The Wachsmann´s Seminar in Japan. Sharing influences

Abstract

Konrad Wachsmann was a Jewish German architect who began his carrier in Berlin. In the 50s, Wachsmann began a series of journeys to different universities around the world. In these he taught both to spread his knowledge and to propagate the american government publicity. In Japan prepared a workshop called the Wachsmann seminar with students, between them were some of the future components of the Metabolism group. Years later the influences of the Wachsmann’s seminar took form in the entrance building at the Osaka Universal exposition, called Big Roof. In this way, it could be said, and having the Wachsmann seminar in Japan as an example, that the model called Seminar or workshop has a critical importance firstly in the student reception and secondly in their future architectural production. The reception of his big frame structure could be followed by a young architect generation all over the planet. This young generation was making contacts between them at the same time having the same influences.