This study aims to following two objectives regarding Matsumoto District of Nagata Ward in Kobe, where has reconstructed from the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. The first is to comprehend a series of local contexts to solve “universal theme” as such “readjustment of open socio-spatial structure toward a community” in the middle of process for modifying the district before and after the disaster. The second is to propose a new aspect in order to evaluate restoration after the natural disaster. It is clarified the contexts of three phases such planning purpose, social organization, and formation for usage of spaces through surveying history of the district, conducting hearing survey to planners, and conducting hearing surveys regarding life activities of residents and residents’ association.
1. Prewar wooden housing blocks were reorganized as followed; one in Kamisawa district was made them improvements to spatial structure which consists with networking of each park in blocks by means of postwar reconstruction, and another in Matsumoto district was redeveloped that parks and stream of the district made a big impact to the district due to post-quake reconstruction.
2. Residents’ associations of the former block units had been already declined in pre-quake period of time. Then the associations were reorganized into them of the district units in order to adopt a part of activities of Machizukuri Council, which was established after the quake disaster.
3. Although prewar and narrow alleys were used to be places where residents had had their interactions, the interacting places has restructured open places such as Kawaike Park and stream on the street, which has encouraged residents’ interaction beyond the range of residential blocks. As a result, a new living environment has fostered a relationship beyond generations as well as new-and-old residents.
