|
Nexopolis (Study Abroad), |
REVITALIZING HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS IN KOGANE, MATSUDO-CITY AND INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT, SEATTLE [Studio Website] This joint design studio is a collaborative project between the Department of Landscape Architecture at University of Washington and the Department of Landscape Architecture in Chiba University, Japan. The purpose of this studio is to engage in cross-cultural design collaboration involving two groups of undergraduate Landscape Architecture students in Japan and the United States. In this studio, the students from two sides will work together to develop urban design proposalsfor two historic neighborhoods facing similarly challenging issues of urban revitalization in Japan and the U.S.- Kogane District in Matsudo and Chinatown-International District in Seattle. The similarities of issues and the differences in social and cultural contexts provides a rich setting for exploring cross-culturaldesign collaboration and understanding of global and local spatial processes. In addition, the collaborative experience will provide an opportunity for critical reflection on the culture-space relationship in one's home environment. |
||