This study aims to explore the possibility of revitalizing community development through artistic activities starting with reutilization of an industrial heritage. In this research, we focus on the Kitakagaya Creative Village (KCV) project in Osaka city. KCV project is a rare case of the community development to turn from a declined industrial area into a creative and attractive place as an independent and sustainable business. We examined the approach and perception of the stakeholders in KCV project with the literature-review, interviews and the questionnaire survey.
The major findings of this study are as follows.
In order to develop KCV project as a community development, it is important for the operating-body to register the former shipyard as an industrial heritage and then organize the local revitalization committee, to attract the creators into the projects, to grant the creators' cultural and artistic activities, to run public relations campaigns of KCV project, and to exert the leadership and the business judgment. In addition, besides the operating-body, a human network of creators' hubs is useful to form the creative village.
To continue the business independently from public fiscal resources, it is important to consider it as the real estate business of the operating-body. In KCV project, all creators' hubs have contracted a lease with the operating-body. However, since it offered a low-priced rent, permission of self-repair and the exemption from obligation of current restoration, young creators have the advantage to participate. These seem to be clues to reutilize vacant houses and derelict factories through artistic activities.
As an evaluation of the creators of the KCV project, they are satisfied with a reasonable rent and self-repair. As an evaluation of visitors and residents, creators' activities in Kitakagaya received positive reviews and responses, because it leads to the revitalization and the rejuvenation of the town. It suggests that the reutilization of the former shipyard have created a new value with the historical background and KCV project have the possibility as a revitalization of community development.
However, KCV project is faced with tasks, such as a consensus amongst various creators and an institutional constraint for artistic activities. The exterior change in the renovation of the buildings is not predominant in KCV project. Because of this, it is suggested that there is little influence on the region, however visitors are unable to realize that community development has been executed. Regarding the evaluation of industrial heritage, the perception of the visitors and local residents aged below 30s and above 40s is different. The younger generation evaluated it higher. These should be considered in order to reutilize an industrial heritage and derelict factories for the community development in the future.
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