The Future of Community and Mobility Week
Where will we live and with whom will we talk?:2050 scene
Agenda 2025 Co-created Programme
Shape New World Initiative
[Hypothesis of the Future in 2050]
A future where people can more flexibly select and fly around places to live.
With the advancement of technologies and the transformation of society, the meaning of mobility and place has changed and diversified. What kind of world will expand in the future, and what kind of desires will we realize? The panelists, who have experimented with various lifestyles, will discuss scenes that can be envisioned in the near future, 2050, interweaving the perspectives of practitioners and people who live on.
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Discussion
- Digital garden cities
- Others
- multi-base living, life style
| Transmission of simultaneous interpretation | Provided |
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| Language of interpretation | Japanese and English |
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Co-created Programme
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2025.05.24[Sat]
14:00 ～ 16:00
(Venue Open 13:30)
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- Theme Weeks Studio
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Today, we can see people from long distances more frequently through the power of transportation and communication. The evolution and diversification of mobility enable us to travel to and stay in more places than ever before. More and more people now recognize diversity, and it is now possible and required for each person to live according to their own style.
The meaning of mobility and place is changing and will even differ in 2050. Then, what do we want, and what can we do? Finding a single answer to this question is difficult, though we can consider some possible futures based on our experiences, observations, and expectations.
In this session, we will engage in a collaborative discussion about the scenes in 2050 and their challenges, interweaving the perspectives of practitioners of various initiatives and people who live on.
Reports
【Reflection】
In this program 'Where will we live and with whom will we talk? 2050 scene: Agenda 2025 co-created program,' dialogue was conducted to explore how our ways of living, relationships with others, and the meaning of regions and places will transform in a future society with increased freedom of mobility.
The first session questioned the potential meanings that community and mobility, the main themes of this symposium, might hold in the future, while introducing the research findings of 'Future Community and Mobility' conducted by moderators Mineko Imanishi and Tsukasa Ishizawa as part of their 'Research on Future Social Design.' Based on their research, they presented potential lifestyles in 2050 and outlined a roadmap of conceivable social and technological developments that could lead to those lifestyles.
The second session featured three speakers with different perspectives, introducing their practical activities and engaging in dialogue about our ways of living and the meaning of place.
Yoshikazu Nango from Hosei University, specializing in sociology and architectural/urban theory, introduced the formation process of urban solitary spaces and their redefinition during the COVID-19 pandemic, along with the accompanying transitions in loneliness, isolation, and family structures, viewing the current situation as a reconstruction of the relationship between urban and residential functions. Expanding his perspective globally to touch on nomadism and Sinti lifestyles, he noted that mobility involves not only actively 'doing' but also being 'made to do,' while emphasizing that despite this, considering the fundamental nature of clothing, food, and shelter that cannot be moved, there is a need for imagination and sociological imagination that transcends scales regarding the 'now' and 'here.'
Keywords: Sociological imagination/Urban solitary spaces/Capsule hotels/Loneliness, isolation, care/Super-family, non-human/Micromobility/Re-internalization of housing functions/New Babylon/Total gamification/Nomadism/Bottom-up collective creation/Roma/Sinti
Social activist Saki Kondo, who creates places of belonging in communities based in Shiojiri City, Nagano Prefecture, operates a base in Kiso-Hirasawa, Shiojiri City, where she herself relocated. Valuing the 'in-between' (awai) where separated things blend, she introduced her real experience of 'coming to love a place by living there' by creating work and convenience for herself. Based on the tangible sense that 'there are opportunities for involvement when you come and see,' through developments such as cafes and medium- to long-term accommodation facilities, she presented the perspective of 'loosening boundaries' so that people can choose multiple bases and engage with communities, while also 'inheriting the local character.'
