Extracting Placemaking Tools from Minamisanriku
By Martha Isaacs After The Glass-House Chief Executive Sophia de Sousa returned from her research trip to the seaside town […]
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Posted on Jul 2, 2015
Lessons from Minamisanriku: Iryado
Places that support, teach and empower Following the tsunami, there was an outpouring of support with volunteers arriving from other […]
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Posted on May 20, 2015
Lessons from Minamisanriku: Octopus-Kun – a place to craft
The power of activity and enterprise Following the tsunami, one of the biggest challenges for local people, particularly those whose […]
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Posted on May 18, 2015
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Posted on May 6, 2015