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The 2nd unit

The 2nd Unit: Cultural creativity

This unit studies the mechanisms of cultural creativity for the revitalization of cities. The members of the unit carry out research activities based on cultural resource management, arts management, urban planning, and architectural cityscape thinking.

The Senba Art Cafe

Senba is the oldest part of Osaka and it used to a center of commercial and cultural activities of Osaka. Senba has a long history and it was a core of modernization in the early 20th century and particularly after the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923. The Senba Plaza is active with the name of Senba Art Café. It is a workshop base that is a part of residential building in Senba. Senba Plaza focuses on practical activities that contribute to urban cultural revitalization through communication via the arts and creative use of shared spaces.
This is a project that examines how the means of communication is put into practice through the arts. The cafe also searches for ways to share such information, experience, and technology. It is also an experiment to initiate new cultural content of the Osakan inner city.

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