MOVING BOUNDARIES JAPAN
OCTOBER 12, 2026
The first session of Moving Boundaries will focus on evidence-based design for health Farrow and Valentine will lecture on salutogenic design, showing projects around the world and telling us about strategies for combining research and practice Analysis of case studies and a conversation with the audience will follow
TYE FARROW
Architect, Author, Researcher
Sr Partner Farrow Partners Architects Joint Session: “From Pathogenesis to Salutogenesis: Rethinking the Brain–Body Connection in the Built Environment”
KYOTO SEIKA UNIVERSITY
TYPOLOGIES INVESTIGATED:
URBAN DESIGN AND PLACEMAKING OFFICE DESIGN AND HEALTHCARE
10AM-4 PM MORE INFORMATION:
CLEO VALENTINE
Ph D , Scientist, Design Researcher
HKS; RISE; Cambridge; Harvard Joint Session: “From Pathogenesis to Salutogenesis: Rethinking the Brain–Body Connection in the Built Environment”
TATIANA A.BERGER
Director & Founder of Moving Boundaries Collaborative
Architect, Consultant, Professor Welcome speech “Human Sciences and the Future of Architecture for the 21 Century” st
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Kurimoto will demonstrate how the Japanese view of nature is physically manifested, during on-site visits in historic gardens of Kyoto. Robinson’s lecture will illuminate Japanese spatial concepts and their possible interpretation in contemporary design practice Olszewska will present restorative design as a bridge between these spatial traditions and emerging research in neuroscience. Together we will explore how environments shape cognitive, affective, and physiological restoration
OCTOBER 13, 2026
9-11AM + 3-6 PM
KYOTO SEIKA UNIVERSITY
TYPOLOGIES INVESTIGATED:
RESIDENTIAL DESIGN
GARDEN DESIGN
MORE INFORMATION: DAY 2
SARAH ROBINSON (Remote) Architect, Author Philosopher, Professor, NAAD Pavia, Italy
Lecture 3 “Japanese Gardens and Felt Space”
NATALIA OLSZEWSKA MD, Neuroscientist, Researcher Co-Founder at Impronta, Author
Lecture 4 “Restorative Design: From Cultural Intuition to Scientific Evidence”
TAKAYA KURIMOTO Landscape Architect, Japanese Garden Designer, Professor, U S Lecture 5 and Guided Visit “The Inner Landscape of the Japanese Mind as Reflected in Japanese Gardens”
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The third session will focus on bridging neuroarchitecture research and practice: Nanda and Chatterjee will offer perspectives from decades of experience at the intersection of disciplines They will offer strategies for design, education and advocacy and they will engage the audience in a discussion about challenges of contemporary cross-disciplinary work.
OCTOBER 14, 2026 2-5 PM
KYOTO SEIKA UNIVERSITY
ANJAN CHATTERJEE Ph D Author, Professor of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine
Lecture 6 “The Neuroaesthetics of the Built Environment”
UPALI NANDA Ph D Architect, Professor, Executive Vice Pres , HKS Arch Lecture 7 “Bridging NeuroArchitecture Research and Practice”
TADAO ANDO
Ando is not a faculty member
We will experience his architectural masterpieces in Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe His work is a central focus of MB Japan. Visits start on October 14.
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OCTOBER 16, 2026
2-5 PM
The fourth session of Moving Boundaries will be developed at the interface of psychology, philosophy, sociology, architecture, and psychiatry. There is a wisdom to be found in philosophies of ‘nothingness’ such as those developed by the Kyoto School They invite us to approach architecture not as an exterior structure but as a field of lived relations, and space as something that shapes us as much as we shape it.
DAVID DORENBAUM MD, Psychoanalyst, Author, Professor, University of Toronto
Conversation 8 “The Kyoto School of Philosophy, Architecture and The Space of Mind”
CONVERSATIONS AND PANEL ON SITE IN KYOTO
MORE INFORMATION: KAMOGAWA VILLA KYOTO, JAPAN
RYŌSUKE ŌHASHI Ph D Philosopher, Former Professor of Philosophy, Kyoto, Japan
Conversation 8 “The Kyoto School of Philosophy, Architecture and The Space of Mind”
GUEST TBA A third guest will be announced over the summer
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The final session of Moving Boundaries will focus on the role of light and circadian rhythms in the built environment, drawing on groundbreaking research about restorative design, environmental factors and human health, with scientific evidence provided by both professors Applications in architecture will be discussed.
DAYS 7-8
OCTOBER 18-19, 2026
10AM - 2PM
ESPOIR HOTEL TESHIMA ISLAND
SATCHIN PANDA Ph D Neuroscientist, ANFA
Board Member, Salk Institute, U S Lecture 9 “Designing Built Environment to Reignite the Wisdom of Our Body and Mind”
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NATALIA OLSZEWSKA MD, Neuroscientist, Researcher
Co-Founder at Impronta, Author Krakow, Poland
Respondent Panel Discussion Oct 19
TATIANA A.BERGER
Director & Founder of Moving Boundaries Collaborative
Architect, Consultant, Professor
Moderator: Panel Discussion