A Study on Shigeyoshi Fukuda's "The New Tokyo"

Abstract

SHIGEYOSHI FUKUDA (1887-1971), AN ARCHITECT FOR THE TOKYO CITY GOVERNMENT PRESENTED "THE NEW TOKYO PLAN" IN A JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING SCIENCE IN 1918. THIS PAPER AIMES TO EXAMINE HIS PLAN AND IT'S INFLUENCE TO THE SUBSEQUENT CITY PLANNIG AND COMES TO THE CONCLUSION AS FOLLOWS： 1) HIS PLAN INCLUDED PLANNING AREA, LAND-USE AND TRAFFIC SYSTEMS, AND SHOWED A SCHEME OF CITY PLANNING. 2) HIS PROPOSAL MEANED NOT ONLY WIDENING A PLANNING AREA, BUT ALSO DETERMINING CITY GROWTH WITHIN COMMUTING AREA. 3)HIS INTORODUCTION OF RADIAL AND CIRCULAR STREET SYSTEM AND DISTRICT CENTER EXPECTED A FUTURE METOROPOLIS STRUCTURE, WHICH WOULD BE OUTLINED A CONCENTRATION OF TRAFFICS AND LAND-USE.