Image essay from Otsuchi
Building on the research done last year, this year a group of students of 9 disciplines and staff have continued research together with students and staff of Waseda University and Tokyo University in tsunami struck Otsuchi. Spending a week in the town talking to municipal and provincial civil servants responsible for the reconstruction, high school students who survived the tsunami when they were 9 years old, the former mayor and representatives from NGO’s brought the group together in learning and thinking what is key to disaster reduction and reconstruction. This is the first essay where all students chose their most meaningful image from their experience.
The bay and its landscape
Its a good idea to cut the trees
Slope reinforcement
Otsuchi view
Reconstruction on 14m high landfill
The pacific
Down hill Otsuchi
Natural springs of Otsuchi
Town reconstruction
Inclined bridge behind seawall
Coastal engineering - scale of seawall
14 m land elevation
Resilience and reconstruction
Water square natural spring
Vertical evacuation
Recontruction beyond infrastructure
Flood gates in construction
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