Japan
日本
Belgium
België / Belgique / Belgien
NYC ➡️ Tokyo
Land in Tokyo
Visit Nihon Minkaen Open Air Museum
Visit University of Tokyo
Tokyo ➡️ Ise Mie
Ise Mie Shrine + Sengukan Museum
+ Ritual
Week 1. CONTEXT - TOKYO. Current academic research & professional perspective on mass timber construction & reuse + Historic building techniques that incorporate intentional deconstruction
Date
Event
TH 5/7
FR 5/8
SA 5/9
SU 5/10
MO 5/11
TU 5/12
WE 5/13
TH 5/14
Week 2. PRECEDENT - KANSAI. Study historic building techniques that incorporate intentional deconstruction + Study material storage, sites of reuse of Grand Ring mass timber material
Ise Mie ➡️ Nara
Horyuji Temple
Traditional Craft visit. Nara ➡️ Kyoto
Kiyomizu-dera shrine
Sugimoto Residence. Kyoto ➡️ Osaka
Grand Ring Decon / storage site
Grand Ring Decon / storage site
Osaka ➡️ Kobe
FR 5/15
SA 5/16
SU 5/17
MO 5/18
TU 5/19
WE 5/20
TH 5/21
FR 5/22
Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum
Kobe ➡️ Sagishima Island. Red Dot School 🔴
Red Dot School 🔴
Red Dot School 🔴
Red Dot School 🔴
Red Dot School 🔴
Red Dot School 🔴
Red Dot School 🔴
Sagishima Island ➡️ Tokyo
Tokyo ➡️ Singapore ➡️ Brussels
Week 3. PRACTICE - SETOUCHI. Study historic building techniques that incorporate intentional deconstruction + Contemporary practice of material reuse in Japan
SA 5/23
SU 5/24
M0 5/25
TU 5/26
WE 5/27
TH 5/28
FR 5/29
SA 5/30
SU 5/31
MO 6/1
Date
TU 6/2
WE 6/3
TH 6/4
FR 6/5
SA 6/6
SU 6/7
MO 6/8
TU 6/9
Event
Week 4. CONTEXT - BRUSSELS. Tour key sites, attend Preuse Symposium, understand current conditions, challenges, and opportunities of circularity framework in Belgium
WE 6/10
TH 6/11
FR 6/12
SA 6/13
SU 6/14
MO 6/15
TU 6/16
WE 6/17
Land in Brussels
Visit USquare
Attend Preuse 2026 Symposium
Attend Preuse 2026 Symposium
Key Site
Key Site
Key Site
Key Site
Week 5. INFRASTRUCTURE - BRUSSELS. Tour recycleparks and understand scaling of material storage in dense urban areas, material supply chain functions, challenges, constraints
TH 6/18
FR 6/19
SA 6/20
SU 6/21
MO 6/22
TU 6/23
WE 6/24
TH 6/25
FR 6/26
Site X
Site X
Site X
Site X
Site X
Site X
Site X
Site X
Week 6. PRACTICE - BRUSSELS. Tour practices, key projects, academic institutions, governmental organizations to study details, aesthetics, construction and implementation, and cultural / regulatory frameworks
Recypark
Recypark Jette
Recypark Anderlecht
Rotor DC Store
BC Materials
Recypark X
Recypark Y
Recypark Z