Almazan, Jorge

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Affiliation

Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of System Design Engineering (Yagami)

Position

Associate Professor

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Career 【 Display / hide 】

  • 2002.01
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    2002.03

    Estudio Entresitio

  • 2003.04
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    2003.06

    SANAA

  • 2003.06
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    2003.07

    アトリエ・ワン建築設計事務所

  • 2003.09
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    2003.12

    SANAA 建築設計事務所

  • 2004.09
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    2004.10

    アトリエ・ワン建築設計事務所

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Academic Background 【 Display / hide 】

  • 1995.10
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    2003.03

    マドリッド工科大学 建築学部（専攻）

    University, Completed, Master's course

  • 2004.04
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    2007.03

    Tokyo Institute of Technology

    Graduate School, Completed, Doctoral course

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Academic Degrees 【 Display / hide 】

  • Master, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Dissertation, 2003.03

  • Doctor (Engineering), Tokyo Institute of Technology, Dissertation, 2007.03

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Research Areas 【 Display / hide 】

  • Social Infrastructure (Civil Engineering, Architecture, Disaster Prevention) / Architectural planning and city planning (Architectural Design, Urban Design)

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Research Keywords 【 Display / hide 】

  • Renovation design and adaptive reuse

  • Public space and community space design

  • Emergent urbanism

  • Participatory design and construction

  • Practice-based research, action research

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Books 【 Display / hide 】

  • 東京の創発的アーバニズム

    ホルヘ・アルマザン+Studiolab, 学芸出版, 2022.10

  • Emergent Tokyo: Designing the Spontaneous City

    Jorge Almazán, Studiolab , ORO Editions, 2021

  • 都市・建築レジリエンスデザイン入門

    小檜山雅之, ホルヘ・アルマザン, 紙田和代, 慶應義塾大学出版会, 2020.10

  • 新しいコミュニティを生み出す空間とデザイン

    パイインターナショナル（編集）, 2020.04

  • New Edo-Tokyo Research: Relativizing Modernity for Redefining the Future of Cities

    法政大学江戸東京研究センター（編集）陣内秀信（監修）, 法政大学出版局, 2019.04

    Contact page： 155-183

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Papers 【 Display / hide 】

  • Controversies surrounding Japan’s ‘flexible’ urban planning: a comparative analysis of consensus-building and public engagement in Tokyo’s redevelopment projects

    Ilunga J., Almazán J., Shikida S., Zuna E.

    Planning Perspectives  2024

    Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Corresponding author, Accepted,  ISSN  02665433

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    The rapid increase in large-scale redevelopment projects in Tokyo’s inner-city has demonstrated the shortcomings in Japan’s ‘flexible’ urban planning system. While authorities explain many of these redevelopments as being necessary for disaster prevention and economic revitalization, citizen opposition to some projects has fuelled ongoing debates about public participation. Pundits of Japanese cities often hail Tokyo as a successful example of flexible urban planning that allows for a more market-led approach to development through loose regulations. This research highlights the controversies around this approach and its implications as residents attempt to influence the transformation of their neighbourhoods. A study of the legal framework and the internal processes governing redevelopment projects in three Tokyo neighbourhoods reveals Japan's consensus-building approach, which prioritizes rights-holders while lacking specific requirements for the participation of the surrounding residents. By critically examining Tokyo’s large-scale redevelopments, this paper questions Tokyo’s suitability as a developmental model and advocates for striking a better balance between flexibility and participation.

  • Mapping everyday community life in suburban shrinking areas around Tokyo: case study of Minamiashigara, Kanagawa prefecture

    Pineda A., Ortiz-Moya F., Almazán J.

    Planning Practice and Research 39 ( 3 ) 392 - 416 2023.11

    Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Last author, Corresponding author, Accepted,  ISSN  02697459

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    Although the suburbs of numerous cities worldwide are shrinking, research on how to address suburban decline remains scarce. This paper explores participatory mapping in shrinking suburbs as a tool to articulate knowledge co-creation between local officials and communities to inform planning decisions. The paper argues that participatory planning helps to identify sweet spots, everyday life community spaces upon which to anchor regeneration strategies. Using as a case study Minamiashigara, a shrinking suburb of Tokyo, the paper discusses how sweet spots can be integrated into existing municipal strategies to alleviate the consequences of shrinkage.

