Domestication of the Seawall in the reconstruction territories of the Great East Japan Earthquake

Agim Kërçuku; Toshihiko Abe

doi:10.3280/TR2024-111017OA

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N. 111 (2024)

Domestication of the Seawall in the reconstruction territories of the Great East Japan Earthquake

Agim Kërçuku
Toshihiko Abe

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3280/TR2024-111017OA
Inviata: 1 aprile 2026
Pubblicato: 27-04-2026

Abstract

Adeguamento della diga di contenimento nelle aree colpite dal Grande Terremoto del Giappone Orientale

Questo articolo è il secondo di una serie dedicata all’analisi del rapporto tra la cultura della progettazione dello spazio e la transizione demografica in Giappone.2 Il primo saggio è stato pubblicato nel numero 108-109 di questa rivista (Kërçuku, Murayama, 2025). L'indagine qui si concentra sul processo di costruzione del consenso del machizukuri a Kesennuma, che ha permesso alla comunità locale – insieme ai progettisti incaricati di mediare con la Prefettura di Miyagi – di concepire il sistema di protezione costiera, compresa una diga, come parte integrante del paesaggio urbano e ambientale. Machizukuri è un termine giapponese; non ha un equivalente diretto in inglese, ma può essere approssimativamente inteso come progettazione e sviluppo comunitario. Questo approccio contrasta con quelli adottati in altri contesti, dove le barriere protettive hanno interrotto le relazioni spaziali, visive e funzionali con la topografia.

Riferimenti bibliografici

Abe T., 2017, «Consensus building process of the Seawall plan in the inner port area in Kesennuma ». Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. D1 (Architecture of Infrastructure and Environment), 73, 1: 37-51. Doi: 10.2208/jscejaie.73.37.
Abe T., 2021, «Regeneration of the cultural landscape of the fisheries city of Kesennuma through collaboration in machizukuri by multiple project-implementing bodies». In: Satoh S., (ed.), Japanese machizukuri and community engagement: History, method and practice. New York-London: Routledge, 185-194.
Hagiwara T., 2022, «Planning of Spatial Improvement and Development Project in Fishing Village in Tsunami Prone Area: Focusing on Projects Related to FishingSpace, Seacoast Protection Facility, and Living Environmentin Iwate Prefecture». Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan, 57, 1: 240-254.Doi: 10.11361/journalcpij.57.240.
Hara T., 2015, A Shrinking Society: Post-Demographic Transition in Japan. Tokyo: Springer Japan. Doi: 10.1007/978-4-431-54810-2.
Kaijima M., 2016, Atelier Bow-Wow: Commonalities of architecture. Delf: Delft School of Design.
Kawasaki K., 2020, «Current Status and Issues of Residents and Areas Affected by the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster after the Lifting of Evacuation Orders. Case Study of the Town Center of Namie Town, Fukushima Prefecture». Urban and Regional Planning Review, 7, 0:109–31. Doi: 10.14398/urpr.7.109.
Kërçuku A., Murayama A., 2025, «Guided shrinking to adapt to the demographic transition. The Japan case». Territorio, 108-109/2024: 296-300.
Kingston J., 2012, eds., Natural disaster and nuclear crisis in Japan: Response and recovery after Japan’s 3/11. New York-London: Routledge.
Kubota A., 2020, «Reconsidering Restrictions on Freedom of Movement in Urban Planning: Based on the situation after the Great East
Japan Earthquake». Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan, 55, 3: 1358-1364. Doi: 10.11361/journalcpij.55.1358.
Mostafavi M., 2024, «Japan and the Logic of Local Revitalization». In: Mostafavi M., Akiyoshi K., (eds.), Revitalizing Japan: Architecture, urbanization, and degrowth. Barcellona: Actar Publishers, 6-11.
Satoh S., 2021, «Introduction to machizukuri». In: Satoh S., (eds.), Japanese machizukuri and community engagement: History, method and practice. New York-London: Routledge, 3-11.
Satoh S., Architectural Institute of Japan, 2004, eds., Machi-dzukuri no hōhō uri [Methods of Machizuk]. Tōkyō: Maruzen.
Tanaka M., 2022, Gen wazawai fukkō seisaku to shakai-teki fubyōdō: Oyaji sentaku kikai no hoshō ni mukete e [Disaster mitigation and reconstruction policies and social inequality: Toward ensuring opportunities for residential choic]. Tōkyō: Nihon Keizai Hyoronsha.

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Kërçuku, A., & Abe, T. (2026). Domestication of the Seawall in the reconstruction territories of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Territorio - Sezione Open Access, (111). https://doi.org/10.3280/TR2024-111017OA

Informativa sui diritti

[1] Abe T., 2017, «Consensus building process of the Seawall plan in the inner port area in Kesennuma ». Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. D1 (Architecture of Infrastructure and Environment), 73, 1: 37-51. Doi: 10.2208/jscejaie.73.37.

[2] Abe T., 2021, «Regeneration of the cultural landscape of the fisheries city of Kesennuma through collaboration in machizukuri by multiple project-implementing bodies». In: Satoh S., (ed.), Japanese machizukuri and community engagement: History, method and practice. New York-London: Routledge, 185-194.

[3] Hagiwara T., 2022, «Planning of Spatial Improvement and Development Project in Fishing Village in Tsunami Prone Area: Focusing on Projects Related to FishingSpace, Seacoast Protection Facility, and Living Environmentin Iwate Prefecture». Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan, 57, 1: 240-254.Doi: 10.11361/journalcpij.57.240.

[4] Hara T., 2015, A Shrinking Society: Post-Demographic Transition in Japan. Tokyo: Springer Japan. Doi: 10.1007/978-4-431-54810-2.

[5] Kaijima M., 2016, Atelier Bow-Wow: Commonalities of architecture. Delf: Delft School of Design.

[6] Kawasaki K., 2020, «Current Status and Issues of Residents and Areas Affected by the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster after the Lifting of Evacuation Orders. Case Study of the Town Center of Namie Town, Fukushima Prefecture». Urban and Regional Planning Review, 7, 0:109–31. Doi: 10.14398/urpr.7.109.

[7] Kërçuku A., Murayama A., 2025, «Guided shrinking to adapt to the demographic transition. The Japan case». Territorio, 108-109/2024: 296-300.

[8] Kingston J., 2012, eds., Natural disaster and nuclear crisis in Japan: Response and recovery after Japan’s 3/11. New York-London: Routledge.

[9] Kubota A., 2020, «Reconsidering Restrictions on Freedom of Movement in Urban Planning: Based on the situation after the Great East

[10] Japan Earthquake». Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan, 55, 3: 1358-1364. Doi: 10.11361/journalcpij.55.1358.

[11] Mostafavi M., 2024, «Japan and the Logic of Local Revitalization». In: Mostafavi M., Akiyoshi K., (eds.), Revitalizing Japan: Architecture, urbanization, and degrowth. Barcellona: Actar Publishers, 6-11.

[12] Satoh S., 2021, «Introduction to machizukuri». In: Satoh S., (eds.), Japanese machizukuri and community engagement: History, method and practice. New York-London: Routledge, 3-11.

[13] Satoh S., Architectural Institute of Japan, 2004, eds., Machi-dzukuri no hōhō uri [Methods of Machizuk]. Tōkyō: Maruzen.

[14] Tanaka M., 2022, Gen wazawai fukkō seisaku to shakai-teki fubyōdō: Oyaji sentaku kikai no hoshō ni mukete e [Disaster mitigation and reconstruction policies and social inequality: Toward ensuring opportunities for residential choic]. Tōkyō: Nihon Keizai Hyoronsha.