Seeking to explore power as crucial factor in the design of the built environment, we will look at energy systems and related objects, from sites of generation to spaces of consumption, from distribution networks to control rooms.

Tutors: Filip Geerts and Sanne van den Breemer
Director of Studies: Salomon Frausto

Contributors: Santiago Ardila, Juan Benavides, Daniella Camarena, Stef Dingen, Marco Fusco, Jack Garay Arauzo, Theodora Gelali, Shaiwanti Gupta, Hao Hsu, Marianthi Papangelopoulou, Felipe Quintero, Gent Shehu, Siyuan Wang


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TAMA NEW TOWN

Tama New Town opened in 1979 alongside with various other “New Towns” in the outskirts of Tokyo. After the post-war economic development the major city centres were overpopulated. Overpopulation caused market prices to increase and people were searching for accommodation outside the cities shaping urban sprawl phenomena.

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