Memory City Workshop in Suzu, Teraya

Event Details

Workshop where participants will recreate in a diorama the "hometown scenery" that was lost in the earthquake disaster

The "Memory Town Workshop" began as a model restoration project that was launched as a reconstruction support activity for the Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred in March 2011. Students studying architecture created a 1/500 scale diorama model of the area before the disaster, and together with local residents, they recreated the streetscape of their hometown that was lost in the earthquake, layering their memories and colors.

The diorama to be created in this workshop is set in the coastal area of the Misaki-cho Terake district of Suzu City, near the tip of the Noto Peninsula. The earthquake that occurred on New Year's Day caused a tsunami after a large tremor, causing extensive damage, including the collapse of houses and the outflow of household goods.
In the workshop, while remembering the cityscape of the past, we will finish a huge diorama model with architecture students with the hope of revitalizing the town that was severely damaged by the earthquake. Over the course of the seven-day workshop, the pure white model gradually becomes colored. Please come and participate!

Memory City Workshop

Co-sponsored by: Kanazawa University Noto Resilience and Revitalization Center, Center for Resilient Design Kobe University
Model making: Tsukihashi-Asai Laboratory, Kobe University
Workshop: Tsukihashi-Asai Laboratory, Kobe University
Nishino & Fujii Laboratory, Kanazawa University (Institute of Science and Engineering Faculty of Geosciences and Civil Engineering)
Miyamoto Laboratory, Waseda University

Participation fee: free

Contact

Noto Resilience and Revitalization Center Secretariat (General Affairs Department General Affairs Division) notomirai@adm.kanazawa-u.ac.jp