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P o r t f o l i o
Morifumi Hirao
2008.Apr - 2015.Feb
Name: Morifumi Hirao
Address: 1-3-13, Mikage, Higashinada-ku, Koube-shi Hyogo 658-0047, Japan
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Email: 0812690b@gmail.com

School of Business Administration, Kobe University 2008 Apr - 2012 Mar
ACHITECTS TEEHOUSE / Hyogo, Japan 2012 Apr - Present
- Research Associate (Full-time)
At Kobe University, I majored in Business Economics. While there, I learned basic theories about Economics, Sociology or
Psychology and so on as well as the knowledge and skills about marketing. After graduation, I have studied the areas devas-
tated by The Great East Japan Earthquake as a research associate and pertisipated in some architecture or community design
competitions at an architectural office “ARCHITECTS TEEHOUSE”.
C o n t e n t s
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１. LOST HOMES _１
LOST HOMES _２
LOST HOMES _３
２. Project in Namie town, Fukushima Pref. _１
３. Project in Oshima, Kesennnuma-shi, Miyagi Pref. _１
Project in Oshima, Kesennnuma-shi, Miyagi Pref. _２
４. Community Design of Asahiyama Park
５. Conmpetition
６. Education
７ Paper _１

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1 . L O S T H O M E S _ 1
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Flooded areas
Model areas
500M×500M
Epicenter point
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Arahama
Gongendo
Ukedo
Soma Port
太平洋
×54
M9
2011.3.11 PM 2:46:18
Noda Village
Oshika Island
Oginohama/Kozumihama
Yamada cho
Taro-cho
Onappe
Omoe
Toni
Kamaishi
Otuchi
Sakihama
Onagawa
Shizugawa
Ishinomaki
Ofunato
Rikuzentakata
Nagashizu
Tanohata Village
Shimanokoshi
Raga
Nebama
KESENNUMA City
Minami Kesennuma
Station area
Shishiori Ⅰ
Minamimachi
Sakanamachi
Uoichibamae
Karakuwa,Osawa
Motoyoshi,Koizumi
Kesennuma,Naiwan
Shishiori Ⅱ
Bentencho
Hashikami,Iwaisaki
Motoyoshi,Oya
Oshima,Nagasaki
Oshima
Kesennuma City Pixel map of ﬂooded area
AOMORI
IWATE
MIYAGI
FUKUSHIMA
IBARAKI
38°6 12 N
142°51 36 E
Through this project, we have reproduced 46 villages and towns located in Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima prefecture which were
devastated by Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami on March 11, 2011. The models are made on a scale of 1 to 500. So far, the
area which were reproduced by the models amounts to 67.5 ㎢ and it covers quarter flooding area which someone lived.
2012 Apr - Present
Fig.1 Pixel Map of 1/500 scale Restoration Model made by LOST HOMES (2011 Mar. - Present)

1 . L O S T H O M E S _ 2
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■ MY PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
- Managed more than 10 workshops and 4 exhibitions.
- Raised total of 11,000,000 yen founds (from 2 private enterprises and
4 public utility foundations).
- Managed project budget and cost planning.
- Responsible for publication such as project website and press release
and so on.
- Oversaw the writing of project booklets.
■ PROJECT SUMMURY
Established by ARCHITECTS TEEHOUSE and Tsukihashi laboratory
at Kobe University. Restoring the regions before the disaster by the
1/500 scale models and holding the workshops of interviewing the
locals with the models. From March 2011 to present, produced 48
models and held workshops in 23 cities and villages. So far 25 universi-
ties and laboratories throughout Japan participated in this project. In
addition to the above, we also attempt to record what these regions
were and collected over 15,000 memories related to the cultures or life
histories each region had through the workshops.
- Received a prize of Good Design Award 2014 for Urban Develop-
ment, Regional Development, Community Development.
- Received the 40th Hoso-Bunka Foundation Prize
- Received The 51th Galaxy Honors for programs recommended
2012 Apr - Present
Fig.4 Taro model (after workshop)
Fig.3 Onagawa model (before workshop)
Fig.2 Commemoration Workshop in Taro (2013)

