"How to envision the future of a city as environmentally responsive
with an important historical heritage and great livability?"
-Revitalization of a livable TAKAHASHI
「歴史を活かした環境循環都市を目指して]−住みやすい街、高梁の再生
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The workshop was sucessfully finished and the
paricipants shared a precious time together in
Takahashi city.
東北の大震災の直後でしたが、ワークショップは無事に終了しました。参加
学生は高梁市において、貴重な時と空間を共有しました。
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Architectural Institute of Japan will hold an International Architectural andUrban Design Workshop in March 2011. We will call for enthusiastic students fromall over the world to participate.
■Period: March 13(Sun)-23(Thu), 2011
■Place: Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
■Host: Town Building Associate Board, and Research Committee of UrbanPlanning and Design of the Architectural Institute of Japan
■Theme:
Takahashi City is a beautiful local town, which has distinctive historicalassets, such as "Bicchu-Matsuyama Castle" registered as a National ImportantCultural Property, and"Fukiya"district registered as a NationalPreservationDistrict for Groups of Traditional Buildings. Takahashi is located in a rich naturallandscape with rivers and mountains.
Recently Takahashi city has been merged with surrounding neighborhoods andhas formed new "Greater Takahashi", but the network of the existing culturaland natural assets in the wider area have not been well organized. This workshopwill study the integration of these scattered natural and historical assets in bothGreater Takahashi and the Takahashi city core, and will propose urban andarchitectural designs to solve the current issues.
The keywords will be,"environmentally responsive city", "attractive networkfor tourism and the local community", "safe and livable environments for all agesfrom children to elderly people"
The design proposal of the workshop will be presented to the public and thecity government.
■Schedule: Schedule
■Instructors: Masami Kobayashi, Atushi Deguchi, Takashi Ariga, PeterBosselmann, Stefan Pellegrini, Anne Scheou, Koichiro Aitani, Hiroshi Koike
■Entree fee: 20,000 Japanese yen
■Maximum capacity: 40 students
■Expenses: Travel expense shall be provided by each participants
Accommodation shall be provided by the organization
Food voucher shall be provided by the organization
■Emergency Contact: Takahashi WS Tokyo office: +81-3-3418-7711
■Register