10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
[025] A STUDY OF ASIAN LANDSCAPES: Adapting Japanese Landscape Methods to Create Environmentally Symbiotic Asian Cities
Keywords:Age of Japanese Cities, City Orientation, Green infrastructure, Blue infrastructure, Pedestrian-priority spaces, Environmentally symbiotic cities
In the years following World War II, Japan enjoyed an era of urban expansion due to high population and economic growth. I call this the “Age of Japanese Cities”. Now, the population of Asian countries continues to grow, and that population is concentrated in cities. The purpose of my Asian landscape research is to bring Japan's unique urban development and landscape methods cultivated during the postwar expansion of Japanese cities to urban development in Asia. For our study, the methods we used were first, a survey of the current status of six Southeast and East Asian cities was conducted: Manila, Ho Chi Minh, Taipei, Bangkok, Singapore, Battambang (Cambodia). Next, we clarified the differences in climate and history of the regions where the cities are located by comparing them with Western Europe and Japan.
The results of the study are that the city orientation of areas that were once colonized by the West were formed based on the idea of a Western urban axis. These should be adapted to the nature of Asia and the movement of the sun. In order for people to enjoy and enrich their daily lives in cities, man-made structures such as buildings and roads need to be built in harmony with the green infrastructure, blue infrastructure, and pedestrian-priority spaces. In order to create environmentally symbiotic cities in developing countries, it is necessary to utilize the landscape technology that Japan has cultivated since the end of World War II and adapted to the actual conditions in Southeast Asian countries.
The results of the study are that the city orientation of areas that were once colonized by the West were formed based on the idea of a Western urban axis. These should be adapted to the nature of Asia and the movement of the sun. In order for people to enjoy and enrich their daily lives in cities, man-made structures such as buildings and roads need to be built in harmony with the green infrastructure, blue infrastructure, and pedestrian-priority spaces. In order to create environmentally symbiotic cities in developing countries, it is necessary to utilize the landscape technology that Japan has cultivated since the end of World War II and adapted to the actual conditions in Southeast Asian countries.