Takamizawa Minoru, Nozawa Yasushi, Hirayama Yosuke, Fukuda Hiroatsu, Moritan Akio, Yamamoto Toshiya, Okazaki Atsuyuki, Kato Takaaki, Kubota Hisashi, Setoguchi Tsuyoshi, Souda Osamu, Sonoda Mariko, Tanishita Masayoshi, Nakai Norihiro HOUSING RESEARCH FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT 24- (0) 147 -156 1998
[Not refereed][Not invited] The purpose of this study is to organize and hold the intensive discussion forum on restoration systems after the Hanshin-Awaji Great Disaster and to propose alternative scenarios which make it possible to combine restoration of community and housing rebuilding. To accomplish this theme, the intensive discussion forum, that comprises six groups (restoration planning theory, sustainable restoration, community, planning and project, information systems and community organization), was designed and executed. As the conclusions of the forum, "a declaration on alternative restoration systems"was finalized and proposed. Key concepts of the declarations are sustainable restoration, multi-purposefulness, multi-choice systems, networks of community-support NPOs. After the intensive discussion forum, the key concept "sustainable restoration" was carefully examined and developed through five aspects; time, housing system, policy and project systems, construction systems and organization. We concluded that these present systems are too rigid and isolated each other and these deficiencies lead to un-sustainable restoration outcomes. We envisage and propose alternative systems that have the following characteristics; 1) purpose of each element is flexible although it is clearly defined. 2) elements are diversified and can be easily chosen. 3) each element is mutually related or open to such opportunities. 4) once elements are combined, they get comprehensive power through complement to each other. 5) as a result, they get sustainability and can perform flexibly at any time, especially in case of emergency. We think that the challenging collaboration through this study has been such an example in itself.