Nynke-Rixt Jukema is an independent architect and designer specializing in environmental design. She presents herself as a ‘storyteller’ who, through her designs, brings to life the identity and the emotional and cultural value of a place. She initiates and leads various projects, such as ‘Feel the Night’, a project aimed at rediscovering and preserving the night. She does this by giving talks about the night to raise awareness, designing experiential spaces to help people appreciate the qualities of the night better and ensuring that policies are put in place to protect the night. Although she has worked in many places around the world, this is her first Artist-in-Residence.

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During her stay in Nara, Nynke Rixt will continue to explore the experience of the night in relation to human health. Through her proposal, ‘Designing harmony and respect: the use of cultural history for site-specific storytelling’, she will investigate the possibilities of combining Japanese and Dutch architectural styles to develop a new spatial vocabulary for a tea house in a moon garden.

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