Idea 93
architectural scale
1000 Year City: Tower
Towers in Japan as served have beacons of hope in times of reconstruction. As part of the 1000 Year City, a new tower will be...
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Idea 62
architectural scale
Alternative aid delivery systems
These proposals seek to utilize existing delivery methods to supply hard to reach areas, or areas that have become...
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Idea 18
architectural scale
The land scarcity in the disaster driven Tohuko Area calls for a tight knit design solution to keep people and nature together. The idea is to build a solid...
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Idea 40
urban scale
One of the steps towards re-building Japan, would be the development of infrastructure in the affected areas. The proposal aims at recreating them in a...
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Idea 57
architectural scale
OpenJapan_NYC
During a time when people have lost nearly everything, it's the smallest of tokens and reminders that can promote healthy and productive...
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Idea 1
product scale
A massive amount of building materials and time will needed to rebuild the homes and buildings destroyed by tsunami. This proposal looks at the potential that...
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Idea 86
architectural scale
PROBLEM: For the reconstrucion of the devasted area lot of man power is need. Motivated people like to join for a limited period of time. This help should be...
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Idea 55
architectural scale
The defeated feeling, felt across the island after the disaster, can only be added to with the lack of crematoriums to burn the bodies - a traditional Japanese...
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Idea 67
architectural scale
The disaster area has been suffering from depopulation.
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Idea 74
architectural scale
In order to keep memory of Tohoku disaster and Fukushima nuclear plant the children education is the essential element with the community.
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Idea 65
architectural scale
how to care if the children who cannot keep up with the study progress
how to move / transfer school / burry
flexible form of the school
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Idea 28
urban scale
Minimizing dangerous zone of radiation to the center and constructing a memorial at its center (for example, pyramide, but it can be anything else),...
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Idea 22
urban scale
A communication platform for sharing of information and database generation. For effective management of volunteer works and funds.
An organized database...
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Idea 45
architectural scale
Costruct in destruction
going under construction
rubble/shelter
art propositions
ruins,rubble, shelters allows to elaborate spatial possibilities and...
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Idea 50
urban scale
Original From Moscow Node:
Minimizing dangerous zone of radiation to the center, making a memorial in center (for example: a pyramid) with the development of...
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Idea 76
urban scale
Live with natural disaster
Since Japanese had experienced through a lot of natural disasters, we understood the environment and accepted the risk of having...
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Idea 49
architectural scale
Creating Community places - Organising Shelter spaces
Problem: lack of community space in temporary shelters leads to undesired interactions in shared shelter...
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Idea 52
architectural scale
The defensive quarter is based on the principle of self-sustaining community, which is partly protected by the wave breaker structure – the structure gives...
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Idea 79
architectural scale
A deployable structure that can eventually be translated as a permanent system is proposed.
Designed along the lines of a simple fabric tent that can be put...
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Idea 20
urban scale
A high rise system to support high density is proposed to counter the land scarcity, with a deployable system [on the lines of a car jack – damper combination...
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Idea 39
urban scale
What if? What if all that was destroyed protects those to come? Could the rubble and the debris be re-used as barriers? Can the rubble be crushed and used as...
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Idea 87
urban scale
The traditional method of energy distribution through a centralized system often fails when a natural disaster occurs leading to massive blackouts. To help...
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Idea 16
urban scale
Reconstruction of the Industry:
New ideas have already came from around the world on new way of industry (or work organization, capitalism...) from which it...
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Idea 88
product scale
GRASS ROOTS CARAVAN FOR KIDS
We can mutualize ideas and projetcs to help Japanese population, families and kids.
In the same caravans, we could imagine to...
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Idea 3
urban scale
One of the biggest problems after a disaster is access to information. When the system goes down people lose the ability to communicate with the outside. The...
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Idea 47
architectural scale
Problem: Temporary spaces and project proposals on an architectural scale often under-estimate the cultural identity of populations
Solution: The Japanese...
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Idea 2
architectural scale
The massive March 11 earthquake-tsunami wrought unprecedented damage to
northeastern Japan. Over 100,000 people lost their homes and were forced to take...
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Idea 33
urban scale
The contaminated coastal waters of Japan can no longer be fished. The Fishermen, as an old traditional profession, are in danger of losing their existence. It...
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Idea 4
urban scale
Gaps of support and Developing new local support centers and movable connections between them.
• We suggest creating temporary centers of support on the...
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Idea 61
architectural scale
Using the monumental task of clearing the debris from the tsunami as an opportunity to create new cultural/ecological hotspots.
Creating new urban parks with...
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Idea 64
architectural scale
Traditional healing
A long lasting tradition of Japanese medicines of Kampo herbs and Reiki healing system to educate and continue the practice among the new...
