Almazan, Jorge

Emergent Tokyo: Designing the Spontaneous City

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ISBN 13:: 9781951541323
author:: Almazan, Jorge
format:: Paperback / softback
publisher:: Oro Editions
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2021
Pages:: 224
Dimensions:: 20.8 x 15 x 1.5 centimetres (0.4
Genre:: Arts & Photography, Architecture & Design, Landscape,
Condition:: New
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Emergent Tokyo offers a fresh perspective on the world's premier megacity, delving into its most distinctive urban spaces and uncovering the secrets behind its success. By examining five key features of Tokyo's cityscape, this book demystifies the city's emergent urbanism, explaining its origins, its place in today's Tokyo, and its role in shaping the city of tomorrow. Tokyo's unique blend of intimacy and adaptability is revealed through its iconic yokochō alleyways, multi-tenant zakkyo buildings, undertrack infills, flowing ankyo streets, and dense low-rise neighborhoods. These features enable the city to organize itself from the bottom up, allowing ordinary residents to shape their own environment in ways large and small. This book provides a practical guide for how to bring Tokyo-style urbanism to other cities around the world, offering a new vision for a human-scale urban ecosystem. With its unique insights and practical advice, Emergent Tokyo is an essential read for visitors to Japan, architects, and urban policy practitioners.

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