ArcDR3: "Regenerative Urbanism Living with Disaster: Stories from Seven
Regenerative Cities" has begun (2022/4/9-24）
Theme: ArcDR3, APRU Multi-Hazards Program, Urban Disaster Risk, Architecture / Urban Design, Resilience, Great East
Japan Earthquake, Regenerative Urbanism
Venue: Nihonbashi Muromachi Mitsui Tower “Muromachi Mitsui Hall & Conference”

Organized by International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University,
Architecture and Urban Design xLAB at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and ArcDR 3
Exhibition Executive Committee, which was established in connection with the Association of Pacific RimUniversities Multi-Hazards Program (*1). The exhibition "Regenerative Urbanism Living with Disaster:
Stories from Seven Regenerative Cities" has started at "Muromachi Mitsui Hall & Conference" atNihonbashi Muromachi Mitsui Tower. ArcDR3 (Architecture and Urban Design for Disaster Risk Reductionand Resilience) aims to create a disaster-responsive society, which is the goal of The Sendai Frameworkfor Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. This is an international joint project in collaboration with theAssociation of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), in which 11 universities (*2) participated. Since 2020, we
have been discussing the possibility of how we can respond to disasters in the field of architecture / urban
design. With the special sponsorship of Mitsui Fudosan’s 80th Anniversary and Commemorative Projects,
this exhibition has been realized to present the results of its activities.
"Regenerative Urbanism," which is also the name of this exhibition, is a new paradigm of urban design
created by the threat of disasters that are rapidly increasing due to climate change. It is also anaccommodative and forward-looking urban design strategy that aims to realize a civil society that coexists
with disasters in the future. At the venue, stories of seven virtual cities will be unfolded to present thesevisions for the future, as well as the lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake and thevarious visualized risks surrounding the world.
On the afternoon of April 8th, the day before the exhibition started, a sneak preview was held for theorganizers and media, including Chancellor of UCLA Gene Block, xLAB Prof. Hitoshi Abe, Tohoku
University President Hideo Ohno, and Vice President Noriko Osumi, Director Prof. Fumihiko Imamura,Prof. Osamu Murao and Associate Prof. Takako Izumi (International Strategy for Disaster Mitigation Lab),
Associate Prof. Maly Elizabeth (International Research Collaboration Office), Prof. Yasuaki Onoda ofGraduate School of Engineering, and Prof. Masashige Motoe (concurrently in the field of Spatial Design
Strategies Lab) participated. The tour was conducted by Prof. Abe, who supervised the exhibition anddesigned the venue, and we enjoyed the contents of the exhibition. In addition, the reception started withgreetings by Chancellor of UCLA Gene Block, Tohoku University President Hideo Ohno, xLAB Prof.
Hitoshi Abe, and IRIDeS Director Prof. Fumihiko Imamura, and it was an opportunity to interact withparticipants from various fields.
(*1) Association of Pacific Rim Universities Multi-Hazards Program: http://aprumh.irides.tohoku.ac.jp
A program run by International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University as part of
the activities of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities following the Great East Japan
Earthquake. We are promoting projects such as collaboration and promotion of disaster researchwith related universities, holding of summer programs, regular holding of symposium meetings, andpromotion of safety campuses.
(continues to the next page)(*2) ArcDR3 Initiative:
Tokyo University (Japan) / Tsinghua University (China) / University of California, Berkeley [UCBerkeley] (US) / University of California, Los Angeles [UCLA] (US) / Pontifical Catholic Universityof Chile (Chile) / University of Hongkong (Hong Kong) / University of Washington (US) / Melbourne
University (Australia) / National Cheng Kung University of Taiwan (Taiwan) / National University ofSingapore (Singapore) / Tohoku University (Japan)

Exhibition hall entrance

Director Prof. Imamura explaining toPresident Ohno

Greetings from Chancellor of UCLA Dr. Block

Greetings from President Ohno

Greeting from Director Prof. Imamura andA part of the disaster image projected on theUCLA Prof. Abe, the general producer of thisscreen called the cloudexhibition

Image of a screen called a well

Reception venue(continues to the next page)Reference“Regenerative Urbanism Living with Disaster: Stories from Seven Regenerative Cities” website
https://regenerativeurbanism.org (Japanese)
ArcDR3 Initiative website
https://xlab.aud.ucla.edu/irides-tohoku-arcdr3/
Report: Osamu Murao (International Strategy for Disaster Mitigation Lab)