Tokyo Roji
The Diversity and Versatility of Alleys in a City in Transition
Seiten
2019
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-14099-1 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-14099-1 (ISBN)
This book presents urban narratives of the roji, the Japanese urban alleyway, which was once part of people’s personal spatial sphere and everyday life but has increasingly been transformed by diverse and competing interests.
The Japanese urban alleyway, which was once part of people’s personal spatial sphere and everyday life has been transformed by diverse and competing interests. Marginalised through the emergence of new forms of housing and public spaces, re-appropriated by different fields, and re-invented by the contemporary urban design discourse, the social meaning attached to the roji is being re-interpreted by individuals, subcultures and new social movements. The book will introduce and discuss examples of urban practices which take place within the dynamic urban landscape of contemporary Tokyo to portray the life cycle of an urban form being rediscovered, commodified and lost as physical space.
The Japanese urban alleyway, which was once part of people’s personal spatial sphere and everyday life has been transformed by diverse and competing interests. Marginalised through the emergence of new forms of housing and public spaces, re-appropriated by different fields, and re-invented by the contemporary urban design discourse, the social meaning attached to the roji is being re-interpreted by individuals, subcultures and new social movements. The book will introduce and discuss examples of urban practices which take place within the dynamic urban landscape of contemporary Tokyo to portray the life cycle of an urban form being rediscovered, commodified and lost as physical space.
Heide Imai is Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Global Interdisciplinary Studies (GIS) at Hosei University and Research Associate at Keio University, Tokyo, Japan. Licensed as an architect, her research, teaching and practice focus is urban resistance, resilience and the future of vernacular landscapes in global cities.
Foreword Hidenobu Jinnai
Acknowledgment
Introduction
1. Tokyo and its Alleys
2. The Roji
3. The Yin and Yang of Tokyo - Nezu , Yanaka and The Mixed Used Roji
4. Between Geisha Town and Petit Paris - Kagurazaka and The Commercial(ized) Roji
5. Between Old Row Houses and Skyscrapers - Tsukudajima and the Residential Roji
Conclusion
Erscheinungsdatum | 18.12.2018 |
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Reihe/Serie | Routledge Research in Planning and Urban Design |
Zusatzinfo | 1 Tables, black and white; 20 Line drawings, black and white; 9 Halftones, black and white |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 453 g |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
Technik ► Architektur | |
ISBN-10 | 0-367-14099-3 / 0367140993 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-367-14099-1 / 9780367140991 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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