Study on restoration and sharing method on town space in devastated area

Abstract

Abstract After the tsunami of the Great East Japan Earthquake, various projects have been pushed forward for early restoration while they do not necessarily restore former townscapes which were entirely transformed. Some local people are worried about losing their memories of hometown in course of recovery. This essay examines, how they could retrieve and transmit memories of their lost towns to next generations through the workshops to build 1:500 restoration models on the central districts (Machikata area) at Otsuchi town in Iwate prefecture. The result enables us to explore memories of town space and means to share and utilize them.

Keywords

• memory
• restoration model
• the Great East Japan Earthquake
• workshop