Designing the Reconstruction | world-architects.com

When a massive tsunami hit the northeastern coast of Japan this March, the city of Rikuzentakata in Iwate prefecture suffered catastrophic damage and lost near all its functionality as a city. In the aftermath temporary housing was built at a local auto-camp site. The detached houses, constructed using local timber and traditional carpentry techniques, were designed and built by Sumita Housing, a company based in the neighboring town of Sumita. Meanwhile, confronted with the disaster, Tokyo-base