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Mediating Change: A Japanese Perspective on Adaptable Architecture
Adaptable buildings that are effectively left open, in a perpetual state of making, have the greatest potential to cater for society's needs in the face of demographic change. Here Robert Schmidt III, architect and researcher, and Toru Eguchi, associate professor at Yokohama National University in Japan, explore how Japan, which has a rich tradition of adaptable architecture and also the highest life expectancy in the world, has embraced this approach.
Mediating Change: A Japanese Perspective on Adaptable Architecture
Adaptable buildings that are effectively left open, in a perpetual state of making, have the greatest potential to cater for society's needs in the face of demographic change. Here Robert Schmidt III, architect and researcher, and Toru Eguchi, associate professor at Yokohama National University in Japan, explore how Japan, which has a rich tradition of adaptable architecture and also the highest life expectancy in the world, has embraced this approach.
Mediating Change: A Japanese Perspective on Adaptable Architecture
Schmidt, Robert III (author) / Eguchi, Toru (author)
Architectural Design ; 84 ; 74-79
2014-03-01
6 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
‘megastructure’ philosophy , N John Habraken , Metabolism , wa‐shitsu , skeleton‐infill (SI) system , oshiire , Yositika Utida and the Shu‐Koh‐Sha Architectural and Urban Design Studio, NEXT 21 multi‐family housing complex, Osaka , Kodan‐Experimental Project ( KEP) , ken , Kanagawa Prefecture , Ise Grand Shrine , Sagamihara , Century Housing System (CHS) , Yositika Utida , wabi‐sabi , Osaka Gas Company , House of Suzukake , NEXT 21 multi‐family housing complex , Raku‐Inkyo (joyful retirement) research project , University of Tokyo , Kyoko Muraguchi , Adaptable Futures , Loughborough University , Professor Shuichi Matsumara
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