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Idea 58
architectural scale
The cites shall have special building codes, which would demand the inland settlements to provide a survival tower for each house and/or each public building....
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Idea 48
urban scale
There are many sites dedicated to finding missing persons from the tsunami in Japan. However, there is hardly a way to organize it all in one space. [Missing....
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Idea 23
urban scale
Original From Open Japan Chennai Node: http://openjapan.opensimsim.net/node/530
A high rise system to support high density is proposed to counter the land...
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Idea 11
urban scale
Share the correct info amongst the areas (problem).
1. LOCAL INFORMATION PUZZLE
-is located in the city covering 700 m (radius 350 m) and having pedestrian...
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Idea 73
architectural scale
Instead expecting entertainment to create a lot of job opportunities.. it can be a magnet to attract small upcoming businesses( mainly catering to basic needs...
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Idea 13
urban scale
Voluntters don't share the information each other. One of the cause of it is that internet access is shut down. Because of that, We need a system to
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Idea 84
urban scale
A series of world-wide international benefit concerts/festivals is proposed in order to raise awareness,generate funds, build connections amongst interested...
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Idea 98
urban scale
In response to Japan's proposal for 1,000 year permanence of cities, the first question to ask is "What is permanence?" As centuries move...
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Idea 72
architectural scale
We suggest 3 ways of interaction of the city or buildings and tsunami (according to the location)
Houses of the fishermen, that are situated on the shore:...
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Idea 34
architectural scale
We see this theme in context of this one:
http://openjapan.opensimsim.net/node/477
Lack of connection between localities is one of the difficulties appeared...
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Idea 26
architectural scale
The land scarcity in the disaster driven Tohuko Area calls for a tight knit design solution to keep people and nature together. The idea is to build a solid...
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Idea 38
product scale
After a disaster, when normal banking infrastructure is down, people need access to liquid money. The 'mobile ATM' units connect to the bank's...
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Idea 21
architectural scale
Whats great about adding mobility to the community centers, is that they can address the problems of each specific village or town. They can gather geo-...
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Idea 37
product scale
Using a mobile network of recreational centers, normalcy will be brought back to the various communities by building upon cultural values and community...
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Idea 8
urban scale
We see the advantages of living completely off the grid, but this comes at a high cost to the individual. There are also advantages to the ability to use...
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Idea 102
architectural scale
An attempt to bring together all of the smaller community ideas from all three days. Looking at immediate disaster relief, rebuilt/reused disaster relief, and...
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Idea 71
architectural scale
Tohoku earthquake and tsunami took place in wide range of area, where could be categorized to three types of cities below, and some previous ideas could be...
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Idea 30
product scale
Do we have choice?
Over the natural disaster that hitted Japan on 03-11, a raising consciousness developped worlwidely, where we may all feel victimized....
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Idea 51
urban scale
Despite decades of atomic power usage and research into the subject of nuclear waste, industry and government leaders are still un-clear how to deal with this...
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Idea 46
architectural scale
Local fisherman in the Tohoku region have a survival skill called "Okidashi" meaning "go out in the outer sea". Fisherman would sail their...
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Idea 14
architectural scale
communication problem between volunteers and local people.
VOLUNTEERS FOR JAPANESE HELP WEBSITE
Just after the disater, in many countries, lots of people...
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Idea 56
product scale
This is a clone project from project 598_GarbageFisherMen_Berlin.
In order to keep the cycle of cleaning the ocean by local fishermen running, a design kit is...
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Idea 66
architectural scale
place for minority to heal its specific problem / stock of the knowledge
such as people suffer from domestic violence, single mother and the people with di
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Idea 63
architectural scale
place to learn / place to play
school is the place for the escape so that there are no place for children to vast their stress.
how to support the situation...
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Idea 29
architectural scale
The coastal cities are expanding towards the sea. The new structures build on the water are based on the pneumatic system, where the change of the waves and...
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Idea 82
product scale
Speaking about Power generators, we can talk about a full natural system, like for an example a magnetic engine.
This engine is made of magnets, where the...
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Idea 107
urban scale
Proyecta Memoria is an innovative proposal that is aimed at safeguarding the architectural heritage of Chile, destroyed by the earthquake of February 27, 2010...
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Idea 97
urban scale
With the land around the Nuclear plant remaining untouchable for many years and the prolific amounts of trash created by the tsunami, the opportunity may exist...
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Idea 15
urban scale
OpenJapan_NYC
Split Japan, Radical Repopulation
The tsunami damage was widespread and devastating in its impact. Those left to clean-up and re-establish...