  • リノベーションによる現代住宅作品の素材に関する設計思考

    竹田 和行, アルマザン ホルヘ

    日本建築学会計画系論文集 87 ( 799 ) 1762 - 1773 2022.09

    Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Last author, Corresponding author, Accepted

  • Typological Study on the Architectural Composition of Residence-Combined Factories: Co-existence of industrial production and urban living in Tokyo’s neighborhoods (Part 2)

    CANONICA, Kevin, and ALMAZÁN, Jorge

    Journal of Architecture and Planning  87 ( 797 ) 1294 - 1304 2022.07

    Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Last author, Corresponding author, Accepted

  • Place attachment and identity in shrinking cities: anticipating decline by combining perceptions of locals and visitors in Chōfu, Japan

    Alejandro Pineda, Fernando Ortiz-Moya, Maroya Harigaya, Kyoko Suganuma & Jorge Almazán

    URBAN DESIGN International 28 ( 2 ) 103 - 121 2022.04

    Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Last author, Corresponding author, Accepted,  ISSN  13575317

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    Planners worldwide are exploring ways to regenerate shrinking cities, varying from pro-growth strategies with the aim of reversing population losses, to strategies that manage urban decline by adjusting the built environment to a smaller population. However, both approaches are reactionary rather than anticipatory, addressing decline after substantial shrinkage has happened. This paper examines the relationship between place identity and attachment and urban shrinkage, arguing that reinforcing place attachment based on building a strong local identity can help cities reduce the negative consequences of shrinkage. We propose an identity-building method that can become the base for design strategies fostering place identity and attachment. The paper applies this method to Chōfu, one of Tokyo’s bedroom towns, which is currently developing strategies to anticipate its future shrinkage. The method collects the radically exterior perceptions of international visitors to trigger conversations with local stakeholders with the final aim of finding critical elements to consider when developing design strategies to anticipate decline. Policymakers and planners are better advised to consider alternatives to business-as-usual approaches to shrinkage, so that regeneration strategies can be more significantly linked with the specifics of the place and how it is perceived, achieving a higher attachment and involvement with residents.

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Reviews, Commentaries, etc. 【 Display / hide 】

  • 新自由主義的再開発に代わる創発的都市：東京から学ぶ

    ホルヘ・アルマザン、齋藤直紀

    建築ジャーナル  ( 1307 ) 27 - 29 2020.08

    Joint Work

  • Japón, cambio de ciclo: entrevista a Sou Fujimoto

    ALMAZÁN, Jorge; GARCÍA PÍRIZ Tomás,

    Pasajes de Arquitectura y Crítica  ( 106 ) 22 - 28 2009.04

    Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (trade magazine, newspaper, online media), Joint Work

  • Acrylic House

    ALMAZÁN, Jorge

    Pasajes Diseño  ( 1 ) 48 - 53 2008.04

    Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (trade magazine, newspaper, online media), Single Work, Lead author

  • Jardín Flotante sobre un Bosque de Acero

    ALMAZÁN, Jorge

    Pasajes de Arquitectura y Crítica  ( 83 ) 31 - 34 2007.01

    Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (trade magazine, newspaper, online media), Single Work

  • Link Tokyo Madrid

    ALMAZÁN, Jorge; ITO, Yoshihiko

    10+1 Magazine (INAX 出版)   ( 44 ) 161 - 168 2006.09

    Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (trade magazine, newspaper, online media), Joint Work

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Presentations 【 Display / hide 】

  • A Passive Design Approach to Participatory Construction: Lessons from the Segal Method and its Adaptation to Japan

    Shimizu, Shunsuke; Almazán, Jorge

    International Symposium on Architectural Interchanges in Asia, ISAIA 2024, 

    2024.09
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    Oral presentation (general)

  • インタビューとSNS 分析による参加型マップ作成手法の比較研究 －神奈川県南足柄市を事例として－

    廣瀬未奈, ピネダ サンチェス アレハンドロ フアン, アルマザン ホルヘ

    2024年度日本建築学会　大会学術講演会・建築デザイン発表会, 

    2024.08

  • 土地所有変遷からみた密集市街地の景観形成に関する研究　― 京島3 丁目を事例として ―

    角田大, アルマザン ホルヘ

    2024年度日本建築学会　大会学術講演会・建築デザイン発表会, 

    2024.08

  • Hiyoshi Ribbon Terrace

    唯野まどか, 清水俊祐, アルマザンホルヘ

    2024年度日本建築学会　大会学術講演会・建築デザイン発表会, 

    2024.08

  • 西谷の観楽小屋

    清水俊祐, 角田大, アルマザンホルヘ

    2024年度日本建築学会　大会学術講演会・建築デザイン発表会, 

    2024.08
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    Oral presentation (general)

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Research Projects of Competitive Funds, etc. 【 Display / hide 】

