KCP Summer-Short Term 2016 Students Visit TEPIA Museum
Japan is a pioneer intechnological advancement especially in robotics, computer, and video games, as well as in the field of communications. Recently, KCP’s Summer-short term students visited TEPIA (Association for Technological Excellence Promoting Innovative Advances) Museum where they had loads of fun while learning more about the exhibits.
TEPIA Science Museum is conveniently located in Tokyo’s Aoyama district. It is known for its studies in advanced technological research in machinery, information technology, biotechnology, discovery of new material, energy, and the like. TEPIA distinguishes itself on sharing information on state-of-the-art technologies to help find ways to solve global issues such as environmental concerns and creating new industries. TEPIA houses a gallery that exhibits wondrous technological advancements.
The TEPIA building was built in 1989 and designed by architect Fumihiko Maki, who makes creative use of new materials and fuses Eastern and Western cultures. The building is famous for its high level of construction technology. Fumihiko Maki, a renowned Japanese architect, was awarded the Pritzker Prize in 1993 as “a living architect or architects whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision, and commitment, which have produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture.”
TEPIA building. | Yuichi Sakuraba
The original design of the TEPIA building is hailed as an architectural wonder. It is a modernist structure with a semi-circular glass block wall accented by delicate surfaces such as metallic and perforated screens that add to the high technological effect representative of its purpose. TEPIA Science Museum is a wonderful way to experience the how far Japan has come in the scientific community and what it has contributed to the world.
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For more photos of the excursion, visit our album at KCP Flickr.
