Tag: planning
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.
Urban Redesign Studio 2018 Winter: URT Member Joined as Teaching Assistant
URT’s Siqi Li joined, as a teaching assistant, the Urban Redesign Studio 2018 Winter at the University of Tokyo. In view of the characteristics of disaster-prone areas in Japan, the […]
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 […]