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Learn landscape architecture technologies that help trees thrive in cities during a conversation with Toru Mitani at his invited talk, “Learning from Trees,” on March 4 in the Lower Center Core of S. R. Crown Hall beginning at 5 p.m. 

Professor of Landscape Architecture Mitani, who leads the Mitani Landscape Lab at the University of Tokyo, is visiting campus as part of Trees Alive, an academic exchange program that explores the techniques, details, and cultural traditions of designing for trees in contemporary urban landscapes. IIT Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism Ron Henderson led a group of students to Japan in the fall. This academic exchange is made possible by a gift to support Japan and United States student exchange on the topic of urban trees. 

Mitani is a longtime educator who joined the University of Tokyo faculty in 2020 after decades of leadership at Chiba University. He graduated with a Master of Landscape Architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design in 1987 followed by Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Tokyo in 1992. He is a founding partner of Studio-on-Site, a Tokyo-based landscape architecture practice.