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■ ArchiAid 2012 EXEHIBITION _Commemoration by
1/500 Scale Models for 3.11
- Venue: Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art (Hyogo Pref.)
- Date:6.30 Sat - 7.15 Sun, 2012
- Attendance number: About 1,500
Exhibited 31 Models which restore and express the ways these
villages and towns used be and provided opportunities to
visitors to recall Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami again.
■ Town of Memories: Commemoration Workshop In Kesennuma
- Venue: Kesennuma City (Miyagi Pref.)
- Date:9.22 Sat - 9.28 Fri, 2012
- Attendance number: 1,064
This workshop was co-organized with the executive commit-
tee for Fondation d'Entreprise Hermès. Under this project, we
exhibited a 1/500 scale model that reproduced the inner harbor
area of Kesennuma and invited the residents who told us what
town was like while coloring the model. The number of memo-
ries amounted to 1,121.
On the last day, when the model was colored and everyone’s
memorieshadbeenheard,thewardssharedbytheparticipantswere
presented in the form of a reading performance with the model.
■ The Series of Commemoration Workshops in Iwate Prefecture
“Memories of Hometowns”
- Venue: Kesennuma City (Miyagi Pref.)
- Date: throughout 2013
- Total of attendance number: 5,451
This workshops were held at the 10 devastated regions; Noda,
Raga, Shimanokoshi, Omoto, Taro, Yamada, Otsuchi, Ofuna-
to, Rikuzentakata with executive committee for NHK (Japan
Broadcasting Coporation) throughout 2013. The 10 each
workshop was broadcast throughout Japan.
■ Special Exhibition of “Memories of Hometowns”
- Venue: Aiina Center (Miyagi Pref.)
- Date: 3.1 Sat - 3.16 Dun, 2014
- Attendance number: 14,180
This exhibition was held as a general overview of The Series
of Commemoration Workshops in Iwate Prefecture “Memo-
ries of Hometowns” We exhibited the 15 models of the 10
regions and other regions in Miyagi or Fukushima prefectures.
■ The project of Handing Down the Memories
To hand down what the devastated regions used be, We
published booklets which collect the total of 15,000 memories
from devastated residents. And also we are also advancing an
effort to establish the digital archive of those memories, named
“Tsubuyaki Book Archive” (URL_http://losthomes.jp/tsubuyaki/).
2012 Apr - Present
Fig.8 Booklets which collect people’s memories
Fig.7 Commemoration workshop in Yamada (2013)
Fig.6 Town of Memories: Commemoration Workshop In Kesennuma
Fig.5 ArchiAid 2012 EXEHIBITION _Commemoration by 1/500
Scale Models for 3.11 (2012)

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■ PROJECT SUMMURY
A support project for Nami town and the community, Fukushima
Pref. The townspeople of the region have been forced to live in
evacuation shelters in and out of the Prefecture due to the Great East
Japan Earthquake, Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and subse-
quent effects of radioactive contamination. Over 3 years, we
conducted constant record surveys in the evacuation area with the
cooperation and support of NPO “Shinmachi- Namie” run by locals
and participated in an annual festival “Fukkou no Tsudoi”, which
wish for a completion of restoration of Namie.
more than 3000
1000 to less than 3000
50 to less than 100 less than 50
0 25km
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２. Project in Namie town, Fukushima Pref. 2012 Jun. - Present
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
Nihonmatsushi-shi
Namie-machi
Fukushima-shi
- Conducted field investigations 3 times to record actual condition in
the evacuation area of Namie town.
- Managed Commemoration Workshops of Namie Town; Ukedo
district and Gongendo district in 2013 and 2014.
- Made the speech about our project and the research estimates at
“Fukkou no Tsudoi” in 2014.
- Oversaw the writing of a booklet organizing the research estimates.
- Raised total of 500,000 yen founds (from a private enterprise)
Fig.9 Research investigation in Ukedo district, Namie town, Fukushima Prefecture (2012)
Fig.10 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (2011)
Fig.11 Population distribution of Namie town people (2013)

