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Sharing Tokyo

Artifice and the Social World
Mohsen Mostafavi and Kayoko Ota (eds.)

The book questions how “artifice” and the “social world” can be mutually and constructively integrated so that the contemporary urban space can be shared by all. Taking the example of Tokyo, it takes up the two major traits in urban transformation – the large-scale development model on the one hand, and the small-scale model of neighborhood development or preservation on the other – and instead seeks alternative ideas and new strategies. A variety of innovative practices are presented by a diverse group of contributors including renowned scholars, architects, urbanists, and photographers from Japan and the US, and the research team at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
While the discourses and architectural works presented deal with the specificity of Tokyo, they were carefully selected to formulate together a collection of insights, new perspectives, and speculative experiments in urbanism and architecture that can also be used in other contexts.

With Contributions of:
Mustafa K. Abadan, Shin Aiba, Homi K. Bhabha, Kenta Hasegawa, Kozo Kadowaki, Hiroto Kobayashi, Masami Kobayashi, Japan Research Initiative Team at Harvard GSD, Jouji Kurumado, Seiji M. Lippit, Mitsuyoshi Miyazaki, Mayumi Mori, Mohsen Mostafavi, Jo Nagasaka, Erika Nakagawa, Don O’keefe, Yoshihiko Oshima, Kayoko Ota, Jordan Sand, Yoshihiko Sone, Tsubame Architects, Riken Yamamoto, Shun Yoshie

Revitalizing Japan

Architecture, Urbanization, and Degrowth
Mohsen Mostafavi and Kayoko Ota (eds.)

The shrinking and aging of the population is exacerbating the social decline in the regional cities of Japan. While excluded from the market-driven metropolitan areas, architects of the young generation are beginning to build ways of revitalizing regional cities through innovative design or new ways of practicing. This book features works by seven named or unnamed younger architects in Japan that preempt architectural responses to the post-growth condition, a gripping essay by community designer Ryo Yamazaki, and a captivating photo documentation by Kenta Hasegawa. Keynote essay by Toyo Ito.

With Contributions of
Toyo Ito, Kumiko Inui, Jun Aoki, Schemata Architects, Matthew Gandy, Kenta Hasegawa (photography), Ryo Yamazaki, and architects of the younger generation 

Description

Sharing Tokyo

Editors: Mohsen Mostafavi, Kayoko Ota
Size: 17 x 23,8 cm/ 6,7 x 9,4 in.
Pages: 428
Illustrations: Color
Cover: Softcover
Publication date: January 2023
ISBN: English 9781638400608
Price: 40€/ $44,95/ £40

Revitalizing Japan

Authors: Koki Akiyoshi, Jun Aoki, Matthew Gandy (interview), Kenta Hasegawa, Kumiko Inui, Takahito Ito, Toyo Ito, Mohsen Mostafavi, Yutaro Muraji, Jo Nagasaka, Kayoko Ota, Miho Tominaga, Ryo Yamazaki
Editors: Mohsen Mostafavi, Kayoko Ota
Size: 17 x 23,8 cm/ 6,7 x 9,4 in.
Pages: 324
Illustrations: Color
Cover: Softcover
Publication date: July 2024
ISBN: English 9781638401407
Price: 40€/ $44,95/ £40
Published by Actar Publishers

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Weight 1 kg
Authors

Mohsen Mostafavi, Kayoko Ota (eds.)

excerpt

What is the future of urbanization? What role can design play in shaping that future? What will happen to the conflicting tensions between urban and rural?

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