This study focuses on the public contribution of Tokyo’s special urban renaissance districts to culture, and aims to assess the current status of proposals for cultural contribution.
Chapter 3 analyzed raw plans in order to deconstruct this current while focusing on changes to upper-level plans. Despite the diversification of proposals due to the impact of social conditions, such as Tokyo being selected to host the 2020 Olympics, we clarified the reality that, of the conventional building types, even those that cannot be identified as cultural facilities have been evaluated as such.Chapter 4 assessed the current status from a hard and soft approach, using a comparison of raw plans and the completed construction, along with interviews with the operators. Although the construction was completed without large changes to use for application, its cultural contributions could not be sufficiently planned due to time lags in urban planning. Chapter 5, the final chapter, emphasized individual uniqueness from the perspective of those exposed to the culture, then discussed the importance of the continuity of this uniqueness. Cultural elements were gathered through field surveys as clues.
Special urban renaissance districts are evaluated on a project-by-project basis, but many proposals are not fully determined at the drafting stage, and some systems have been revised, making it possible to make changes after deciding on city planning. I fear that there will be more ambiguous cultural contributions and unjust volume easing.
On the other hand, in the urban area where redevelopment is advancing, all companies have come to use culture strategically, and with the consciousness of continuous as "group" from "individual", the driving force for people to go to the city is born from the special zone Things are expected. At that time, unpredictable elements, such as public art and commercial environment design collected in this study, that have fallen from the raw plan can be one of the development indicators for the business.
One of the future issues based on the above is the reexamination of the administrative support system. For example, the above-mentioned revision of some systems will not only enable changes in applications after the city planning decision, but will also provide incentives other than volume bonuses for elements that can be added after the city planning decision and that can bring continuity. It is necessary to consider aggressive countermeasures to solve the problem of the time lag between the current urban planning and cultural contribution studies.
