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Architecture for Humanity Tokyo is the Tokyo chapter of the design-based, charitable disaster response organisation Architecture for Humanity.

Currently, our main objective is to facilitate collaboration among Japanese and international designers, architects and planners contributing to the long-term revitalisation of Japan's tsunami-affected Tohoku region in the aftermath of March 11 2011.

We embrace the viewpoints of activists, citizen groups and professionals, active in Tohoku communities, throughout Japan and around the world, to foster the exchange of ideas, best practice experiences and the provision of practical support.

In recognition that other communities around the world have faced similar reconstruction issues, we have initiated the Tohoku Planning Forum project that aims to leverage international experience and enable mutual learning.

We provide a platform for socially responsible design advocacy; partnering design professionals with local non-profit organisations, schools, government agencies and community groups, we create innovative, sustainable, affordable solutions to humanitarian issues.

You can follow our activities on Twitter under @AFTtyo.

Our Tohoku Planning Forum is on Twitter as @TPFsquare or on the web under www.tpf2.net

Featured Project

Veneer House in minami sanriku
Current
Chapter Project located in
minami sanriku
Japan
When the public bath(On-sen) was closed at the heisei no mori temporary housing area in minami sanriku the residents found themselves in need of a replacement. Hiroto Kobayashi of Keio University was invited to create a two phase project with his students to satisfy that need. The first phase will include a community meeting place with a small bath area, and the second phase will include the bath house (on sen). One of the challenges facing reconstruction efforts in the areas is a marked lack of carpenters and of sophisticated materials and equipment. To overcome that challenge the structure of both phases of the project is formed from plywood panels that can be cut on site and assembled without special skills and using only basic tools and hardware, including hammers, nails, and saws. The entire project can be prepared and assembled by un-skilled volunteer labor and by the residents themselves. The first phase of the project has already begun on site with financial support of the Environmental Innovators Program at Keio University and is expected to be complete by February 2012. The second phase is expected to begin in early spring of 2012 with help from architecture for humanity tokyo chapter and will be run by a local organization afterwards. donations for the project are very welcome.
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TPF² #5 | Special Event | GIVING BACK TO JAPAN2: Tohoku Leaders Report

Update posted by Christian Dimmer on April 28, 2012
We have posted the latest flyers for our May 16th TPF²|Tohoku Planning Forum, both in English and Japanese: GIVING BACK TO JAPAN2: Tohoku Leaders Report  
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Fundraiser A Great Success !

Update posted by William Galloway on April 20, 2012
    The fundraiser event organised by FriendsHoldingHands.BeyondExposure.SupportedByMusic in support of the community space and bath house at minami sanriku was a great success, raising much more money than we expected ( 950,000 yen ! ).  Thanks to everyone who worked so hard to put it altogether!   Check out more photos from the event below
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Wed May 16

TPF² #5 (東北プラニングフォーラム 第五/Tohoku Planning Forum) Special Event: GIVING BACK TO JAPAN2: Tohoku Leaders Report

Chapter Event posted by Christian Dimmer on April 19, 2012
On May 16 we will have our fifth Forum. Please make a diary note for this important event regarding Tohoku Recovery. In conjunction with a large number of the Foreign Chambers of Commerce, and the support of very generous sponsors, here in Tokyo we have organised a meeting where five mayors from the affected areas will come to Tokyo and talk to us direct. We think this is special and very much hope that it will be an opportunity for these Mayors to present us a 'shopping list' regarding how we might be able to assist them further. The event will also go out live on Ustream.
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Tue Apr 24

TPF² #4 (東北プラニングフォーラム 第四/Tohoku Planning Forum #4)

Chapter Event posted by Christian Dimmer on April 14, 2012
We are  glad to present you two talks by experts, who are actively engaged in complex reconstruction projects:   Osamu GOTO, Kogakuin University Born in Tokyo, Professor Goto gratudated from the Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University and then served as government official and specialist of cultural resources at the Ministry of Education, Sport and Culture. In 1999 he became Assistant Professor and then Professor at the Kogakuin University, teaching at the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture. Currently he serves as the Executive Director of Kogakuin University.
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Fri Apr 13

