Vernisáž výstavy Adam Štěch – Laboratoř stylů: Poválečná architektura v Japonsku 1945–1982

The opening of the exhibition will take place on Wednesday 10 June 2026 at 18:00 in the Winternitz villa. Entry to the opening is free and open. The exhibition can then be visited during the opening hours of the villa (Sunday-Wednesday, 12:00-18:00) from 11/06/2026 to 4/10/2026.

The author team of the creative group Okolo presents the sixth exhibition cycle at the Winternitz Villa.

Curator and historian of architecture Adam Štěch continues his previous exhibition by interwar Japanese architecture and continues to tell the story of the development of modern architecture there in the post-war period. His own photographic research maps the diverse tendencies of Japanese architectural culture and juxtaposes iconic projects by Kenzo Tange, Kishó Kurokawa, Kazuo Shinohara as well as unknown and often very unorthodox examples of Japanese modern architecture. The exhibition also includes a sample of period furniture and product design.

Japanese architecture of the 20th century is a fascinating evolution of experiments and adaptations to dramatic changes in society, industry and modern lifestyle. In the 1950s and 1960s, Japan fully opened up to the rest of the world, and architecture became one of the main attributes of the new technologically advanced country.

European modernist influences were transformed by the young generation of architects into the characteristic urban language of densely populated cities. Modernism, brutalism and later the specifically Japanese style of metabolism were at the birth of new bold projects that turned traditional Japan into one of the most modern societies in the world.