Osaka Urban Metabolism

Osaka Urban Metabolism showcased the work of postgraduate students from the University of Cambridge Department of Architecture inspired by a major Japanese regeneration project.

In spring 2003, a selected group of students visited Osaka to assess the area immediately north of Osaka Station. This 24 hectare area in Umeda district is due for redevelopment and will probably be the last project of its type and scale in Japan.

The students undertook their own survey of the site and the surrounding area, and developed solutions for regenerating Umeda and also ideas for the improving the quality of life in central Osaka.

The team was led by Peter Carl, Lecturer and a Director of the graduate programme on the History and Philosophy of Architecture at Cambridge, and David Height, Architect and Project Manager at Arup UK and a former Daiwa Scholar.

The project was supported by the Foundation.

 Osaka Urban Metabolism launched the start of the Seminar Series 2004 (organised jointly by the Foundation and The Japan Society).