ROCK X REBUILD

Chapter Event posted by William Galloway on April 4, 2012
Join us at Mercedes Benz Connection, across the street from Tokyo Midtown, Roppongi (http://www.mercedes-benz-connection.com/index.html#/home) on April 13, 2012 from 8:00 PM til 2:00 AM, for music and fun! There is a 2000 yen entry charge, with all proceeds to go to the construction of the community center in Minami-Sanriku.   Look forward to seeing you there!
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Mon Feb 13

TPF² #3 (東北プラニングフォーラム 第二/Tohoku Planning Forum #3)

Chapter Event posted by Christian Dimmer on January 26, 2012
Please mark your calendar for February 13th, for our third monthly, recurring discussion round on the reconstruction process of Japan's disaster-hit Tohoku region. For this forum we are pround to welcome three experts for Capacity/ Leadership Building, Community Empowerment 1. Lori HENDERSON, BCCJ British Chamber of Commerce Japan (tentative title: Alternative perspectives on CSR in times of crisis - private, public & civil sector contributions to relief & reconstruction) 2. Angel ORTIZ, O.G.A. for Aid
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Mon Jan 23

Second Working Group Meeting, TPF² 東北プラニングフォーラム Tohoku Planning Forum

Chapter Event posted by Christian Dimmer on January 20, 2012
The second working group meeting is a follow up of the main Tohoku Planning Forum #2 event of Monday, January 16th 2012. Objective of this meeting is to .. 1. .. review and critique the TPF2 #2 and discuss ways of broadening the audience and making future events more interactive. 2. .. refine the concept of the overall of four modules of the the Tohoku Planning Forum, discuss ways of obtaining funding, to connect to local communities and activist groups. 3.
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Mon Jan 16

TPF² #2 東北プラニングフォーラム 第二/Tohoku Planning Forum #2

Chapter Event posted by Christian Dimmer on January 5, 2012
Please mark your calendar for January 16th, for our second monthly, recurring discussion round on the reconstruction process of Japan's disaster-hit Tohoku region. For this forum we are pround to welcome three eminent Japanese experts with firsthand experience in community building in various places in Tohoku: 1. Prof. Hiroto KOBAYASHI, Keio University (Minamisanriku: Community building in temporary housing estates, rural-rural community support) 2. Prof. Naoto NAKAJIMA, Keio Univerisity
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Tue Dec 20

First Working Group Meeting, TPF² 東北プラニングフォーラム Tohoku Planning Forum

Chapter Event posted by Christian Dimmer on December 16, 2011
Please mark your calendar for this coming Tuesday, December 20, for the first working group meeting of the Tohoku Planning Forum -- TPF² 東北プラニングフォーラム. Everone is invited join us at the WaWa Project Room at 3331 Arts Chiyoda, where we will discuss the results of TPF2 #1 of Monday, Dec.12, and refine the agenda of the overall Tohoku Planning Forum project and its four project modules: 1. Tokyo Forum 2. Virtual Forum 3. Traveling Forum 4. International Forum For project details please refer to http://www.tpf2.net/project/en and http://tokyo.architectureforhumanity.org/shared
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Mon Dec 12

TPF² - 東北プラニングフォーラム Tohoku Planning Forum

Chapter Event posted by Christian Dimmer on December 11, 2011
This is the first of series of recurring, monthly events that seek to discuss the Tohoku reconstruction process, from a wide variety of interdisciplinary perspectives. In this first meeting we introduce the wider project 'Tohoku: Planning for the Future', of which this monthly forum is the first, crucial component.
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TPF² #5 (東北プラニングフォーラム 第五/Tohoku Planning Forum) Special Event: GIVING BACK TO JAPAN2: Tohoku Leaders Report
May 16, 2012 - 17:00 - 20:30
Hitotsubashi Memorial Hall|一橋記念講堂