Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan
Online ISSN : 2185-0593
Print ISSN : 0916-0647
ISSN-L : 0916-0647
A Planning and Design Process on the Construction of a Civic Square
A Case of "Ohkuchi Square" in Ohkuchi City of Kagoshima Prefecture
Hirofumi OhkuboTokio WakabayashiNoriaki NishiyamaYosuke Inoue
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1996 Volume 31 Pages 655-660

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Abstract
THIS PAPER IS A REPORT ON THE PLANNING AND DESIGN PROCESS ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CIVIC SQUARE OF A LOCAL CITY. IN THIS PROCESS, THE PLANNING PRINCIPLE CHANGED FROM A FUNCTIONAL TRAFFIC SQUARE TO A CIVIL SQUARE BECAUSE OF THE ABOLITION OF RAILWAYS. THE DESIGN OF THE SQUARE IS CHARACTERIZED BY FORMING OF ONE SQUARE SPACE WITH SIDE WALKS AND TRAFFIC LANES, MAKING OF THREE DIMENSIONAL VIEW WITH BIG TREES AND HIGH MONUMENT COLUMNS, AND USING OF LOCAL MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS. THE SURVEY ABOUT CITIZEN'S USE OF THE SQUARE AFTER CONSTRUCTION FINDS SOME DIFFICULTIES SUCH AS THE ENTIRE SPACE CAN NOT BE UTILIZED AT ONE TIME BECAUSE OF THE ADMINISTRATION ASPECT. THIS SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF NEGOTIATION WITH ADMINISTRATORS DURING DESIGN PROCESS AND DESIGER'S SURVEYS ON USE OF FACILITIES AFTER CONSTRUCTION.
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© 1996 The City Planning Institute of Japan
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