东京市的再生.doc

Urban Regeneration in Tokyo 东京市再生Hidenobu Jinnai Seen from abroad, Tokyo appears a fiercely modern city, with expressways cutting through rows of skyscrapers—a city designed to function effectively in support of business and the Japanese national economy. While this view may be correct, a hidden layer to this metropolitan region is slowly reemerging, one that reveals aspects of urban form consistent with the city’s original river landscape. 从国外,东京激烈的现代城市出现,高速公路穿过一排排的摩天大楼和日本的国民经济。尽管这种观点可能是正确的,这个大都会地区一个隐藏层是慢慢地重现,揭示城市原有的河流景观一致。For the past 150 years modernization has been a major transforming force in Tokyo. Following Japan’s opening to the West in the mid-nineteenth century, the city succeeded historic Edo, and it developed as the capital of a modern nation by assimilating technologies from Europe. At the same time, the city turned its back on natural setting and history, growing swiftly to its present gigantic size. 在过去150年现代化东京的一个重要转变力量。日本在19世纪中期对开放后,历史江户成功,逐渐欧洲技术同化为一个现代国家的首都。同时,该市背弃了自然环境和历史, 迅速增长现在巨大规模。Today, however, the growth of Tokyo has come almost to a stop. Demographically and socially, the city is maturing, new priorities are emerging, and residents are seeking changes that will improve the quality of their lives. 然而今天,东京的增长已经几乎停止。城市人口和社会日趋成熟,新的工作重点正在崛起,居民正在寻求改变改善他们的生活质量。In this context, a regeneration of Tokyo has become possible based on renewed appreciation for its history and natural setting. This is especially true with regard to the system of waterways—now largely hidden—that once provided a vital connection between the city and Tokyo Bay. Discussions of such a program of urban regeneration have given birth to a new, deeply rooted image of Tokyo, one shaped by an environmental interpretation of place. 在这种背景下, 基于历史和自然环境重新认识东京再生已成为可能。尤其是针对水道系统现在基本上隐藏，城市和东京湾一个重要的连接。讨论这城市再生计划诞生一个新的、,一个由一个环境演绎的地方。In this article I discuss this potential by clarifying some of the city’s spatial characteristics. This follows the idea—not necessarily original, but essential t