RECORD OF CRITICAL ACTIVITIES IN KANSAI ARCHITECTURAL CULTURE ーARCHIーFORUM IN OSAKAー (1): OUTLINE AND CHRONOLOGY OF ACTIVITIES

Archi-Forum in OSAKA took place in Osaka from 1993 to 2012. The activity started with the publication of a journal of architectural thought and criticism, which later became an annual series of lectures on different themes. It was run by mainly young architects in their 30s and 40s living in the Kansai region, students and volunteers. This activity started with the ‘Symposium to Commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Founding’ held in November 1992 by the Ryuryudo Bookshop, which runs a bookshop specialising in architecture at Kyomachibori, Nishi-ku, Osaka City.