Urban Planning History of the Midlle East and North Africa region from the viewpoint of Japanese cooperation-Beyound the Islamic city-

2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18K04530
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 23040:Architectural history and design-related
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: Matsubara Kosuke 筑波大学, システム情報系, 准教授 (00548084)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
• Keywords: ATBAT / アルジェ / 進化型計画論 / ビドンヴィル / ダマスクス / フランス語圏 / 地中海 / ヘレニズム基盤

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study elucidates the achievements of Japanese planners in the Middle East and North Africa, starting with Gyoji Banshoya, in relation to their many French and Arab counterparts, including G.Candilis, G.Hanning, and M.Ecochard, with whom they collaborated and influenced each other. In particular, the development of "evolutionary planning theory", which originated with Kiyoshi Seike, was clarified in the background of international exchange in ATBAT, and its specific implementation in Algiers, Beirut, Damascus, and Aleppo was clarified. It is hypothetically suggested that the formation of spaces based on Hellenistic foundations and extensions by the residents in the Islamic period can be regarded as an "evolution".

Free Research Field

都市史・都市計画史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、形態論的な「イスラム都市」概念を批判的に検証しつつ、生きた都市としての空間変容を「進化型計画論」との関連で実証し評価することが目的であった。これに対し、68年計画が、ヘレニズム基盤からイスラーム的な住民自身による空間形成へと移行してきた事実に範を得た「進化型計画」であった可能性があることを示唆したことが、研究の成果である。これは都市計画史の再考と、ヘレニズム、イスラームに日本型計画論も交えた融合空間という新たな仮説を導く。日本の貢献を踏まえた都市計画技術協力史の国際的発信に努めたい。