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| The overnight bus. A 6-hour (semi-sleepless) drive starting at midnight. When we wake up, we arrive in a different world.... The Tohoku region of Japan where 3.11 severely damaged the coastline. |
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| 3.11 The Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami that swallowed Kamaishi City. The city is still in disrepair. Touring the area, almost a year later, it is hard to believe so much destruction and debris sits untouched. |
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| The massive flood gates were broken by the 14 foot waves. |
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| A survivor, who talked to us about his experience, now lives in the temporary housing provided by the government. He was closing the flood gates when the tsunami hit and was later rescued from the water. |
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| Toyo Ito (center) walks through the atrium of the temporary housing units. |
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| Piles and piles of debris. |
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| "Home-for-all"- a space for the people within the temporary housing units to gather designed by Toyo Ito's studio. Confined to small spaces for most of the day, the people living in the temporary housing now have a space to talk, cook and relax. It is my studio's project to design more spaces like this throughout Kamaishi City. Domus: "Toyo Ito: Re-building from disaster" |