New Tokyo Story
Urban ConferenceHow can Amsterdam learn from Tokyo?
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Living cities are constantly transforming. While historically the cause and dynamics of this transformation varies per city, globalization has gradually changed site-specific factors into more common, comparable elements. Every major city in every country is involved in an international competition to attract investment, international companies and young,
With its extreme concentration of population and economic and political activity and its extreme level of aging, Tokyo forms a fascinating urban laboratory with which to investigate and understand the current trend. In this symposium, we have invited Tokyo-based specialists – academics and practitioners - to give a comprehensive explanation of these symptoms of Tokyo’s transformation and of the ways in which the government, companies
PROGRAMME
History, Framework
9:30 Opening public programme Zef Hemel
University of Amsterdam
9:45 Struggling Cities Naohiko Hino
Architect, historian
10:45 Transformation of Terminal stations Masakazu
Tokyo University of Science
11:45 Fiber City: Tokyo 2050 Hidetoshi Ohno
Emeritus Professor Tokyo University
Next Inner-city Culture and Development
14:00 Forth Stage Consumer
Sociologist, marketing researcher
15:30 Inner city development cases Shu Yamamura
Waseda University
16:30 New working relationship
Authorities, companies
Oume city coordinator
17:30 Closing Moriko Kira
Architect, Amsterdam/Tokyo
INITIATORS AND SPEAKERS
Zef Hemel (b. 1957) is an urban planner and professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Amsterdam. Since 2014, he is also
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Moriko Kira (b. 1965) is an architect, has lived in Amsterdam since 1992 and her office operates both in Europe and Japan. Beside her architectural practice, she writes books, essays
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Naohiko Hino (b. 1971) is an architect, head of Hino Architect’s Office. Beside wide-ranging architectural and urban planning work, he is a leading writer, critic
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Masakazu
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Hidetoshi Ohno (b. 1949) is Emeritus Professor at the University of Tokyo and the principal of architectural firm APL design workshop. He has designed numerous architectural works and been awarded
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Atsushi Miura (b. 1958) is a sociologist, marketing researcher
Shu Yamamura (b. 1980) is an urban planner and researcher. He is an assistant professor of Planning at the Department of Architecture at Waseda University, Tokyo. His research interests lie at the crossroads of interdisciplinary research between urban planning and social sciences. Current research projects and interests relate to creative industry clusters in Tokyo, knowledge-city policies, inner city problems and revitalization, and urban structural transformation of the Tokyo Metro Area.
Junko Kunihiro (b. 1976) is the town manager of Ome City Center Vitalization Council since 2013. Authorized by local government and Chamber of Commerce and Industry, she organizes the area-management team and plans and operates various projects to solve regional issues and improving
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Credits photo: Dawid Sobolewski
Saturday 23 June
09:30 - 17:30
Pakhuis de Zwijger, Piet Heinkade 179, 1019 HC, Amsterdam