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Jorge Almazán

Jorge Almazán Caballero
OccupationAssociate Professor
Academic background
EducationTechnical University of Madrid (BArch)
Tokyo Institute of Technology (PhD)
Academic work
InstitutionsKeio University

Jorge Almazán Caballero is a Spanish architect and author based in Tokyo, Japan.[1][2] Almazán is an associate professor at Keio University and the founder of StudioLab, an architecture laboratory based at the university.[3][4][5] Almazan is the author of Emergent Tokyo, a book that examines Tokyo's built form through 5 core typologies: Zakkyo buildings, yokocho alleyways, undertrack infills, ankyo streets, and dense low-rise neighborhoods.[6][7] The book has characterized Tokyo, one of the world's largest cities, as simultaneously intimate and liveable as a result of its unique urban form.[8][9][10][11]

Publications

  • Emergent Tokyo: Designing the Spontaneous City (2021)[12]

References

  1. ^ Zimmerman, Max (July 21, 2022). "Why Neighborhoods and Small Businesses Thrive in Tokyo". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  2. ^ "Can Tokyo's charms be replicated elsewhere?". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  3. ^ Jorge Almazán, Joe McReynolds (September 25, 2023). "Emergent Tokyo: Almazán, McReynolds, and Saito on Organic Urban Growth". globalaffairs.org. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  4. ^ Cohen, Spencer (2022-06-09). "'Emergent Tokyo' digs into an urban sprawl borne from chaos and order". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  5. ^ "Conversion of a Sake Warehouse by Jorge Almazán + Keio University Almazán Lab | The Strength of Architecture | From 1998". www.metalocus.es. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  6. ^ "Jorge Almazán and Studiolab's New Book Spotlights Spontaneous Urban Design in Tokyo | Architectural Record". www.architecturalrecord.com. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  7. ^ Rapley, Ian (2022-07-28). ""Emergent Tokyo: Designing the Spontaneous City" by Jorge Almazán". Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  8. ^ "Liminal Urbanism". City Journal. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  9. ^ "Book review: Emergent Tokyo: Designing the Spontaneous City | Resources Library | Urban Studies". www.urbanstudiesonline.com. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  10. ^ Häusler, Eric (2024-04-18). "Demystified Tokyo Offers an Alternative Paradigm of Urban Planning—A Review of "Emergent Tokyo: Designing the Spontaneous City"". The Metropole. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  11. ^ "Compounding Curiosity: 61 | Jorge Almazán, Emergent Tokyo: Designing the Spontaneous City on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  12. ^ Almazán, Jorge; Studiolab Jorge Almazán Architecture Laboratory (2023). Emergent Tokyo: designing the spontaneous city. Novato, California: ORO Editions. ISBN 978-1-951541-32-3.


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