doi:10.3850/978-981-08-7156-7_P053


Sustainable Designing Program through Collaboration between Students and Inhabitants in Sanjo City


Shin-ya Nishimua1,a, Satoshi Boda1, Noriko Sakurai1,2 and Tsutomu Kobayashi3

1Department of Architecture, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan.

ashin-ya@eng.niigata-u.ac.jp

2Japan society for the promotion of Science

3Miyoshi Design Office, Niigata, Japan

ABSTRACT

Prof. S. Nishimura and the inhabitants of Sanjo city have begun the development of an actual and sustainable town planning program for the Department of Architecture of Niigata University since 2007. This is an educational program for 22 1st grade graduate students during the first semester. The students and inhabitants collaborate to make up the design and build a pocket park located near a walkway in the center of Sanjo. Since 2007 we have successfully built three pocket parks. The object of this scheme is for the inhabitants to preserve their own environment and landscape by designing and building in collaboration with the students.

Keywords: Sustainable town planning, Collaboration, Pocket park, City landscape, Educational program, Design and building, Satoyama.


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