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Idea 19
architectural scale
Reclaiming normalcy by retaining cultural values and initiating community involvement through the use of modular pods that house activities. These pods are a...
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Idea 7
urban scale
There are wild and domesticated, healthy and weak, infected/radiated animals all together.
So the first aim is to catch, separate and filter animals. There can...
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Idea 83
urban scale
Table of Contents
Problems
Inspiration
Solution
Problems
(1) creating spaces for healing / therapy spaces
(2) creating spaces for child care
(3)...
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Idea 42
urban scale
Defiensive CIties:
The idea of rebuilding destroyed cities as defensive cities that can withstand a future Tsunami.
The cities need a place for people to...
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Idea 75
urban scale
This idea is to reuse the debris, which is a fragment of the missed day, in order to record people's daily life in the affected area. One possibility for...
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Idea 92
urban scale
1000 Year City: Rice Fields
As part of the 1000 Year City, large channels will be made to allow for a tsunami to enter the city and reduce damage. As this...
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Idea 68
architectural scale
to prevent from the additional risk,
need a place/service to input knowledge or have conversation regularly for protect them by themselves.
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Idea 77
architectural scale
The foremost task that would involve rebuilding the affected region is to clear the debris caused by the calamity.This massive volume of solid waste can be...
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Idea 41
architectural scale
Gabion mesh is an inexpensive construction system.
Wire mesh surrounds pulverized debris or rocks.
Designers can easily create unique wire forms that allow for...
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Idea 53
architectural scale
Developed from Moscow vision: http://openjapan.opensimsim.net/node/600
Starting from the proposal of reusing the big amount of rubble produced by the...
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Idea 17
urban scale
OpenJapan_NYC
Due to the documented evacuation and cordon of the region near the Fukishima nuclear power plant, we are envisioning an acceptance of the newly...
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Idea 24
architectural scale
*“Re-building is not just about the big master plan in a single swipe move. Rebuilding takes small steps. Rebuilding is about nurturing.
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Idea 31
architectural scale
There are many smart technology that could aid in disaster recovery. These could be integrated in the typical smart home systems.
One such use is structural...
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Idea 89
architectural scale
The problem of soil liquefaction (link) is one of the main factors of risk in seismic areas; in fact, it could turn also a weak earthquake into a great danger...
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Idea 94
urban scale
This plan diagram of a village or community is organized by a 3-dimensional, structurally braced space frame. The frame provides structural bracing to the...
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Idea 96
urban scale
This proposal builds on the suggestion of using synthetic biology to engineer large-scale structures, specifically the "proto-cell" that has been...
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Idea 35
architectural scale
The idea extend on the idea of using rubble & scrap for
Foundation and wall system in a metal gabion with rubble
Scrap wood as flooring and wall panels...
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Idea 36
architectural scale
AIR_HELP_LINE
After disasters recovery of existing and construction of new roads can take too much time and money when accessibility to the affected...
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Idea 10
urban scale
The Local Volunteer Guide translates local customs and traditions for volunteers working in local communities of the Tohoku region. This aims to serve as a...
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Idea 25
urban scale
Reconstructing the image of the city and landscape through personal experience and memories. Recollection of information occurs through the community centres,...
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Idea 59
architectural scale
Energy is one of the greatest resources needed following a disaster. This idea looks at harvesting the energy from the natural disaster (i.e. Tsunami) and...
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Idea 9
urban scale
2 Parts:
Asking for help can be difficult, maintaining support for the support system may fade after initial publication of disaster is reacted to. Aid is...
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Idea 6
urban scale
The telephone booth is identifiable and common element in times of emergency. This proposal looks to exploit this potential it as a multi dimensional mode of...
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Idea 69
product scale
コミュニティバス_______from Moscow
In destroyed cities, towns, villages after solving problems with medical and humanitarian aids, after solving problem with...
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Idea 43
architectural scale
After a disaster, normal systems tend to fail. We propose a fail safe signalling system that could work by simple mechanism of visual site.
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Idea 100
urban scale
Group demand and existing transit traffic = efficient supply.
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Idea 90
product scale
The problem of the difference between demand and supply is a complex issue. One of the reasons could be the logistic problem of information organization due to...
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Idea 12
urban scale
There are not enough manpower to do the reconstruction activity for example mud and rubble. Since longer it takes, more difficult to remove, it is urgent
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Idea 60
architectural scale
OpenJapan Kansas City
This is recognizing the potential value of rediscovering even one small possession in a situation of total loss. By forming an online...
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Idea 5
urban scale
OpenJapan_NYC
Emergency Relief Tokens
In thinking through how a bulletin board system would work, we imagine a system that could preserve privacy and work...
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