Sanriku Project

Aerial photo of Minami Sanriku taken circa 1970. (Provided by Yumi Sato)

Workshop meeting two with Zenyu Oikawa.

Minami Sanriku resident, Kudo-san commenting on her transect drawing.

Minami Sanriku resident, Goto-san commenting on her transect drawing.

Minami Sanriku resident, Takahashi-san commenting on his transect drawing.

Detail of finished transect drawing.

Transect drawings on display

Drawings used to discuss issues of park reconstruction in the 6th Kamome Park Community Group meeting.

Compiled image of residents transect drawings.

This series of design and planning workshops, conducted with individuals representing various local community groups impacted by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, focused on the newly planned single-use commercial areas slated to be raised 10 meters above sea level, of Shizugawa, Minami Sanriku. Each participant selected an 800m X 100m section of the new plan, visually documenting their memories, concerns, and hopes for the future, in order to increase communication between official and grass-roots planning efforts.

MIT Urban Risk Lab: Miho Mazereeuw, Sky Milner, Ted Gilman, Maya Holden, Kenya Endo

Summer 2013