its complexities, and imagine ways to approach it with empathy to transform it from an urban hazard into an ally that has a positive impact on the city. We will examine the river from many urban actors' perspectives and explore democratic design methods to integrate the social qualities, technical challenges, and ecological opportunities that the river brings. In the end, he will provide an overview of the projects that emerged from the investigation and discuss potential future directions.

About Pino Heye

I'm Pino Heye, an architect and urbanist from Germany. Having studied in Munich, Versailles, and Beijing. After having worked as an architect for a while, I am currently based in Tokyo, to explore urban planning and artistic practice focused on empathy towards the environment and people. Tokyo's organic urban structure and unique blend of art and community action make it an ideal place for developing my ideas in urban planning. I've always been fascinated by urban living and the dynamics of interconnected networks that support each other. I believe strong connections with friends, family, and the community are essential for a good life. Based on these principles, I utilise photography, tactical urbanism, and performances to explore these concepts and to develop an urban planning practice, I'm working on strategies and design methods to strengthen eco-social, economic, and technical networks. Through numerous small-scale interventions I believe that these accumulative positive effects and create a collective environment of empathy sustainability, and support for all urban activities. Artistically, I am exploring the aesthetics of living quality that arise from such ideas.