Category: News
News: Giappomania Goes International!
Almost one year after its first Italian edition by Rizzoli, Giappomania journey continues! Thanks to our readers, the book – written by URT’s Marco Reggiani and illustrated by Sabrina Ferrero – was sold out and republished in spring 2019. At the same time, Giappomania started to attract international attention and, this April, the book was translated and published in Spanish by Lunwerg Editores. Titled Japomania, this new edition is available in bookstores, online, and as an eBook in Spain and across Latin America.
Additionally, two more translations are planned for the autumn. In September, the book will be published in German by Prestel Verlag under the title Japan. Der illustrierte Guide. One month later, the French edition of the book, Japorama, will be published by Casterman. Hopefully, many new readers will have a chance to embark on our colourful journey through Japan and discover the charm of the Land of the Rising Sun!
Zhang Village Revitalization Proposal
URT’s Zhouyan Wu and her colleagues from architectural firm #GAWA proposed a #revitalization plan for Zhang Village in Yiwu, #China. Their #design features a new community center at the heart of the village and a sequence of public spaces.
The new community center includes two ancestral halls and a new multifunctional hall in a variation layout of the traditional Chinese courtyard building. The scheme focuses on creating a solemn and cohesive space to accommodate ritual and festival activities and meet up-to-date needs.
News: City Futures IV Conference
Between June 20 and 22, 2019, the City Futures IV Conference was held at the UCD Dublin O’Brien Centre for Science in Dublin, Ireland. Jointly organized by #EURA and #UAA, the theme of the conference was ‘Creating Just and Sustainable Cities’ with a special focus on issues of inclusion, smart specialization and diversification, environmental challenges, democracy, smart and cultural cities.
URT’s Zdenka Havlova and Marco Reggiani joined with a paper titled ‘Hijacking Culture for Corporate Gains: The Forfeiture of Diversity in Corporatized and Commercialized Urban Space of Shibuya, #Tokyo’. Presented within the Cultural Cities track, the paper investigates ways corporations hijack and manufacture #culture, and how this ‘fabrication’ affects the diversity of the urban realm of #Shibuya.
News: Marco Joins New Project in Glasgow
It has been a time of shaking things up for URT. After coming back from Los Angeles, we said goodbye to Japan: parting was not easy, and each of us set for a different destination. However, we are excited about the goals ahead and the new streams of research we will be able to engage with. In Marco’s case, he started to work as a Postdoc Research Associate at his new academic home, the University of Strathclyde in #Glasgow, #Scotland. Read more in our most recent news by Marco Reggiani
News: Urban Affairs Association Conference 2019
In April, URT members again attended the Annual Conference of the Urban Affairs Association, this time in Los Angeles, California.
Ongoing Project – Investigating Relationships Between Shinkansen and Depopulating Regions : The Case of Aomori Prefecture
URT’s Marco Reggiani and Dr. Fernando Ortiz-Moya (Institute for Global Environmental Strategies) are investigating the effects of Shinkansen (Japanese high-speed train) in Aomori Region, northern Japan. The current focus is […]
URT Member Joins Introduction to Research Methods Seminar at Tokyo University and Gives Two Lectures
Fall semester 2018, the Department of Architecture, University of Tokyo, offered a seminar titled Introduction to Research Methods. Topics included theory and practice of architecture, computational design, or urbanism and […]
Giappomania, Marco Reggiani’s New Book
Apart from research and education, URT members are also engaged with various initiatives to reach the general public. Recently, Marco Reggiani published an illustrated book for Rizzoli. Titled Giappomania, it […]
URT Member at EBRA 2018 in Wuhan, China
URT member Siqi Li attended EBRA 2018 (13th International Symposium for Environment-Behavior Studies), November 3-4, 2018, in Wuhan, China. The theme of the 13th International Symposium for Environment-Behavior Studies was Differences […]
URT Members at Urban Affairs Association Conference 2018 in Toronto
URT members Zdenka Havlova and Marco Reggiani presented at the 48th Annual Conference of the Urban Affairs Association, April 4-7, 2018, in Toronto, Canada, along with Dr. Kaon Ko and […]
Today We Launch Our Website
Today we launch our website, Urban Research Table. Back in the summer of 2016, we founded Urban Research Table (URT) while pursuing our doctoral studies in different labs at the […]