We should have more photos to share soon, but here’s a first peek at this past Saturday’s PechaKucha Night in Sendai Vol. 1, which had both Mark Dytham (with his arm raised in the photo above) and Astrid Klein (to Mark’s right) in attendance, as well as a few representatives from Architecture for Humanity, our Inspire Japan partners. Sendai is in one of the regions hardest hit by this year’s earthquake and tsunami, and that first PKN was actually supposed to happen back in April, but was postponed because of the ongoing recovery.
Sendai was the hardest hit region during the Japan Earthquake, and as we’ve mentioned before on this blog, it took a while before we were able to get any news from the PechaKucha Night in Sendai team. Here then is a presentation by the team, part of the Global PechaKucha Day – Inspire Japan event.
It took a while, but we’ve finally gotten word from the organizers of PechaKucha Night in Sendai — the hardest hit area following the March 11 quake — and they are all safe. Led by Daisuke Suzuki of Hiroto Suzuki Architects & Associates, we’ve been told that all the people who work at the office are safe, but some of them have lost their homes. The damage to the city is not as bad as near the coast, but there are many damaged buildings and homes.
In a coincidence that we still have a hard time believing, they told us that they went to view a potential venue just two days before the earthquake, and that they were planning to have their first PKN on April 16, which is the day we are holding our Global PechaKucha Day – Inspire Japan event.
The PKN Sendai team is hoping to participate in the global event somehow, although for now finding a venue is of course an issue. We’ll keep everyone posted as we find out more.
