Publications
Journal Articles
Havlova, Z., Li, S., Ikalovic, V., Reggiani, M. & Wu, Z. (2018). Public space for sedentary activities in Tokyo: Unnecessary and undesired luxury? UA城市建筑 – Urbanism and Architecture, 287(6), 108-118.
Reggiani, M., Wu, Z., Li, S., Havlova, Z. & Ikalovic, V. (2018). The metamorphosis of contemporary public space: The role of informal buffer zones in Shinjuku area, Tokyo. UA城市建筑 – Urbanism and Architecture, 279(4), 26-34.
Dissertations
Havlova, Z. (2018). Multi-layered public space: A taxonomy of elevated grade-separated pedestrian systems in Tokyo (Doctoral dissertation). University of Tokyo.
Reggiani, M. (2018). Transient Tokyo: A comparative exploration of railway-led place identity transformations in Shinjuku and Shibuya (Doctoral dissertation). University of Tokyo.
Wu, Z. (2018). A study towards mapping methodology via moving images: Measuring the variation of space on street edges (Doctoral dissertation). University of Tokyo.
Books and Book Chapters
Reggiani, M. (2019). Japan. Der illustrierte Guide. Prestel Verlag
Reggiani, M. (2019). Japomanía. Trans. by Patricia Orts. Lunwerg Editores.
Reggiani, M. (2018). Giappomania. Rizzoli.
Conference Papers and Presentations
Ortiz-Moya, F. & Reggiani, M. (2019, September). Surviving at the Edge of Japan: Community Adaptation Mechanisms to a Post-Growth Society in Imabetsu Town. Paper presented at the European Association for Japanese Studies Conference in Japan. University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, September 14-15.
Ortiz-Moya, F. & Reggiani, M. (2019, September). Using Shinkansen to Revitalise Shrinking Peripheral Regions: The Case of Imabetsu Town. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Architectural Institute of Japan. Kanazawa, Japan, September 3-6. Published in the conference proceedings Gakujutsu Kouen Kougai-shuu, Architectural Institute of Japan, pp. 703-704.
Havlova, Z. & Reggiani, M. (2019, June). Hijacking Culture for Corporate Gains: The Forfeiture of Diversity in Corporatized and Commercialized Urban Space of Shibuya, Tokyo. Paper presented at the City Futures IV Conference, June 20-22, 2019, UCD Dublin
Havlova, Z. (2019, April). Stratification of the street through urban redevelopment projects in Tokyo: A case study of Osaki elevated grade-separated pedestrian systems. Paper presented at the 49th Annual Conference of the Urban Affairs Association, Los Angeles, California.
Havlova, Z. (2018, December). Exclusionary planning measures in elevated grade-separated pedestrian systems: A case of Tokyo. Paper presented at the Great Asian Streets Symposium 2018, Singapore.
Havlova, Z. (2018, April). Questioning publicness: Expulsion, direction, and monitoring in multi-layered public spaces in Tokyo. Paper presented at the 48th Annual Conference of the Urban Affairs Association, Toronto, Canada. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.10032.00000.
Reggiani, M. (2018, April). Place identity and ongoing railway-led urban development in Tokyo: Towards a commodified identity? Paper presented at the 48th Annual Conference of the Urban Affairs Association, Toronto, Canada.
Havlova, Z. (2017, July). The notion of public space as it is understood through the double lens of “Western” versus “Eastern” discourse: A case study of Tokyo. Paper presented at the 10th International Convention of Asia Scholars, Chiang Mai, Thailand. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.32034.94407.
Havlova, Z.(2017, April). Multi-layered public spaces in Tokyo: Inadvertent by-products? Paper presented at the 47th Annual Conference of the Urban Affairs Association, Minnesota, USA. DOI:10.13140/RG.2.2.11902.28481.
Guan, L. & Wu, Z. (2017, September). The evolving interpretation of neighborhood unit: A review of residential planning norms in Chinese cities since 1920s. Paper presented at the ISUF 2017, City and territory in the globalization age, Valencia, Spain.
Wu, Z., Reggiani, M. & Guan, L. (2017, September). From the street: A new perspective on urban form via moving image in Tokyo’s streets. Paper presented at the ISUF 2017, City and territory in the globalization age, Valencia, Spain. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.33077.17125.
Reggiani, M. (2016, July). Tokyo Archipelago: The impact of transit infrastructures on Tokyo’s urban form. Paper presented at the ISUF 2016, Urban morphology and the resilient city, Nanjing, China. ISBN 978-7-900799-98-2.
Wu, Z. (2016). A quantitative approach linking street spatial configuration to street pattern. In Sanders, P., Guaralda, M., Carroli, L. (Eds.), Urban form at the edge: proceedings from ISUF 2013, Volume 2 (pp. 170-186). Brisbane: QLD ISUF/ QUT School of Design.
Wu, Z. & Guan,L. (2016, September). Urban implantation in rural China: Three exemplary works on vernacular construction in ancient villages, Zhejiang. Paper presented at the ISAIA 2016, Resilience and diversity: rethinking Asian architecture from the next generation, Sendai, Japan.
Guan, L. & Wu, Z. (2015, September). A comparative study on morphological evolution of residential dominated mixed-use blocks in Tokyo and Beijing inner city. Paper presented at the ISUF 2015, City as organism: new visions for urban life. https://www.urbanform.it/books/.
Publications by former URT members
Siqi Li
Li, S. (2018). Mechanism of spontaneity in utilization of Qilou verandah space: Case study on Amoy (Doctoral dissertation). University of Tokyo.
Li, S. & Nishide, K. (2018). Problem and countermeasure: A study on possible causes for spontaneous utilization of Qilou verandah space. Summaries of technical papers of 2018 annual meeting (pp. 651-652). AIJ Annual Convention, Architecture and Planning.
Li, S. & Nishide, K. (2018). Complementary space in a dispersed spatial network: A study on utilization of Qilou verandah space in Amoy. 人間・環境学会誌 – MERA journal.
Li, S. & Nishide, K. (2018, November). Spontaneous placemaking: A quantitative study on the meaning of places in Qilou verandah space. Paper presented at the 13th International Symposium for Environment-Behavior Studies, Wuhan, China.
Li, S. & Nishide, K.(2017). Evaluation on evolution of architectural types in China’s rural area: Case study on Xiamei Village, Fujian Province. 人間・環境学会誌 – MERA journal, 20(1), 43-44.
Li, S. & Nishide, K. (2017). A study on architectural type and usage pattern in old town area of Xiamen City: Taking Qilou streets as case study. Summaries of technical papers of 2017 annual meeting (pp. 595-596). AIJ Annual Convention, Architecture and Planning.
Imoto, S., Gao, H., Fujita, Y., Li, S., Shakya, L. & Otsuki, T., K. (2016). Disaster situation after the Gorkha Earthquake and the process of housing reconstruction project in Bhaktapur. Summaries of technical papers of 2016 annual meeting (pp. 1101-1102). AIJ Annual Convention, Architecture and Planning.
Li, S. & Zou, Y. (2016, September). Evolvement of architectural types in China’s rural area: Case study on Xiamei Village in Fujian Province. Paper presented at the ISAIA 2016, Resilience and diversity: rethinking Asian architecture from the next generation, Sendai, Japan.