Jun.30,2004

"Regional Design based on Ecological and Historical Viewpoints" (supervised by Hidenobu Jinnai; edited by Laboratory of Regional Design with Ecology, Graduate School of Hose University; published by Gakugei Shuppahsha) has been published.

The 1st workshop of History Project (6/30 17:00-19:30) at main meeting room of '80 Building, Ichigaya Campus, Hosei Univ.
1. "Regeneration of Cheonggyecheon in Seoul" by Park Chanpil
2. "Ferry Berths in Waterfront Area of Osaka" by Hikaru Kinoshita

The 1st workshop of Eco Project 3 (hydrology and geography section) co-hosted by Research Group on Geography of Water Environment in Association of Japanese Geographers, and Study Group on Regional Environmental Science (7/14, 17:00-19:00) at meeting room A, 26F, Boissonade Tower of Ichigaya Campus, Hosei Univ.
Program:
1. "Research on Regeneration of Urban Waterfront Spaces from the Viewpoints of Ancient Hydrology and Geography" by Koji Kodera (Hosei Univ.)
2. "Groundwater Environment in Heian Period observed in Archaeological Site of Wells" by Yuji Mori (All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.) and Akihisa Yoshikoshi (Ritsumeikan Univ.)
3. "Location of Archaeological Sites and Rivers in Yayoi Period around Tsurumi River " by Junichi Ogura (Hosei Univ.)
Convivial meeting: 17:00-19:00 at Stuff Club, 25F, Boissonade Tower

The Eco Project workshop (section 3), which is a part of the study project: "Research on Urban Waterfront Space Renovation", is co-hosted by several study groups and opened to everyone. We are also looking for co-researchers. If you are interested in, please contact us by e-mail: info@eco-history.com

"Spatial Structure of Medieval Ocean City, Amalfi--Field Survey in Southern Italy, 1998-2003" has been published (Enlarged edition, Hidenobu Jinnai and Jinnai Lab.).

International Symposium by Laboratory of Regional Design with Ecology, Graduate School of Hosei Univ. (9/27 13:00-18:00) at school room 302 of '62 Building, Ichigaya Campus, Hosei Univ.
Theme: "Cultures of Ship Transportation and Port Towns in Italy and other Mediterranean Cities"
Program:
1. "Medieval Ocean City, Amalfi-Exchange with Oriental World and Spatial Structure of Port Town" by Giuseppe Gargano (Director, Centro di Cultura e Storia Amalfitana)
2. "City of Intermediary Commerce, Venice-its socio-economic and spatial characteristics" by Donatella Calabi (Prof. of Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia, Director of Associazione Italiana di Storia Urbana)
3. "Pisa and Genova-Comparative Study of Ocean Cities" by Hidenobu Jinnai (Prof. of Hosei Univ, Director of Laboratory of Regional Design with Ecology)
4. "Ships, Ports and Navigation in Mediterranean-From Ancient Greece to Medieval Italy" by Takako Niwa (Marine System Engineering, Prof. of Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology)

The 1st workshop of Local management project (9/29, 19:00-22:30) at meeting room C, 25F, Boissonade Tower, Ichigaya Campus, Hosei Univ.
Theme: "Town Building based on Ship Transportation" by Hiroaki Ise and Kaoru Gonjo (Town Building Forum of Bicycles, Trams and Ships, Japan Acid Monitoring Network)
summary: Town building based on ship transportation with low environmental load will be considered through the history of usages of water transportation in Edo and Tokyo. As a case study, "town building based on bicycles, trams and ships" will be introduced, which proposed replacement of transportation measure for newspaper factory construction along Sumida River.
Contact: Takahiro Yoshino (R.A. of Laboratory of Regional Design with Ecology)
E-mail: tkysn@mt.tama.hosei.ac.jp

The 2nd workshop of Local Management project (10/15 15:00-) at meeting room B, 25F, Boissonade Tower, Ichigaya Campus, Hosei Univ.
Theme: "Software of Waterfront Development-from the viewpoint of local management" by Naoshi Kawabata, Director of K Planners, Chiiki Kenkyu-jo Co., Ltd.
summary: The main point of this seminar will be waterfront development, aiming to realize affluence for each region in this era of low growth. The discussions will be given from the viewpoints of participation of inhabitants, management of local municipalities, through nationwide and worldwide case studies.
Contact: Tomoko Nagano (Ichigaya head office of Laboratory of Regional Design with Ecology)
E-mail:HZF01057@nifty.ne.jp

The workshop of Regeneration Project (10/27 19:00-21:30) at main meeting room, 7F, '80 Building, Ichigaya Campus, Hosei Univ.
Theme: "European and American Waterfronts"
1. "Case Study of Europe" by Hiromitsu Furugori (2nd year master's degree student at Graduate School of Hosei Univ.)
2. "The Situation of East Coast of United States" by Shin Ohe (Engineering, Prof. of Hosei Univ.)

