Distinguished guests, Maestro Kengo Kuma, President Matteo Belfiore, welcome to the Embassy of Italy in Tokyo. It is a great pleasure to host you today in the House of the Italian Design, or Casa del Design italiano.<\/p>\n
This space itself stands as a testament to the dialogue we celebrate today. Conceived as part of a renovation project launched for the Italian Design Day two years ago, this multifunction room\u2014redesigned by Matteo Belfiore\u2014serves as a permanent showcase of Italian creativity and excellence.<\/p>\n
Today we gather here to listen to one of the world\u2019s most renowned architectural minds, and a dear friend of this Embassy, Maestro Kengo Kuma, as he addresses the theme \u201cBetween Italy and Japan.\u201d<\/p>\n
This event is particularly significant because it marks a collaboration with the newly established association IDJ \u2013 Italian Design Japan. I wish to congratulate President Belfiore and all the founding members on this remarkable initiative.<\/p>\n
The establishment of an association dedicated to Italian-speaking architects and designers demonstrates the extraordinary vitality of our professional community in Japan. It reflects not just a professional network, but a deep and growing interest in the values that underpin Italian design: tradition, functionality, creativity, and beauty.<\/p>\n
Made in Italy is not merely a brand: it is a cultural heritage that finds a perfect echo in the Japanese attention for technique and detail. But design is not just about objects: it is about living. It is about the spaces we inhabit and how they shape our interactions.<\/p>\n
Maestro Kuma\u2019s work perfectly embodies this philosophy: his extraordinary ability to fuse organic materials with contemporary lines creates a \u2018spatial poetry\u2019 that resonates deeply with both the Japanese soul and the Italian architectural tradition.<\/p>\n
The bond between our two countries is historic, but it is constantly renewed through culture and economic relations. By fostering high-level exchanges like today\u2019s event, we do not only discuss aesthetics; we strengthen the fundamental bridges that connect our economies and our peoples.<\/p>\n
These bridges find their most profound expression in the very walls of this Embassy, a place where the legacy of the past and the vision of the future coexist in an eternal dialogue.<\/p>\n
It is precisely this unique history that I have documented in my upcoming book, \u201cIl Giardino dei Matsudaira e l\u2019Ambasciata d\u2019Italia in Giappone: storia di un luogo e dei suoi protagonisti\u201d, which will be published this May, followed by a Japanese edition in November.<\/p>\n
I would like to thank the IDJ for its dedication in organizing this conference, and Maestro Kuma for honoring us with his presence. I look forward to his reflections on the unique synergy that unites our two cultures.<\/p>\n
Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Distinguished guests, Maestro Kengo Kuma, President Matteo Belfiore, welcome to the Embassy of Italy in Tokyo. It is a great pleasure to host you today in the House of the Italian Design, or Casa del Design italiano. This space itself stands as a testament to the dialogue we celebrate today. Conceived as part of a […]","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":272,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7648","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambtokyo.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambtokyo.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambtokyo.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambtokyo.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambtokyo.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7648"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ambtokyo.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7651,"href":"https:\/\/ambtokyo.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7648\/revisions\/7651"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambtokyo.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambtokyo.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}