A study on support activities for community-based architecture and planning in the U.S, U.K and Japan

critical condition to promote support activities in Japan learning from U.S and U.K experiments

Abstract

In the U.S and the U.K, Community Design Center, Community Technical Aid Centre and Planning Aid have established to support community-based architecture and planning activities especially since 1950s. Its activities are education for young professional and architectural and design for socially disadvantaged etc. For our country, it is necessary to promote 1) education for prospective professional, 2) movement towards demanding professional fee, 3) improvement for dispatch of professional program in local government, 4) maturation of civic organization and 5) fee for professional to promote support activities by experts for community -based architecture and planning.