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Jeanne van Heeswijk
player Erasure: Greg Sheng   Performance on Urban Stage:
player Origination: Fernando Campos   1. GENRE: Natural Resources and Infrastructure, Land Value, Cultural Perception of Public Space, Adaptability to Existing Structures
player Transformation: Anna Sitra     2. CAST: Hokusan Ltd, Tokyo Board Industry Co., Koto Ward Office, Toto, Sony, Forestry Agency, Tokyo Port Terminal Public Corp. Sanwa Corp., Nature Conservation Society of Japan
player Migration: Javier Rojas   3. PLOT SUMMARY: [Key] Fireworks (Fantasy Festival), Flexible Boxes (Temporary Storages), Fireworks (10km Wall), Urban Editing Tool (Bridge Structure), Real-time Environments (LCD Facade)
    4. RELATED LINKS: http://www.toto.co.jp; http://www.sanwabank.co.jp; http://www.nacsj.or.jp; http://www.koto-cabletv.co.jp/~koto-ku/eindex.html; http://www.nla.go.jp; http://www.harima.co.jp; http://www.marine-salvage.com; http://www.mind.ne.jp/daito; http://www.bennytoyama.com Action Plan [a4]
1E The smell of wood coming mainly from the industrial environment produced by Hokusan Ltd. erases the confortable quality of the environment on Wakasu Island.
1O This creates health problems in the work environment.
1T The Koto Ward Office declares this area a highly restricted land to access.
1 M Densified polluted air is spread out to outside aeras.
   
2 E Hokusan's importing and exporting activities pollute the sea water. [Pollution]
2 O Tanaka-san, a fifty two year-old worker of Hokusan, dies with lung cancer. [Tanaka-san]
2 T His fellow co-workers change their attitude towards their superiors. There is a feeling of tension inside the company. [Tension]
2 M Hokusan Ltd. creates a 'fantasy' weekend festival for the workers and their families, in order to shift the tension and pressure.

Prototype: Fireworks

[Festival]

     
3 E Tanaka-san's son, a fifteen year-old boy, sets fire to Hokusan's facilities and burns down three yards and the main factory.
3 O Yamamoto-san, the president of Hokusan Ltd., decides to build temporarly structures to avoid the instability in the company and the production flowing. Prototype: Flexible Boxes  
  3 T Sanwa Corp.becomes a promoter of Hokusan's prototype in order to change the fixed typology of this kind of industries into a more flexible one.  
  3 M 5,000 trees in Malaysia are being cut and imported on to the site in order to satisfy the increase of the demand.  
       
  4 E The massive import of the wood has destroyed the minimal environmental standard of the region.  
  4 O It creates the necessity for research of non-inflamable material like plastics and PVC. Toto technical center becomes involved in the process of development of these materials into the construction industry.  
  4 T Sanwa Corp. changes its interest from wood-module construction to plastic-module construction.  
  4 M This causes a movement of PVC based resources in the construction market.  
       
  5 E Tokyo Port Terminal Public Corporation and the Koto Ward Office are involved in taking measures to clean up the wood industry from pollution and environmental issues.  
  5 O This produces a tree re-population in the area.  
  5 T This new green space increases the land value of the area and turns it into a recreational aera for the citizens of Tokyo. [m344]  
  5 M This creates a flux of 4,000,000 people during the weekends and holidays in the area.  
         
  6 E The possibility to settle in this area for institutions like TPTPC/Koto-Ku Ward Office for environmental research has been erased. They are looking for other places.  
  6 O The entertainment division of Sony Corp.creates the 'Te-kuni-chan', a technological showcase.  
  6 T Along teenagers 'TeKuni-chan' becomes a symbol for their availability to the Oyaji-san ( dirty old men). 'TeKuni-chan's identity has changed into something that was not intended.  
  6 M Koto Ward Office creates a 10 km long wall to prevent Oyaji-san from entering this space. Therefore they have to move other places. Prototype: Fireworks  
         
  7 E A bridge has to be built between Shinkiba and 'TeKuni-chan'. The ward office will place the research laboratoty on the bridge, this will also eliminate the existing traffic jams on the area. Prototype: Urban Editing Tool  
  7 O A project for land re-qualification in this area is created by the Koto Ward Office.  
  7 T Sanwa Corp. and other companies that are still on the site need to be adapted to the re-qualification project. Therefore they decide to change their corporate image. Prototype: Real-time LCD  
  7 M The flux of people increases by three times due to the popularity generated by these sites.  
         
  8 E Richard Rogers & Partners have been selected to design the bridge, they negotiate to demolish part of the wall. The permit is denied. 'TeKuni-chan' changes the name of the island into 'Tekno Island' in all official Tokyo maps.  
  8 O This originates 'Tekno Island' Ward Office.  
  8 T 'Tekno Island' Ward Office modifies the tax system of all the land owners within its jurisdiction.  
  8 M Financial market in Shanghai, London and New York become interested in 'Tekno Island'. AT&T, Vodaphone and SCom establish new branch offices on the island.  
         
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