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:: related links » international architecture workshops CITY OF INNOCENCE INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE WORKSHOP 4 Sendai, Japan, 2005  INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP + DESIGN STUDIO Paul Minifie & Jan van Schaik - RMIT Architecture RMIT Architecture Upperpool Design Studio Students Workshop Coordinator: Hitoshi Abe, Sendai, Japan, Practice: Atelier Hitoshi Abe with: N+B Architects, Montpellier L’Ecole d’architecture longuedoc Rousillon Montpellier Migayi University Sendai Tohoku University Sendai Atelier Hitoshi Abe Tohoku University of Technology Sendai WORKSHOP WEBSITE City of Innocence  Project Description This international travelling upperpool design studio incorporates a regional sustainable urban development design workshop held in Sendai, Japan involving students and staff from RMIT Architecture and partner institutions in France and Japan. The urban workshop title "Innocent City" refers to the an area of Sendai, Japan that has only ever held a singular function as a warehouse district. The brief is to develop strategies for introducing a selective range of new urban activities into this area through residential, retail, entertainment and recreation facilities while contending with the infrastructural character of the fabric. The outcomes of this workshop will be published in a forthcoming book.  Workshop Brief sendai workshop brief 2005 part 1.pdf Project background: This is the fourth of a series of International Architecture Workshops focusing on regional development, tourism and local community infrastructure. Previous workshops have included: International Architecture Workshop 3 Leisurelandz, RMIT, Philip Island/Melbourne Australia, 2004 International travelling Upperpool Design Studio/Design Workshop International Architecture Workshop 2 Easily Flooded Architecture: Montpellier, France, 2003 International travelling Upperpool Design Studio/Design Workshop Book: Easily flooded architecture: International architecture workshop, Élodie Nourrigat and Jacques Brion (ed), Montpellier, France: Association Champ libre, 2004 | ||||||||
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