2026.02.13
Events and Seminars
2nd Funeral and Architecture Research Seminar: "Ossuaries in Contemporary Architecture"
The 2nd Funeral and Architecture Research Seminar, titled "Ossuaries in Contemporary Architecture," will be held as part of the Tohoku University SOKAP-Seeds project: "Fundamental Research Toward Designing a Sustainable Japanese-Style Funeral System." Participation is open to anyone interested in the nature of funerary practice and architecture in modern Japan.
[Date] Saturday, March 7, 2026, 13:30–17:00
[Location] Lecture Room 102, Civil Engineering and Architecture Education and Research Building, Aobayama East Campus, Tohoku University
Hybrid format ( in-person + online participation)
[Title] 2nd Funeral and Architecture Research Seminar: "Ossuaries in Contemporary Architecture"
[Program]
12:30–13:00 Visit to the Architecture Building (Chiba Manabu & Nihon Sekkei’s post-disaster reconstruction project) and the CLT Building (supervised by Tohoku University / designed by Sato Comprehensive Planning + Maemi Fumitake & Suzuki)
13:30 Taro Igarashi (Tohoku University) "Purpose of the event and case studies by other architects"
13:45 Koichi Komori (Koichi Komori Architectural Design Office) "Yorimichi Ossuary" – Work on ossuaries and temples in Kyushu
14:20 Jun Yanagisawa (Kanto Gakuin University) "Mourning and Landscape" – Hino Komorebi Ossuary in Yokohama
14:55 Eya Dallel（Tohoku Univ.）「Ossuaries and Technology: The Architecture of Automated Columbaria in Tokyo"
15:15 Mitsuki Uchida (Tohoku Univ.) Thesis project "Layered Burial Soil Tomb" — A design proposal for a unit-style layered inhumation cemetery in Tokyo Bay
15:20 Break
15:30 Commentary by Shunichi Nomura (Tohoku Univ.)
15:45 Commentary by Shiho Toshiba (Tohoku Univ.)
16:00 Commentary by Shinya Yamada (National Museum of Japanese History)
16:15 General discussion
17:00 End — Discussion meeting near Sendai Station from 18:00
[Language] The seminar will be conducted in Japanese, except for the presentation by Eya Dallel, which will be in English
[How to apply]
Please register your participation in advance using the form below.
https://forms.gle/TY8LSdJSgi4tfNmn9
★ Seminar (in-person and online): deadline March 5
★ Discussion meeting: deadline February 28
[Date] Saturday, March 7, 2026, 13:30–17:00
[Location] Lecture Room 102, Civil Engineering and Architecture Education and Research Building, Aobayama East Campus, Tohoku University
Hybrid format ( in-person + online participation)
[Title] 2nd Funeral and Architecture Research Seminar: "Ossuaries in Contemporary Architecture"
[Program]
12:30–13:00 Visit to the Architecture Building (Chiba Manabu & Nihon Sekkei’s post-disaster reconstruction project) and the CLT Building (supervised by Tohoku University / designed by Sato Comprehensive Planning + Maemi Fumitake & Suzuki)
13:30 Taro Igarashi (Tohoku University) "Purpose of the event and case studies by other architects"
13:45 Koichi Komori (Koichi Komori Architectural Design Office) "Yorimichi Ossuary" – Work on ossuaries and temples in Kyushu
14:20 Jun Yanagisawa (Kanto Gakuin University) "Mourning and Landscape" – Hino Komorebi Ossuary in Yokohama
14:55 Eya Dallel（Tohoku Univ.）「Ossuaries and Technology: The Architecture of Automated Columbaria in Tokyo"
15:15 Mitsuki Uchida (Tohoku Univ.) Thesis project "Layered Burial Soil Tomb" — A design proposal for a unit-style layered inhumation cemetery in Tokyo Bay
15:20 Break
15:30 Commentary by Shunichi Nomura (Tohoku Univ.)
15:45 Commentary by Shiho Toshiba (Tohoku Univ.)
16:00 Commentary by Shinya Yamada (National Museum of Japanese History)
16:15 General discussion
17:00 End — Discussion meeting near Sendai Station from 18:00
[Language] The seminar will be conducted in Japanese, except for the presentation by Eya Dallel, which will be in English
[How to apply]
Please register your participation in advance using the form below.
https://forms.gle/TY8LSdJSgi4tfNmn9
★ Seminar (in-person and online): deadline March 5
★ Discussion meeting: deadline February 28
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