Commoning the City
DipArch Thesis
Location: Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto
Year: 2025
Kyoto Institute of Technology/
Glasgow School of Art
By distilling the typological framework of Kyoto’s Neighbourhood Community Townhouses, the thesis frames the act of commoning as a means to imbue new value into material waste - a product of Japan’s Scrap & Build culture.
Through a synthesis of spatial theory, material reuse strategies, and socio-political activism, the thesis ultimately argues for an architecture that resists the disposability of contemporary urbanism and instead fosters lasting social and environmental resilience.
DipArch Thesis
Location: Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto
Year: 2025
Kyoto Institute of Technology/
Glasgow School of Art
By distilling the typological framework of Kyoto’s Neighbourhood Community Townhouses, the thesis frames the act of commoning as a means to imbue new value into material waste - a product of Japan’s Scrap & Build culture.
Through a synthesis of spatial theory, material reuse strategies, and socio-political activism, the thesis ultimately argues for an architecture that resists the disposability of contemporary urbanism and instead fosters lasting social and environmental resilience.
都市のコモニング
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