The workshop of Eco Project (10/28 18:00-) at meeting room C, 25F, Boissonade Tower, Ichigaya Campus, Hosei Univ.
Program:
1. Report on environmental measurement of waterfront area of SE Asia (Thailand) by Deguchi lab.
2. Research progress and plans of Eco Project
3. Plan of symposium with Prof. Ekhart Hahn on 27 Nov (PM), 2004
4. Budget
5. Miscellaneous topics

The 2nd Workshop of Eco Project 3 (Hydrology and geography
secion) (11/13, Sat. 14:00-17:00) at meeting room F, 6F, Boissonade Tower, Ichigaya Campus of Hosei Univ.
Co-hosted by Study Group on Regional Environmental Science
Program:
1. "For Renovation of Water Environment of Inner Bay--a challenge of environmental survey based on partnership among fishing people, citizens and researchers" by Tetsuo Murakami (Nagoya Women's University)
2. "Urbanization and Change of Water Environment in Brackish-water Area--through the example of Nakaumi-Shinjiko" by Tomoyasu Fujii (Nara University of Education)
3. "Urban and Water Renovation from the Viewpoint of Environmental Capacity of Catchment Basin" by Fumihide Onishi (Takenaka Corporation)
Convivial Party 17:30-19:00

Plan of the 3rd Workshop: Dec.10 Fri. 18:30-21:00
Theme: under negotiation
Contact info:
2-17-1, Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, 102-8160, Tokyo
Kodera lab. of water and human geography, Geography Department, Faculty of Letters, Hosei Univ.
TEL: 03-3264-9456　FAX: 03-3264-9459
E-mail: kodera@i.hosei.ac.jp

English summary of the 2nd workshop of History Project (20, July 2004)

English summary of the 1st workshop of Regeneration Project (26, July 2004)

International Symposium by Laboratory of Regional Design with Ecology, Graduate School of Hosei Univ.
Theme: "Cultures of Ship Transportation and Port Towns in Italy and other Mediterranean Cities" (27, September 2004)

"Ships, Ports and Navigation in Mediterranean-From Ancient Greece to Medieval Italy" by Takako Niwa (Marine System Engineering, Prof. of Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology)
"City of Intermediary Commerce, Venice-its socio-economic and spatial characteristics" by Donatella Calabi (Prof. of Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia, Director of Associazione Italiana di Storia Urbana)

International Symposium by Laboratory of Regional Design with Ecology, Graduate School of Hosei Univ.
Theme: "Cultures of Ship Transportation and Port Towns in Italy and other Mediterranean Cities" (27, September 2004)

"Medieval Ocean City, Amalfi-Exchange with Oriental World and Spatial Structure of Port Town" by Giuseppe Gargano (Director, Centro di Cultura e Storia Amalfitana)
"Pisa and Genova-Comparative Study of Ocean Cities" by Hidenobu Jinnai (Prof. of Hosei Univ, Director of Laboratory of Regional Design with Ecology)

English summary of the workshop of Regeneration Project (27, Oct 2004)

English summary of the 1st workshop of Local management project (29, Sep 2004)

English summary of the 2nd workshop of Local management project (15, Oct 2004)

English summary of the 4th workshop of History Project (15, Dec 2004)

English summary of the 3rd workshop of History Project (25, Nov 2004)

26 Feb, 2005 Debriefing Session of Research in 2004
26 Feb, 2005 Sat. 13:00-18:00
Main and medium meeting rooms, 7F, '80 Building, Ichigaya Campus, Hosei Univ.
History Project:
Satoshi Okamoto "Bases and system of spatial formation in Japanese pre-modern port towns"
Masahiko Takamura "Comparative study on spatial structure in Asian cities based on water area network"
Hidenobu Jinnai "Waterfront space renovation in historic cities of South Italy and its background"
Eco Project:
Kiyotaka Deguchi
" Actual measurement and simulation of Asian domestic architecture"
Norihito Sato
" Relationship between thermal environment and land and sea breeze in waterfront cities"
Takashi Morita
" How digital base maps are used around Tokyo? -including its applicable usage"
Regeneration Project:
Kenichi Takahashi
" Summarizing report of Regeneration Project
--establishing concept of regional design and waterfront space renovation"
Shin Ohe
" Overall research summary of architectural group"
Mari Watanabe
" Field survey in Tsukishima and research project"
Yuzuru Tominaga
" Field survey in Manazuru and research project"
Katsumi Nagase
" Koganei (+Okinawa) Project"
Local Management Project:
Summarizing report: Takashi Ishigami "Activities in 2004 (tentative)"
Report 1: Susumu Nagai
" Renovation of industrial areas (tentative)"
Report 2: Takahiro Yoshino
" Case study on industrial areas in Amagasaki and cities in Britain (tentative)"

English summary of the 5th workshop of History Project (19, Feb 2005)

English summary of the 6th workshop of History Project (18, Mar 2005)