Project Proposal:

Evaluating Japan’s privately owned public space

Places, People, Policies, Processes, Projects

Which planning instruments/ institutions create whichkind of POPS, where, for whom?

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Where are POPS created and for whom?

more than 674 places, equaling 11.5x

hibiya park (16ha) (2008)

How does urban Japan compare to other places?

new york

tokyoyokohama

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Where are POPS created and for whom?

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public parks per capita in central tokyo (in m2)

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What are the implications if ever more public space isprivately owned/ controlled/ managed?

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Historical Survey: What are POPS (公開空地), where
did the instrument come from? How did it evolve?

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Who are the actors who produce POPS and what are theirinterests/ resources/ interdependencies/ design intents?

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Policy Implications:
Does the planning policy work? Is it a good deal?

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Policy Implications:
How are POPS used? How CAN they be used?

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Policy Implications:
How to turn POPS into better people places?

What will the Project TEAM do?

1. Literature Review: What do we know about POPS?
2. Team discussions about what is “good” urban space?
3. Together developing a catalogue of surveying criteria
4. Survey all privately owned public spaces in Tokyo
5. Linking survey data to designers, developers, place specificity
6. Establishing a (public) database with all existing POPS...
7. Producing a book and contribute to international discourses
8. Expanding the project to other Japanese cities

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FIRST STEP:
Discussing the ‘good city’ and how to measure it

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context:
space, process,governance,society, people

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[StaRS]International Study Group for POPS

Prof.-Dr. Klaus SELLE
RWTH Aachen

Dr. Juliane PEGELSRWTH Aachen

Fee THISSENETH Zurich

Doz. Dr. Christian DIMMERTokyo University

Dr.-Eng. Marieluise JONAS, Dr. Beau BEZA
Environment & Planning, Urban Design, RMIT

Prof.-Dr. Elke SCHLACKUniversidad Andres Bello, Santiago

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