The activities of Ishinomaki Laboratory, established in response to the recovery efforts following the Great East Japan Earthquake, are showcased in this exhibition.
Creator’s credit：TORAFU ARCHITECTS + ISHINOMAKI LABORATORY
Exhibit title： Maker Made Since 2011.3.11
— From the 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT exhibition website
21_21 DESIGN SIGHT holds an exhibition “What If? BOSAI: The Next Disaster” from July 4, 2025. Exhibition Director is WOW visual design studio.
No one can be sure when the next natural disaster will strike, and where it will occur. Some people prepare by keeping emergency survival kits at home. Others do not dwell on the matter. However much we try to imagine the chaos brought by disaster, the reality of losing all we take for granted is inconceivable ahead of time. For people living in Japan, natural disasters are a simple fact of life. We may prefer to avoid them, but by not ignoring the issues, we build up ideas about what we should be doing right now.
The Exhibition starts from a simple question: what is a disaster? It considers natural disasters through realistic data visualizations of earthquake and flood; it looks at disaster-related products, and at projects emerging out of disaster. We delve into the temporal diversity of attitudes towards disaster, from folklore traditions, to research into future possibilities.
The venue is scattered with questions that visitors are invited to consider. There will be multiple answers depending on the situation. The right answer may relate to who you are. But the future will be effected by how we use our imagination, and listen to the opinions of people close to us. Whatever happens in the moment of disaster will be unexpected. Letʼs start our practical and mental preparations.
– Exhibition Outline
[Title]
What If? BOSAI: The Next Disaster
[Date]
July 4 (Fri.) –November 3 (Mon.), 2025
[Closed]
Tuesdays (Except September 23)
[Opening Hours]
10:00–19:00 (Entrance until 18:30)
* Special opening hours for Roppongi Art Night: September 26 (Fri.), 27 (Sat.) 10:00–22:00 (Entrance until 21:30
[Admission]
General ¥1,600 / University students ¥800 / High school students ¥500 / Junior high school students and under may enter for free
[Venue]
21_21 DESIGN SIGHT Gallery 1 & 2
Midtown Garden, Tokyo Midtown, 9-7-6 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052 JAPAN
Exhibition Director WOW
Graphic Design Taku Sasaki, Aki Kanai
Space Design TORAFU ARCHITECTS
Text / Planning Associate Mai Tsunoo
Academic Support Naoya Sekiya
Please see here for the exhibition details.
https://www.2121designsight.jp/program/bosai/
