Intersection of Social Image and Physical Space in a Former Tea Plantation Workers’ Tenement(Japan Architectural Review)
This study examines the interaction between social images and actual space in tenement houses, locally called line houses, on a tea plantation in Sri Lanka. The social image of line houses was analyzed based on the discourses of managers, supporters and residents, while tracing the history of tea plantations and its social development, and the physical characteristics and space of line houses were clarified following a field survey in a village, a former tea plantation in Kandy District. Line houses have been conventionally understood only in one aspect, as poor and inhuman living environments that need to be improved or eliminated. However, the results of this study show that the line houses have acquired a sense of place and inherited Tamil culture. This finding reinforces the recent discourse that attempts to reconsider the space of tea plantations from the perspective of the people who have lived there and may provide a basis for rethinking the government’s policy of resettling people on line houses.
This paper attempts to understand the connection between people and local communities from the aspect of “faith” in the Jizo-bon in Kyoto, which has been attracting attention in recent years as a foundation for local community. At least in Kyoto, people of all religions and denominations participate in Jizo-bon, and the religious aspect of the event is not strongly considered by the participants. However, Jizo-bon is rooted in “faith” centering on the act of enshrining Jizo, and it is certain that this is why it has continued for so long. The origin of Jizo-bon is said to date back to the middle of the Edo period at the latest. Without an understanding of how people relate to each other, to the environment, and to the world in this historical lifestyle culture, evaluating Jizo-bon based on modern values alone may in fact jeopardize its continuation.
関東大震災から100年、多くの教訓の蓄積が建築や都市を変質させてきた。もし、未曾有の災害がいま襲いかかってきたら、あなたはどのように行動するだろう?オンタイムでものと人が行き交うこの社会で、あなたの準備は万全だろうか?この特集ではもう一度、空間、もの、人、そして、こころの備えを確認したい。あなたの備えはできているだろうか? Are You Ready?
Acceptance and transformation of the housing “ladder” in slum resettlement projects in Colombo, Sri Lanka(Japan Architectural Review)
This study focuses on the Sustainable Township Development Programme, a slum resettlement project that represents a recent housing policy shift in Sri Lanka. Through the actual housing improvement activities of the residents of Sahaspura, a resettlement housing complex, and the slum residents in the surrounding area, the response of the beneficiaries to the housing “ladder” was clarified. Policy makers and planners intended to merge slum dwellers into the formal housing market through the provision of “ladders,” a set of regular ownership and dwelling units in Sahaspura. However, residents have responded in a variety of ways, including house extensions and renovations and informal housing transactions according to their daily needs.
This is a collection of interviews aimed at gaining a deeper understanding of the port town of Ushimado, which once developed as a economic and culutural cvore on the Seto Inland Sea, through the people involved in the community of Ushimado. It aims to be a medium for dialogue about what I am and what our community is through the community.
People around the world are facing life-threatening situations due to extreme weather conditions brought about by climate change. Now is the time to rethink our relationship with nature and how we should live on this limited planet. Vernacular architecture” is architecture that is created in response to local climate, location, people’s lifestyles, and culture. Humans have created architecture without disturbing the balance of the earth’s ecosystem on which they depend for their livelihood. The future of our planet and our future depends on adapting this ancient wisdom for a sustainable and more prosperous tomorrow for all.
This is a collection of interviews aimed at gaining a deeper understanding of the port town of Ushimado, which once developed as a economic and culutural cvore on the Seto Inland Sea, through the people involved in the community of Ushimado. It aims to be a medium for dialogue about what I am and what our community is through the community.