Jul 21, 2022
A very big welcome to Season 3 of The TeachPitch Podcast. I am
hyper excited to be opening our latest season and cannot wait to
hear your thoughts on all the awesome things we have in store for
you for this series of episodes.
We are kicking off and we are kicking off big because I have the
great, great fortune to open Season 3 with some of the very best
architects in this world. For our 51st Episode we are taking you to
Tokyo, Japan where we had the tremendous honour to speak to the
great Yui & Takaharu Tezuka.
Now I am genuinely not lying to you when I tell you that this
couple has shaken the world of architecture and that because of
them and their magnificent designs this world is a more beautiful
place.
Tezuka Architects has won the Japanese Institute of Architects
Prize (twice over), The Yoshioka Prize, The Architectural
Institution of Japan Prize and the Global Award for Sustainable
Architecture in 2017.
If you haven’t already seen it, please, please check out the TED
talk of Takaharu Tezuka about ‘The
Best Kindergarten You Have Ever Seen’ - 1.3 million people
have watched his talk before you and for very good
reasons.
I loved Yui and Takaharu because of their simplicity. I am very
much inspired and in awe about their choice to find their
architectural ideas in nature or as they say themselves - merely
amplifying what is already there instead of trying to rework or
undo what nature has given to us.
I also love the fact that they always wear the same colour of
tshirts in the family - blue for Takaharu, red for Tezuka and I
believe green and yellow for their son and daughter.
Anyways, I learnt loads of loads of this interview and hope you
will as well. We have also included the video recording of this
interview on our YouTube channel so do check that out as well, if
you want to get an idea of what these wonderful people look
like.
With that, please enjoy - ‘Yui and Takaharu Tezuka’ - The
Architects!
You can find more information about Yui and Takaharu through the
website of Tezuka Architects: http://www.tezuka-