Edited by Mohsen Mostafavi & Kayoko Ota

The shrinking and aging of the population is exacerbating the social decline in the regional cities of Japan. While excluded from the market-driven metropolitan areas, architects of the young generation are beginning to build ways of revitalizing regional cities through innovative design or new ways of practicing.

Revitalizing Japan: Architecture, Urbanization, and Degrowth features works by seven named or unnamed younger architects in Japan that preempt architectural responses to the post-growth condition, a gripping essay by community designer Ryo Yamazaki, and a captivating photo documentation by Kenta Hasegawa. Keynote essay by Toyo Ito.

Contributions by Koki Akiyoshi, Jun Aoki, Matthew Gandy (interview), Kenta Hasegawa, Kumiko Inui, Takahito Ito, Toyo Ito, Mohsen Mostafavi, Yutaro Muraji, Jo Nagasaka, Kayoko Ota, Miho Tominaga, and Ryo Yamazaki.