Keywords: In-between (awai)/Coming to love by living there/Opportunities for involvement/Buffer zone/Cultural choice/Loosening boundaries/Inheriting local character
Yusuke Murakami, known as “the man who is closest to Mars in Japan,” who has practiced staying in Antarctic and Martian environments, has experienced 'anti-mobility' - long-term stays in isolated environments, unlike adventurers who advance alone. He spoke from experience about how, in long-term residences, there is no appropriate mental distance between people, and team relationships gradually shift from something to be built to something to be repaired. In survival environments, becoming numb is the most dangerous thing, and he emphasized the importance of practicing 'more than habit, less than custom' to maintain mental health by 'familiarizing,' 'incorporating,' or 'dispelling' the 'sense of foreignness' that mixes into relationships.
Keywords: Analog twin/Polar law/Team members/Sense of foreignness/Habits and customs/Survival and clusters of restraint/Sense of turning point/Comfort within groups/Maintaining basics/Rules of living
This symposium provided an opportunity to consider the nature of 'belonging' and 'mobility' in a diversifying society, drawing on practitioners with advanced approaches and perspectives. While examining the diverse possibilities of community and mobility, we hope this serves as a starting point for contemplating the future possibilities for ourselves and the next generation, and thinking together.
Cast
Moderator
Mineko Imanishi
Takenaka Corporation
Ph.D. in Human Sciences. Senior researcher at R&D Institute, Takenaka Corporation. Adjunct researcher at the Advanced Research Center for Human Sciences, Waseda University. Their research specialties include human behavior and pedestrian crowd flow. They also works extensively on the relationship between people and space.
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Tsukasa Ishizawa
Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo / Takenaka Corporation
Prof. Dr. Tsukasa Ishizawa serves as a Project Associate Professor at the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, where he seeks to uncover the additional value of architectural data generated throughout project processes. Tsukasa also leads the Computational Design Group at Takenaka Corporation, one of Japan's largest design-build general contractors. His research has been widely published, including notable works on BIM log mining and the development of digital design tools. He has made significant contributions to international conferences and symposiums, sharing insights on the potential of building information in construction and emphasizing the importance of inclusive accessibility to it.
In addition to his academic and professional achievements, Tsukasa is a licensed first-class architect, certified information technology engineer, and an accredited professional for sustainability, including LEED and CASBEE (Japan).
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Speakers
Saki Kondo
Sanchi-edit, Inc.
Born in Nara Prefecture, and currently resides in Shiojiri City, Nagano Prefecture. While managing a short-, medium-, and long-term stay facility in a town where traditional industry (Kiso lacquerware) has taken root, she is exploring how nature, history, and manufacturing culture can be combined with modern lifestyles and ways of living. She also participates in a project related to the promotion of immigration and settlement in Shiojiri City and the creation of district plans.
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Yoshikazu Nango
Faculty of Engineering and Design, Hosei University
Born in Osaka in 1979. Sociology, architecture and urbanism. Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Information Studies from the University of Tokyo.
He was a research associate and project lecturer at the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, the University of Tokyo, and a full-time lecturer and associate professor at the School of Information and Communication, Meiji University, and then assumed the present post.
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Yusuke Murakami
FIELD assistant
Extreme field architect / Representative of nonprofit organization FIELD assistant. He has been involved in many closed and isolated living conditions in search of a beautiful standard of living in the harsh environment known as the polar regions. He was a member of the wintering crew of the 50th Japan Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE) and also served as the executive officer of MARS160, an experimental life on Mars conducted in the Arctic. He has accumulated more than a thousand of days of experience living in polar regions.
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The Future of Community and Mobility Week
Where will we live and with whom will we talk?:2050 scene
Agenda 2025 Co-created Programme
[Hypothesis of the Future in 2050]
A future where people can more flexibly select and fly around places to live.
With the advancement of technologies and the transformation of society, the meaning of mobility and place has changed and diversified. What kind of world will expand in the future, and what kind of desires will we realize? The panelists, who have experimented with various lifestyles, will discuss scenes that can be envisioned in the near future, 2050, interweaving the perspectives of practitioners and people who live on.
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2025.05.24[Sat]
14:00～16:00
(Venue Open 13:30)
- Theme Weeks Studio
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