{"id":2182,"date":"2025-08-18T12:19:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T03:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/?post_type=news&p=2182"},"modified":"2025-08-25T14:59:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T05:59:53","slug":"%e3%80%90report-of-evening-lounge%e3%80%91-friday-july-25-mr-welch-ortega-bryan","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/news\/2182\/","title":{"rendered":"\u3010Report of Evening Lounge\u3011 Friday, July. 25, Mr. WELCH Ortega Bryan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Eikei University of Hiroshima (EUH) holds “Evening Lounge” as part of its support for students’ competency and career development. We were honored to have Mr. WELCH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time<\/td>Friday, July. 25, 2025, 5:10pm \u2013 6:50pm<\/td><\/tr>
Participation<\/td>EUH students, faculty, staff,
and visitors from outside the university<\/td><\/tr>
Title of Lecture<\/td>\u201cCaught in a loop\u201d<\/td><\/tr>
Speaker<\/td>\u00a0Co-founder, The Red Dot School
Architect, Certain Measures
Researcher, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Instructor, University of Tokyo

Mr. WELCH Ortega Bryan<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mr. WELCH spoke about \u201cCaught in a loop,\u201d an example that sheds light on the various cycles inherent in our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He studied education at U.C. Berkeley and earned a degree in architecture from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD). His work spans the globe, where he has co-founded K-12 schools, learning centers, and summer programs in both the United States and internationally. His research explores transformative possibilities in the \u201cin-between\u201d spaces\u2014between formal and informal learning, institutions and communities, and work and play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently, he is a designer at Certain Measures, a researcher at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and an instructor at the University of Tokyo. Alongside Mr. KONO, he also co-directs The Red Dot School, a design and architecture institution located on Sagi Island in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mr. WELCH opened his talk with the storybook \u201cStone Soup\u201d, using the tale as a metaphor for collective creativity. He drew attention to the invisible loops that exist between opposites\u2014”City and Countryside\u201d, \u201cDeath and Regeneration\u201d, \u201cWakefulness, Dreaming and Sleeping\u201d. These loops reveal themselves through relationships between vacant houses, local residents, and the transmission of skills and stories. The encounter with Mr. KONO, who co-founded The Red Dot School, also began through an introduction by an acquaintance, and it was this serendipitous loop that led to the establishment of the architecture school on Sagi Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This project on Sagi Island brings together participants from around the world with diverse backgrounds, and techniques and history are being passed down from the island’s residents to the younger generation. This was described as a moving moment where culture and aspirations create a positive cycle. Additionally, the perspective of examining vacant houses by questioning the \u201cexistence\u201d of life within buildings\u2014whether they are \u201casleep,\u201d \u201cdead,\u201d \u201cawake,\u201d or \u201ccapable of regeneration\u201d\u2014was highly intriguing. The project on Sagi Island represents an attempt to discover new value even in the \u201cafterlife\u201d of architecture, symbolizing the hope that locally rooted learning spaces will open up to the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. WELCH’s enthusiasm was evident, and participants actively asked questions. After the lecture, he stayed behind for Round-table discussion, which blossomed into lively conversation with the participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The students who attended the lecture expressed their admiration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe lecture topic was very interesting, and I think it can be applied to many fields.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was a very lively and interesting presentation.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you very much, Mr. WELCH, for your valuable insights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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