“Let us introduce
ISAGA” Summer School"OFFICINA" -concept ofthe ISAGA Summer School
When we thought to establish an ISAGA Summers School
suddenly the metaphor of the renaissance "officina" cameto our mind. Officina was a place where masters andstudents could exchange experience, share knowledge andembark on their own voyage of discovery. It was a place
where apprentices were the active element of the evolutionof their knowledge; a place where it was possible to find coteaching and co-learning at the same time. It was such aplace like officina, which brought about innovation anddiffusion of knowledge. Our aim is to bring together"masters" from different areas of GS, as well as students
and professionals who want to use GS in a place where
each master could transmit visions of the theoretical foundsof GS to the learners, and guide students through thelearning experience.

The Summer School isheld jointly by:! Research Center for Disaster Mitigation of Urban
Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University, Japan! Graduate School of Policy Science, Ritsumeikan
University, Japan! Regional Information Research Center of Ritsumeikan
University, Japan! FOST: Foundation for the Fusion of Science andTechnology, Japan! JASAG: Japan Association of Simulation and Gaming! SAGSAGA: The Swiss Austrian German Simulation andGaming Association! DADU, Department of Architecture, Design and Unban
Planning-University of Sassari, Italy! University of Applied Sciences Vorarlberg, Austria

Contact us at
isaga2013@gmail.com andinfo@isaga-summerschool.org

Thanks to the active participation of teachers and students frommore of 25 nations, the ISAGA Summer Schools 2004 in Munich(Germany), 2005 in Krakow (Poland), 2006 in Dornbirn (Austria),
2007 in Venice (Italy), 2008 in New Delhi (India), 2009 in Cluj(Romania), 2010 in Paramaribo (Suriname), 2011 in Viljandi(Estonia) and 2012 in Atlanta (USA) were a great success.

Paola Rizzi & Willy Kriz(ISAGA Summerschool Directors)

58 Komatsubara Kitamachi,Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8341 Japan
Research Center for Disaster
Mitigation of Urban CulturalHeritage (Rits-DMUCH)
Project Room II
TEL: +81-75-467-8157(Ext. 511-6042)
FAX: +81-75-467-8825

WELCOME
TO………………

The 10th“ ISAGA Summer School ”
5th – 10th August 2013

The 10th ISAGA summer school aims to offer the various
viewpoints from different academic fields as well as promotes thepractice of multidiscipline of urban planning and gaming
simulation for the sustainable development and enhancement ofplanning looking to durability and resilience.
Gaming Simulation represents an effective practical instrumentthat helps to understand how the territorial system works byrevealing the interconnections among its different parts, the“sensitive points", contradictions and changes. It also provides asafe environment, based on reality, in which participants canexperience with decisions and negotiations. In this way, players
also deal with the characteristics of the emerging social systemwhose behaviours represent the engine of territorial process.
Bridging gaps with our environmental awareness and behaviour
through simulation & gaming for conserving cultural heritage
under riskNovemberof disaster. 3Cultural heritage in the city around theSaturday,world has been facing with severe risks of collapse ordisappearance caused by global-scale environmental destruction
and human activities. Increasing interest to global environment
has contributed to awaken our sense of crisis on environmental
changes and fostered understanding an importance of taking
effective actions for conserving our cultural heritage. Growing
attentions to conserving cultural heritage; however, the “tangible”
actions at the civilian level are still in fragile.
Bridging gaps between environmental awareness and behaviour is
now become one of the most important topics for planners,
architects, geographers, engineers, geologist, sociologists,psychologists, and other experts on the conservation andrevitalization of historical heritage.

Venue in 2013: Kyoto, Japan
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