Lecture: Aesthetics of (in)excess | Toshiki Hirano , 29 September | Event in Austin | AllEvents

Lecture: Aesthetics of (in)excess | Toshiki Hirano

The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture

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Mon, 29 Sep, 2025 at 05:00 pm

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Mon, 29 Sep, 2025 at 05:00 pm (CDT)

The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture

Goldsmith Hall, Inner Campus Dr, Austin, TX 78712, United States

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Lecture: Aesthetics of (in)excess | Toshiki Hirano
Join us for Toshiki Hirano's lecture: "Aesthetics of (in)excess."

📅 Monday, September 29
🕖 5-6 p.m.
📍 Texas Union Theater

Details:
We live in a world of excess. It is an excess of material and information, and this excess is accelerating every day, causing disruptions across all aspects of our lives.

How does architecture respond to the excess? Can it embrace excess as a generative force rather than a problem to be solved?

To respond to these questions, this lecture will explore the concept of an aesthetics of (in)excess, examining experimental projects at different scales and programs by Hirano.

About Toshiki Hirano:
Toshiki Hirano is an architectural designer, researcher, and educator based in Tokyo, Japan. He has been co-directing the International Architectural Education Platform (SEKISUI HOUSE - KUMA LAB) at the University of Tokyo established by Kengo Kuma in 2020. He is also leading his design studio THD (Theoretical Hole Design).

His research and practice are situated at the crossroads of architecture, art, technology, crafts, and philosophy, exploring the vast, uncharted 'hole' that exists within this intersection. Hirano's work has received international recognition and has been exhibited at venues and events including the London Design Biennale, the British Embassy in Tokyo, and Tokyo Midtown.


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Lecture: Aesthetics of (in)excess | Toshiki Hirano , 29 September | Event in Austin | AllEvents
Lecture: Aesthetics of (in)excess | Toshiki Hirano
Mon, 29 Sep, 2025 at 05:00 pm