Major catastrophes and the recovery from them transform the urban/regional environment. Is the everyday life that sprouts on the seemingly bleached surface a continuation of the past? Since 3.11, Fukushima has continued to be bleached. This issue considers ‘everyday life’ from the perspective of the attempts made there, people’s memories and migration.
「移動する『家族』 Families on the move」(撮影・監督:大橋香奈、2018 http://yutakana.org/fotm/ )は、国境をまたがるトランスナショナルな交流によって、異なる国で暮らす「家族」との関係を維持している、5人の物語を束ねたドキュメンタリー作品です。彼/彼女にとって、「家族」という関係性や、「Home」と感じられる場所は、どのようにつくられているのでしょうか。生活の形態や他人との関係性が多様化しつつある現代において、人々と住まいが互いに与える影響とはどのようなものでしょうか。本作の上映とその後のディスカッションを通して、「移動」と「住まい」の関係およびこれからの住まいの在り方を考える機会としたいと思います。
Since the Great East Japan Earthquake, the March issue of Architecture magazine has repeatedly featured disaster recovery and disaster prevention. This is due to the desire to pass on the memory of the earthquake. At the sites of natural disasters, wars, terrorist attacks and other tragedies, there have been ongoing attempts to preserve the lessons learned beyond the individual and the times. In this special feature, the methods and meanings of memory transmission will be discussed, taking as its starting point the things, koto and basho involved in the transmission of memory (disaster-stricken objects = things, activities such as story-telling = koto, and places where memory is based = basho).
Is share a hope to overcome the deadlock of capitalism? In places where sharing is practiced, even if you pay for shared use, the air, smell, sound, relationships, and responsibilities are inevitably shared. Sometimes it was annoying, but it enriched your life. Sensing crustal movements toward the future based on share from the perspective of housing
This paper firstly summarizes the transition of tea plantations, focusing on the treatment of laborers’ dwelling and environment (line house) based on existing studies. Next, analyze the “design guidelines” (Planters Manual) that became the prototype of the standard plan for line houses. In addition, grasp the current situation of the residence of the line houses and compare it with the prototype. Finally, this paper explores mainly the physical aspect of the line houses, the Tamil people who have faced the situation at that time while being at the mercy of complicated history, and the image of residence of the line houses that have continued with them.
Architectural practitioners have actively proposed a share as a way to enrich their dwelling. However, now that the new-coronavirus (COVID-19) sickness has made us aware that the share is two sides of the same coin with the risk of infection, we can still see what people want from the share. At this symposium, we first reconsider the meaning of various shares being tried in the field of architecture. Then, we anthropologically ask what share is, and draw out the future of whether share continues to promote the disparity in housing, or how the practice of housing can play a role in correcting the disparity.
Telework has spread rapidly with the spread of the new coronavirus infection. While the spread of telework has revealed various merits, it also highlights issues related to living space. In the future, as telework becomes more familiar, a living environment that integrates work and housing will be required, and the degree of freedom in choosing a place of residence may increase. For the era of WITH / AFTER Corona, we will think about how to live, work, enjoy and live while teleworking in Osaka, and think about Osaka as a city to live with.
This exhibition is a collaboration between KYOTOGRAPHIE and The Kyoto City Landscape and Town Planning Center, who are actively engaged in the restoration and preservation of Kyomachiya. The exhibition consists of interview footage and daily life scenes of the various people connected to Kyomachiya, including residents, craftsmen, architects, researchers, entrepreneurs, and supporters. It presents a series of photos that share the detail and characteristics of the Kyomachiya. The purpose of this exhibition is to envision the future of Kyomachiya.
This paper analyzed characters of house and life reconstruction behavior by residents in Tamaura-West district which is the large-scale group resettlement site rapidly completed in the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011. It is clarified that the household separation is advanced. However, the drastic change is mitigated with adjustment of way of living by the residents themselves. It is caused to characters of plan of the district (rapid reconstruction, mixture of house types, maintenance of previous neighborhood etc.). On the other hand, restriction by customs about family and restoration institution sometimes have negative affect on the activeness of the residents.