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３. Project in Oshima, Kesennnuma-shi, Miyagi Pref. _1 2012 Fef. - Present
■ PROJECT SUMMURY
A support project in Oshima, an island suffered from The
Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami. This project is co-orga-
naized about 3 years ago with 4 laboratories; Nagamine
laboratory at Kwansei Gakuin University, Sogabe laboratory
at Kanagawa university, Terauchi Laboratory at Shinsyu
University and Tsukihashi Laboratory at Kobe University.
Mainly through monthly community discussions with island-
ers, named “Design the future of Oshima”, we have attempted
to restore and develop the island with its nature and culture as
resources for tourism at the core.
- Prepared and participated in Commemoration Workshops in
Oshima in 2012 and 2013.
- Managed 21 meeting with islanders, named “Design the future
of Oshima”
- Conducted a survey of public perception in the island of the
coastal levee ,using a full size mock-up made of bamboo.
- Participated in overall investigations, called “ISLAND
STUDY” into the island from perspective of vegetation,
geography, industry and so on.
- Raised total of about 5,000,000 yen (from two private
enterprise and 2 public utility foundations)
Fig.13 Flooding area of Oshima, Kesennuma-shi
Fig.12 “Shed of Bumboo” (Eco & Arts Project, 2014)
Flooding Area

３. Project in Oshima, Kesennnuma-shi, Miyagi Pref. _2
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2012 Fef. - Present
■ Monthly meeting, “Design the future of Oshima”
Monthly community discussions about how the island will
restore and develop itself from Tohoku Earthquake and Tsuna-
mi. So far, we held these 21 times with islanders in Oshima.
The key subjects of these meetings are the reconstruction of
island’s fishing and tourism industries, the issue about
construction of the coastal levee, a bridge be scheduled for
construction by 2019, joined the island to the mainland, and so
on. On Nov. 4, 2013, we made a statement about the Declara-
tion of “Restoration od Oshima” which offered a guide for the
policies in Oshima.
■ An investigation of public perception of the coastal levee
With a support of islander’s association, we erected a full size
mock-up made of bamboo at Uranohama fishery harbor since
Apr. 2013 and interviewed opinions residents had about it. The
result of the search was used as a consideration about this issue
in “Design the future of Oshima”.
■ “Eco & Arts Project 2013 and 2014”
The purpose of this project is rediscovering the resources or
the appeals Oshima has through various programs on the
subject of ecology or arts. Through this project, we holed
“Design School of Oshima” where the students at Oshima
junior high school studied their island about its nature, folk
stories and all that and planned the future of it.
■ ISLAND STUDY
An overall investigations into the island from perspective of
vegetation, geography, industry, culture, damage situation and
so on. It was conducted in 2012. These studies are summarised
as 9 papers.
■ Publishment of the newspapers “Oshima Mirai Shinbun”
We published a series of newspaper called, “Oshima Mirai
Shinbun”, as a tool of sharing the affairs related to island resto-
ration or progress status of our project. We published 21 times
over 3 years.
Fig.17 Oshima Mirai Shinbun, vol.7
Fig.16 ISLAND STUDY (2012)
Fig.15 Full size mock-up made of bamboo (2013)
Fig.14 The 4th “Design the future of Oshima” (2012)
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４. Community Design of Asahiyama Park
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ASAHIYAMA Park
■ PROJECT SUMMURY
In October 2014, our office won the competition of “The Design
Outsourcing of Asahiyama Park and the Community”, held by Himi
-shi. Through 9 workshop swith the citizens and Himi City, we
created and managed a Community, “Friends of Asahiyama” which
continuously design Asahiyama park and its way to use, as well as
planning the park. And now we are involved in the whole planning
of Himi-shi.
- Created the basic concept of this proposed draft.
- Completed the proposal and won the competition as a project manager.
- Prepared and implemented 9 workshops with the citizens and Himi
City for the design of this park.
- Formed the basic structure of “Friends of Asahiyama”.
- Integrated the opinions which were collected through the workshops
and written the report to Himi City.
Fig.20 The fifth workshop “Abput the Roads of the park”
Fig.19 Asahiyama park and other faciliteis in Himi-shi
Fig.18 Conter map of Himi city

