Vernacular architecture of the 21st century - Revitalisation and local development of marginal areas | Speakers: Hagino Kiichiro and Hagino Yuki

h. 14:30-18:00 | Sala dello Zodiaco, Castello del Valentino, Torino

The lecture is part of a Joint Research between Japan and Italy (framed in the Polito Japan Hub) on the topics: “Vernacular architecture of the 21st century” and “Revitalisation and local development of marginal areas”.

PROGRAMME

Speakers:

Hagino Kiichiro (University of Toyama, Hagino Atelier, Team Maruyama), Short Term Visiting Professor at DIST
In Search for Contemporary Hyaku-sho. Learning from Satoyama life after Noto Earthquake in 2024
_{The lecture will focus on Hagino Kiichiro's daily life and activities in a satoyama village on the Noto Peninsula, abandoned by urbanisation and modernisation.
Life in a satoyama village is often inconvenient by urban standards. However, the relationship with nature, the local community, and the relaxed pace of time that passes there are truly rich and offer great hints for an environmentally friendly and sustainable way of life for our future. The earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula in January 2024 caused extensive damage, spurred an aging and shrinking population, and dealt a major blow to local industry. However, even under such circumstances, the resilience of the people of the satoyama and their way of life was once again reaffirmed. It is in satoyama and hyaku-sho that one can find cures for the future of community-based living and environmentally friendly, community-based affluent way of life.}

Hagino Yuki (Team Maruyama)
Living in Satoyama in Noto. Team Maruyama: Designing Lifestyle & Nogashi Laboratory: Creating Nostalgic but New Value
_{After 20 years in the countryside, leaving behind a consumer-driven lifestyle, Yuki realized that designing architecture requires the recognition that humans are a part of nature. Her lecture will focus on the activities of Team Maruyama, a learning platform that blends traditional and scientific knowledge and that has monitored nature, studied traditional local knowledge, and created educational programs for children, and on the Nogashi Laboratory, a Japanese sweets shop with a slightly bitter aftertaste – offering azuki beans sweets that connect people to nature and help to reflect on globalisation and on the true essence of wealth.}

Introduction:
Andrea Bocco (DIST)

Discussants:
Magda Bolzoni (DIST)
Onishi Maki (Yokohama National University), Short Term Visiting Professor at DIST

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