Lessons from Minamisanriku: Community Gardening
Displacement and personal investment in temporary spaces One of the initiatives led by the local government following the displacement and […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on May 15, 2015
Lessons from Minamisanriku: Koala Library
What are the most important civic buildings? The first civic building that was rebuilt in Minamisanriku after the tsunami was […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on May 13, 2015
Lessons from Minamisanriku: The sea as a resource
Can preventative infrastructure compromise the quality and livelihood of a place? Minamisanriku has an economy that is based primarily on […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on May 11, 2015
Lessons from Minamisanriku: Houses or shops?
How can new housing be built in a way that ensures it is supported by local infrastructure? While in Minamisanriku, […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on May 8, 2015
Lessons from Minamisanriku: What does place mean to us?
Negotiating different personal and community associations with a building or place Minamisanriku is in many ways an idyllic setting, a […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on May 7, 2015
Lessons from Minamisanriku: Introduction
When I asked a survivor of the earthquake and tsunami that hit Minamisanriku, Japan in June 2011 what we could […]
Sophia de Sousa
Posted on May 6, 2015
Do we accept the status quo in place? A round-up of our London debate
“We are both too ambitious and not ambitious enough” opened our first speaker, Alastair Donald on Wednesday at our fourth […]
Lucia das Neves
Posted on Mar 20, 2015
To a More Ambitious Place: Do we accept the status quo in place? Think piece #3
By Alexei Schwab The pressure is on for London to build more homes, and we are seeing a raft of […]
Guest Author
Posted on Mar 16, 2015
To a More Ambitious Place: Do we accept the status quo in place? Think piece #2
By Sir Tom Shebbeare An amateur planner: asset or a hazard? Challenging the status quo by using the tool of […]
Guest Author
Posted on Mar 16, 2015
To a More Ambitious Place: Do we accept the status quo in place? Think piece #1
By Samar Héchaimé The question put forth is ‘Do we accept the status quo in place?’ My question is what […]
Guest Author
Posted on Mar 13, 2015