Future Society Design Program

Workshop on Locality: Based on the Advanced Case Study of Maniwa City, Okayama Prefecture

Information

In this program, a workshop will be held in Maniwa City, Okayama City, which has been enhancing the value of “wood” as a recyclable resource and anticipating new values demanded by the times, to share and discuss the current state of technology, issues, case studies, and knowledge, and to identify common and different aspects of the local knowledge extracted. The workshop will also lead to proposals for measures to resolve local issues identified at the workshop on resilience in Tohoku and the international workshop. The workshop will also serve as an opportunity to build an international research network through close interaction between young researchers and senior experts from various countries.

Date

Sunday, November 17 – Monday, November 18, 2024

Venue

Invited Speakers

Wataru Ebisawa (Chief engineer, Mitsubishi Jisho Design Inc.)
Yosuke Komiyama (Lecturer, Kyoto University)
Koichiro Nakashima (Meiken Lamwood Corp.)

Time Schedule

Sunday, November 17, 2024
Coordinator: Masaki Maeda (Tohoku University, Main organizer)
10:30
Meet at the Bus Terminal of Okayama Station (West Gate)
11:30 – 12:00
N Square inspection
13:00 – 16:00
Meiken LamWOOD Co.
Visit a unique CLT building *Meeting with Meiken staff member
16:00 – 17:00
GREENable HIRUZEN inspection
Wataru Ebisawa (Mitsubishi Jisho Design Inc.)
Case study on Japanese CLT architecture
18:00
Opinion meeting@Kyukamura Hiruzen–Kogen
18:00 – 18:10
Opening Remarks
18:30 – 18:45
Discussion & Networking Session
Koichiro Nakashima (Meiken Lamwood Corp.)
Masaki Maeda (Tohoku University)
18:45 – 19:30
Free Discussion regarding possible future collaborations
19:30
Closing Remarks
Monday, November 18, 2024
09:30 – 12:30
Fieldwork in Shinjo Village, Maniwa County Forest Therapy
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch Brake at Maniwa Agrigarden
13:30 – 15:30
Visit to Maniwa Biomass Power Plant and Meiken Kogyo CLT Factory
Facilitator: Masaki Maeda (Tohoku University)
15:30 – 16:30
Workshop on Locality
Yosuke Komiyama (Kyoto University)
16:30 – 17:00
Summary
17:00
Workshop Concludes

Organizers

Masaki Maeda
(Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University)

Co–hosted by

Okayama University