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Urban Regeneration Management Lab (Kaga Lab)
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A community-building lab that studies urban vitality and citizen participation.
AboutAbout the lab
Designing tomorrow's communities, starting from everyday life.
The Urban Regeneration Management Lab (Kaga Lab) studies the revitalization of cities and community building with citizen participation.
Its research is based on the recognition that there is a growing need for "sustainable community building": rather than starting to plan after something happens, people consider the future of their familiar surroundings on an ongoing, everyday basis.
Research themes begin when students form their own questions out of their interest in and awareness of urban planning issues.
Drawing on the knowledge and experience they gain in lectures, students also take part in projects on site.
Key terms
- Sustainable community building
- Community building in which, rather than making plans after something happens, people consider the future of their familiar surroundings on an everyday basis
- Collaborative community building
- Community building that designs and manages the town's spaces from various perspectives, including residents, government, and urban planning professionals
- New Public Commons
- A way of thinking that understands the "public" more broadly, including social services provided by the citizen sector and others
ResearchResearch themes
In recent years, the need for "sustainable community building" has been growing: rather than starting to plan after something happens, people consider the future of their familiar surroundings on an ongoing, everyday basis. Based on this recognition, the lab studies community building that addresses urban revitalization, citizen-participatory design and management, and learning about and discovering local issues.
*Illustrative imageCities That Attract People and Become Vibrant
What people find attractive about an urban area differs from person to person. The lab therefore examines the structures and components of urban areas that generate liveliness, and how design and management can be used to aim at revitalization.
*Illustrative imageCitizen-Participatory Community Building
The lab develops mechanisms that support collaborative community building drawing on diverse perspectives, including residents, government, and urban planning professionals. A distinguishing feature is its combination of information tools such as geographic information systems, social media, and virtual reality technology.
*Illustrative imageCommunity Building That Learns from Local Issues
The idea of the "New Public Commons," which understands the "public" more broadly, has emerged. To learn about and share a community's issues and strengths and apply them to the future, the lab examines community building led by citizen-driven sectors and others.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Urban Regeneration Management Lab (Kaga Lab) consist of faculty, administrative assistants, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorAtsuko Kaga
- Associate ProfessorYoshimi Ikeuchi
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Manhattan New York City 2009 PD” Sterilgutassistentin / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Cities That Attract People and Become Vibrant: “Vienna's Graben - A Lively Street Scene” Sandor Somkuti / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Citizen-Participatory Community Building: “2025 Rubin Community Workshop (IMG 0356-CC)” RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/DOE/NSF/AU / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Community Building That Learns from Local Issues: “A neighborhood in Indonesia” BriskWalkThroughCiliwung / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Urban Regeneration Management Lab (Takeda Lab)): “Palmetto Springs pedestrian village” Michael E. Arth / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Materials Technology Knowledge Management Lab): “Ceramic magnets” Omegatron / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Future Design Lab): “Car2Go Charging Station Stuttgart 2013 01” Julian Herzog (Website) / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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