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'Make,' 'Utilize' and how they Change Cities | Toru Yada | TEDxHamamatsu

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Channel: TEDx Talks · 2018 · Nonprofits & Activism

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浜松の“街中”に移り住んで以来、建築家そして生活者として彌田氏が取り組んでいるのは「どうやったら面白い街がつくれるのか」という試み。今ある建物やそこで行われる人の生活にどのような価値を生み出すか。その取り組みは、多くの地方都市が抱える中心市街地の課題に対する一つの提案ともいえよう。

Ever since Mr. Yada moved to “downtown” Hamamatsu, he has involved himself with tackling the question, “how can we make an interesting town?” as an architect and also a resident. What values will this initiative bring to the buildings and residents' lives that already exist in the community? Mr. Yada's initiative may just be one answer to the problems revolving around downtown locations that so many regional cities struggle with.
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CC BY-SA 2.0 Born in 1985, in Oita Prefecture, lives in Hamamatsu City.
As an individual, he joins a town-planning project for Hamamatsu City to produce innovative spaces as well as runs an architect office based in Hamamatsu City.

Mr. Yada says he has learnt that architecture relates to “how to use it” besides “how to build it” through repair project of the Saitama station front and study of settlement in Hida during his student days. It is connected to the current activities that the team practice established to aim to create space with his companies around the same time. The relationship to Hamamatsu City has continued since the workshop to utilize the empty shops on shopping streets.

Mr. Yada’s attempt, which can be called as area innovation, does not only “create” stylish space as an architect. His activity also expands “how to make a good use of” the town, which is the point. New values are created by ideas of people from several fields. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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