Designing with Risk, Rebuilding After Disaster
Reconstruction of a coastal dike in the Tōhoku region after the earthquake of March 11, 2011 – © Jonathan Bruter, 2016
The round table will feature a dialogue between French and Japanese academics and practitioners, focusing on a common issue: the project and the role of architects in the face of risk.
Discussions will compare risk cultures, regulatory frameworks and professional postures, questioning the role of the designer in resilient projects, in the urgency of reconstruction and in long-term transformation processes.
At the heart of the debate: the link to the inhabitants, to the history and geography of the sites affected. And an essential question: in the face of hazards, should we resist, adapt or learn to live with natural forces?
Round table moderated by Marc BOURDIER, Honorary Professor at ENSAPLV, Scientific Advisor at Mitate lab – CNRS, Post-Fukushima studies
Participants :
- NOSAKU Fuminori, Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Institute of Science Tokyo. In 2024, his practice led him to become involved in the reconstruction of reused wooden houses on site, following the earthquake on the Noto peninsula.
- Prasanna DIVIGALPITIYA is a professor at Kyushu University’s Faculty of Human Environment Studies. Following the Tohoku earthquake in 2011, he discovered a number of projects as he travelled around the region, and became a witness to the reconstruction.
- Yannick GOURVILYannick GOURVIL is a lecturer at ENSAPLV. His teaching and professional activities focus on urban transformations in territories vulnerable to climate risks.
- Laurent PINON, architect, urban planner, programmer, director of Métamorphoses Urbaines. He is in charge of the project to support the creation of the new Village de Miquelon, threatened by the risk of marine submersion.
