Symposium and ArcDR3 Forum Vol.4: New Visions for Regenerative Urbanism(2022/4/9)
Theme: ArcDR3, APRU Multi-Hazards Program, Regenerative Urbanism, the 10th Anniversary of the Great East Japan
Earthquake, Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, Disaster Risk Reduction, Resilience, Reconstruction
Location: Tokyo, Zoom Online

In celebration with the “Regenerative Urbanism” exhibit, the New Visions for Regenerative Urbanism
Symposium was hosted as the 4th ArcDR3 Forum on April 9, 2022. The Architecture and Urban Designfor Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience initiative (ArcDR³) is a global partnership established in 2019by IRIDeS at Tohoku University, xLAB at UCLA and Miraikan, the National Museum of Emerging Scienceand Innovation in Japan, as a part of Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) Multi-Hazards
Program.
In the New Visions for Regenerative Urbanism Symposium, architects, researchers, and experts invarious fields from the eleven participating universities of the ArcDR3 network discussed the concepts
behind the design studios which were the foundation for the seven explorations of future risk-resilient
cities that are displayed in the seven wells of the exhibition. The symposium format was composed of a
“Big Table” and a “Small Table” track, whose non-hierarchical configuration seeked to flatten therelationship between speakers and audience, and create an environment that encourages discussion.
After opening statements from the university presidents of ULCA and Tohoku University, the Big Table
track included presentations from speakers from various backgrounds related to creative design andinnovation, while the Small Table track took the form of a series of panel discussions focusing on the 7
thematic cities: The Archipelagic City, Biophilic City, Archipelagic City, Pyroactive City, Dialogic City,Chronosystemic City, and Nomadic City. The symposium came to a close with remarks fromMr. Yoshikazu Kitahara of Mitsui Fudosan.

Symposium and ArcDR3 Forum Vol.4: New Visions for Regenerative Urbanism
・Welcome Introduction to the Symposium Event
UCLA President Gene Block
Tohoku University President Hideo Ohno.
・Introduction to New Visions of Regenerative Urbanism
Hitoshi Abe, Director of XLAB
Prof. Fumihiko Imamura (Hazard and Risk Evaluation Research Division), Director of IRIDeSBig Table Speakers:
MC: Hitoshi Abe, Director of XLAB
Junko Edahiro, President of the Institute for Studies in Happiness, Economy, and Society
Mariana Ibanex, Chair and Assoc. Prof, UCLA
Machiaki Matsushima, Editor in Chief, Wired Magazine
Eisuke Tachikawa, Chief Executive Officer of Nosigner
Small Table Speakers:
MC: Mohamed Sharif, UCLA
Biophilic City: MC: Roberto Moris, Pontifical Catholic Univerity of Chile; Jeffrey Inabe, UCLA,; Shinya
Okuda, University of Singapore
Hydroactive City: MC: Ulrich Kirchhoff, Hong Kong University; David Mah, Melborne University ; ChengLuen Hsueh, Cheng Kung University of Taiwan
Archipelagic City: MC: Michael Osman, UCLA; Tsuto Sakamoto, National University of Signapore; WeijenWang, Hong Kong
Pyroactive City: MC: Assoc. Prof. Elizabeth Maly (International Research Collaboration Office); Ronald
Real, UC Berkeley; Kian Goh, UCLA(continues to the next page)Dialogic City: MC: Renato D’Alencon, Chile; Toshikazu Ishida, Tohoku University; Christian Schmidt,Chile
Chronosystemic City: MC: Ken Tadashi Oshima, University of Washington; Daniel Abramson, Universityof Washington; Natalia Echeverri, Hong Kong
Nomadic City: MC: Donald Bates, Melbourne University; Leire Villoria, Melborne University; Toshio Otsuki,
University of Tokyo.
・Closing Remarks: Yoshikazu Kitahara, Mitsu Fudosan Co, Inc.
The forum can be viewed at the following links on YouTube:
Big Table (in Japanese): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W4CD5jaAoQ
Big Table (in English):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FWlV8W4wl4

Small Table (in English): https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=sCFNGNLRIxo

Opening, Presdient Block

Opening, President Ohno

Introduction, Prof. Abe

Introduction, Prof. Imamura

Small Table Panel MC, Assoc. Prof. Maly
Reference: ArcDR³ Initiative
https://xlab.aud.ucla.edu/irides-tohoku-arcdr3/
Report: Elizabeth Maly (International Research Collaboration Office)