  • 参加型施工による小規模木造建築のプロトタイプ開発

    2024.04
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    2026.03

    窓研究所, 23年度助成事業, Principal investigator

  • 農園のコミュニティガーデンとしての活用可能性 ―南足柄におけるアクションリサーチ

    2019.04
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    2020.03

    トヨタ財団, トヨタ財団2019年度国内助成プログラム「しらべる助成」, Principal investigator

  • 江戸時代の酒倉を拠点に地域の歴史文化情報発信

    2015.04
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    2016.03

    第23回「住まいとコミュニティづくり活動助成金, Principal investigator

  • Sustainable Typo-morphology for Residential Areas: A Comparative Study between Tokyo and Madrid

    2012.04
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    2014.03

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, No Setting, Principal investigator

  • Measuring the non-measurable: eco-urbanity analysis of the relationship between urban densities and intensities

    2011.04
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    2014.03

    文部科学省, 平成23年度 戦略的研究基盤形成支援事業, Coinvestigator(s)

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Works 【 Display / hide 】

  • Hiyoshi Pavilion

    Jorge Almazan, Keio University Almazan Laboratory

    2024.03

  • 路地からつながる免振

    Jorge Almazan, Keio University Almazan Laboratory

    佳作　日本免震構造協（Japan Society of Seismic Isolation）会創立30周年記念アイデアコンペ, 

    2023.10

  • House in Honjo

    Jorge Almazan

    2022.09
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    Single

  • Bamboo Marche

    Jorge Almazán, Keio Univ. Almazán Lab, The University of Shiga Pref. Toki Lab, Shibaura Institute of Technology Okazaki Lab, Hiroshi Ohno

    2022.07
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    Architectural work, Joint

  • Kindergarten in Timeabu, Ghana

    Jorge Almazan, Keio University Almazan Laboratory

    2020.01
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    Architectural work, Joint

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Awards 【 Display / hide 】

  • 日本免震構造協会 創立30周年記念アイデアコンペ（佳作）

    Jorge Almazan+Keio University Jorge Almazan Laboratory, 2023.11, Japan Society of Seismic Isolation

  • Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities Book Award (Finalist)

    Jorge Almazan+Keio University Jorge Almazan Laboratory, 2023.11, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Emergent Tokyo: Designing the Spontaneous City

    Country： United States

  • 19th annual Hayek Book Prize (Finalist)

    Jorge Almazan+Keio University Jorge Almazan Laboratory, 2023.04, The Manhattan Institute, Emergent Tokyo: Designing the Spontaneous City

    Country： United States

  • Selected Architectural Design of the Architectural Institute of Japan

    2023.03, Ota Art Garden

  • The Japan Institute of Architects Selection of Excellent Architecture 2022 (100 works) Selected for on-site inspection

    Jorge Almazan+Keio University Jorge Almazan Laboratory, 2022.12, The Japan Institute of Architects, Ota Art Garden

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Courses Taught 【 Display / hide 】

  • SPECIAL LECTURE ON SPACE AND ENVIRONMENT DESIGN ENGINEERING 1

    2024

  • SEMINAR IN SYSTEM DESIGN ENGINEERING

    2024

  • INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEM DESIGN ENGINEERING

    2024

  • INTRODUCTION TO INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

    2024

  • INDEPENDENT STUDY ON SCIENCE FOR OPEN AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS

    2024

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Academic Activities 【 Display / hide 】

  • PhD thesis defense jury at the University of La Coruña (Spain)

    2017.11

  • IN ACTION: The new social role of architects in Japan and Spain

    比較居住文化諸委員会, 

    2017.11

  • Tokyo-Barcelona: Dwelling Culture and Public Space

    比較居住文化諸委員会, 

    2017.05

  • 「集団設計でつくられた建築・まち：プロトタイプ的集団設計」

    日本建築学会, 

    2016.09

  • Public / Private Space - Identity, everyday life and the right to the city in the East-Asian Metropolis

    2016.03

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Memberships in Academic Societies 【 Display / hide 】

  • Tokyo Cultural Heritage Alliance, 

    2023.10
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    Present

  • 日本建築家協会, 

    2017.04
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    Present

  • Association of Spanish Scientists in Japan (ACE Japón) , 

    2014.09
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    Present

  • Architectural Institute of Japan, 

    2010.12
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    Present

  • Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid, 

    2008.09
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    Present
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Committee Experiences 【 Display / hide 】

  • 2020.04
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    2021.03

    「若手教育タスクフォース・学会活動の国際化検討ワーキンググループ」委員, 日本建築学会

  • 2016.04
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    2020.03

    Subcommittee of Comparative Study on Dwelling Culture, Architectural Institute of Japan

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