Symposium: 2018 REIMAGINING TOKYO’S MOBILITY
SUNDAY, JULY 29,2018 // MIRAIKAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
In examining 21st century urban design, cities must not only address the physical environment but also consider the technical environment, including information space. Conventionally, urban design has focused on the physical built environment and developed tools to analyze space.
With advancements in information technologies, it is equally important for urban design to work with time, the medium of information space.
The xLAB x Miraikan Symposium is a forum to discuss the new urban design paradigm of “time-space.” Through discussing design methods of architecture, urban design, technology, business, and art, the symposium will investigate the transformation of Tokyo into a 21st Century City. A leading city of the 20th Century, Tokyo is currently as the forefront of various problems faced by many cities, including an aging population and overall population decline. These factors, plus a highly developed urban system, makes Tokyo is an optimal test site for the city of the future.
The title of this year’s symposium is Reimagining Tokyo’s Mobility. Using the paradigm of “time-space” as the main topic, Reimagining Tokyo’s Mobility will discuss the development of new transportation modes like autonomous vehicles, the mobilization of place through the sharing economy, and mobility without physical moving. The symposium will broaden the concept of mobility through discussions of technological developments, like information space mobility, and address how cities can use contemporary design methods to diversify mobility on an urban scale.
LOCATION: Miraikan National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation
DATE: Sunday, July 19, 2018
TIME: 13:00 – 18:00