2024 Timber Framers Guild Conference

Kunito Niwa

Kominka Collective, Director

Kunito Niwa is the director of the Kominka Collective, a not-for-profit-company working to preserve, protect, and support the reconstruction of Japanese kominka folk houses while passing on traditional building methods. Kunito is active in a range of initiatives in Japan aimed at preserving built cultural heritage and revitalizing rural communities.

www.kominkacollective.com

Presentation

The Why and How of Adaptive Reuse of Traditional Japanese Timber Structures
Traditional Japanese buildings are under threat from a number of factors in contemporary Japanese society. This panel discussion will outline these issues and focus on efforts to conserve traditional structures through adaptive reuse, both in Japan and abroad.