The area called “dense urban area” in urban planning retains the architecture and space from the modern age, and conveys the life culture of the city to the present day with the people living there. However, in recent years, dense urban areas are often regarded as targets for renewal due to their vulnerability to disasters. In Yurin school districts, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto City, members of the “Machi-zukuri Committee”, which is composed mainly of residents, investigate the distribution of resources such as kyo-machiya, alleys, Jizo-bon and the location of evacuation facilities/equipment, and visualized them as community disaster mitigation map. The map is the first step to promote a community development that balances the “life culture” and “disaster safety” of the often conflicting dense urban areas. In addition to the paper version of the map, it can be viewed and edited on the network by linking with stlory (the online sharing platform for the original map), which is also used in community disaster mitigation training.
The coronavirus (COVID-19) problem is a complex problem that spans a wide range of fields including medicine (epidemiology, public health), risk science, informatics, sociology, history, urban planning, and architecture. We will consider the living environment in an emergency from the perspective of “if a disaster occurs under the circumstances of the spread of new corona infection”, and introduce related information resources and literature. I think it is important to acquire the attitude and method to continue to think about how to “rightly fear” the risks around us and “do our best” to deal with them. In that sense, what is essentially important may be the same as it was before the new Corona. I hope everyone will be a glove hint to face the current situation.
“What is the relationship between the disaster prevention map and Jizo’s shrine?”
This is a simple question from a participant, local residents when I conducted a workshop in an area I am currently helping disaster prevention community planning. From the viewpoint of the theme of this special feature, Accomodating, it is necessary to watch the city not only during normal times but also during emergencies. On the other hand, when we think about emergencies, you also need to use your imagination about the situation of the city during normal times. Such a perspective between normal times and emergency times is indispensable for creating a truly disaster-resistant local society. However, it is often that the link between normal and emergency, which was natural for me, is not for others. What I introduced at the beginning was a word from the inhabitants who made this fact noticeable to me. Let’s look at the theme given to me in this article, “Urban Accomodation Focused on Emergencies.”
Social Urbanism -Knowledge exchange meeting between Latin America and Japan
We will hold “Social Urbanism-Knowledge exchange meeting between Latin America and Japan” at 18:00 -21:00 on February 7 in Kyoto. We Invite an architect Alejandro Echeverri, who is known for urban renewal in Medellin, once called the “World’s Most Dangerous City”. Architects and researchers who practice Social Urbanism at domestic and abroad from the Japanese side will also share knowledge in South America and Japan. Although the capacity is limited, it is an open meeting, so if you are interested please join us!
“Jizo-Bon” is a precious event where multi-generation of cho-community exchange each other. In Kyoto, there are areas where Jizo-Bon continues to be devised, such as by collaborating with welfare facilities and university students to address issues such as a reduction in the number of players and participants. Let’s learn about these cases, exchange opinions among participants, and join together to give tips on community revitalization, such as how to increase the number of players.
Although Vietnam adopted the Doi Moi policy in 1986 and started working on cooperation with the international community, fieldwork by Western researchers was still rare. In 1994, a comprehensive survey of the townscape of Hoi An’s old town in central Vietnam was conducted. Based on this experience, the field has been expanded to other cities in Vietnam and other countries, but fieldwork in Hoi An continues every year. The possibility of fieldwork is considered from the development of research and field changes due to continued involvement in the field for over 25 years.
This paper analyzed how Jizo-Bon, small-scale religious festivals held widely in Kyoto-city, contributes for improving resilience of “cho”, the basic communities in the central urban area of Kyoto. We clarified that Jizo-Bon is one of important opportunities for inhabitants to be involved in “cho” except for “cho-nai-kai”, community management associations. The results show Jizo-Bon 1. Loads for management are distributed to the extent that each inhabitant can bear them. 2. Meaning of Jizo-Bon can be flexibly renewed corresponding with each inhabitant’s purpose or motivation for joining.