PROGRAM
8:45
MONDAY August 3
TUESDAY August 4
WEDNESDAY
Neurophenomenology and Embodiment
Restorative Design and Place Attachment
Brain, Body, Environment: Designing for Health
Visits
Visits
Check-In
Kyoto Seika University Meiso-kan building 8:45 - 9:45 Welcome Speeches Faculty Introductions 10:00 - 11:00
11:00
12:00
12:30
Lunch Break at Seika Meet with your group
3:00
VITTORIO GALLESE
Architecture and Embodiment A Neurobehavioral Proposal on Embeddedness
4:00
Discussion Q&A Group Discussions
4:30 5:00
Continue visits Group discussions on the path
Tea Break KATSUHIKO MURAMOTO
Space and Time In Japanese Architecture and Gardens (optional) Small Group Gatherings Dinner in the City
MOVING BOUNDARIES JAPAN - AUGUST 2026
Refer to group schedule and map
Walking Group Discussions Lara Gregorians
Architectural Experience
Board bus at 12:30pm at temple gate
Lunch Break
Welcome Lunch Fortune Garden Restaurant 1pm-3pm
HUGO SPIERS
How Brains Represent and Are Affected by Space
YOKO KAWAI
The Art of Michiyuki Journeys: Spatial Interventions for Mindfulness
3:45
Daitoku-ji Temple
Refer to group schedule and map
ALBERTO PÉREZ-GÓMEZ Learning from Japan: Contributions of Enactive Cognitive Theory and Neurophenomenology
2:00
Ginkaku-ji Temple Philosopher’s Path Eikan-do Temple
August 5
COLIN ELLARD
Varieties of Place Attachment: Origins and Outcomes
Discussion Q&A
GALEN CRANZ
Body Conscious Design in Japan
Discussion Q&A Somatic Design Experience with Prof. Cranz Tea Break
Participants’ Presentations Chika Daniels
Participants’ Presentations Anita Bueno
Democracy as A Designed Envt.
A Somatic Exploration
Hassan Shaikh
Care and Spiritual Healing
Group Discussions
Group Discussions
Polycontextual Workplace
Henry Tsang