５. Competition
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Culture
Sport
Health
■ A proposal of the execution design of the Community Support
Center in Tokamachi-shi, Toyama Pref.
- Contractee: the city mayor of Tokamachi-shi
- Date of submission: Apr. 7, 2014
The site is located at the main shopping street of this town. We
proposed the facility as a place where the residents can encour-
age and transmit the character and resources of this town for
the town visitors through expressing themselves. So we
planned this building with a veranda the concept of which are
”Showing Activities”, ”Watching Activities”.
<My perosonal achievements>
- Created the basic concept of this proposed draft as a conceptor.
- Conducted the basic research into the area.
- Managed the progress of preparing the proposal.
■ A proposal of the execution design of the multi-generation
exchange facility in Aburatsu, Miyazaki Pref.
- Contractee: ABURATSU OENDAN Co., LTD.
- Date of submission: Nov. 4, 2014
This proposal was to renovate a building ,located at a shopping
street infront of Aburatsu station, which used to be a super-
market into a new multi-generation exchange facility. We
proposed a long-term project of whole town branding and
development centering on the application of this facility
beyond the planning of the building. In this presentation, we
saw the center as a ”hub” that locals advance the regional
construction in association with each other.
- Conducted the field survey in the area.
- Responsible for making the documents for the proposal.
■ A proposal of the investigating study of the magement of 3
principal parks in Water Front Area, Sannomiya, Kobe,
Hyogo Pref.
- Sediment Control Department, Kobe City
- Date of submission: Dec. 12, 2014
The 3 principal parks; “Higashi park”, ”Minatonomori park”
and ”Onohama park” are nestled in the heart of Sannomiya,
Kobe. We proposed a research plan to explore the possibilities
of utilising the abilities of the private sectors, the civic participa-
tion for managing the parks and all that, through case research-
es, questionnaire of citizens and interviewing the participants.
- Taken charge in researching one park, “Higashi park”.
- Responsible for making the documents for the proposal.
Fig.23 The each position of 3 principal parks in Water Front Area
Fig.22 The Grand Design of Aburatsu area
Fig.21 The appearance of the building

６. Education
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■ Kobe University, Hyogo, Japan
Bachelor of Commerce, School of Business Administration
- Acquired not only the knowledge about Business and Marketing
but also wide range of and theories about Economics. Except
for these fields, Sociology and Psychology were my favorite
subjects.
■ Professor Takashima’s seminar
- Through various kind of corporate researches, learned the
mechanism of each industry or practical marketing capacities.
- Participated in and held some debate sessions related to business
and marketing.
-Won first prize in the competition with new paper product
developments, held by a paper company Sanyou Paper, as a
team leader.
-Won second prize in the competition with developments of new
furniture product, held by Scroll Corporation, as an inventor.
■ My Graduation Thesis (Got score A)
: A Study on the factors of decline of shopping streets in local
areas and the means of restoring these streets
I got interested in the decline of shopping street in local
areas in Japan. In fact, the percentage of rising shopping
streets has been very low, 1.6% in 2006 and 1% in 2009. I
conducted field investigations, questionnaire of citizens
and interview research at 3 shopping streets; “Marugame-
mashi shopping street”, ”Sunamashiginza shopping
street” and ”Karasumaekimaedoori shopping street”
throughout 2011. And I studied the new meaning of the
districts as well as the underlying causes of this change,
through analysing the findings.
Fig.26 Reorganisation plan of Marugamemashi shopping street
Fig.25 Decline of advertising cost of magazines in the public industry
from 2009 to 2011
Fig.24 Professor Takashima’s seminar (2010)
2008 Apr. - 2012 Mar.

7. Paper_１
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This study is based on a analysis of the 2,412 memories
which were spoken by 810 local residents through a
workshop held at Otsuchi-cho, Iwate Prif. from May. 13
to May. 19 in 2013 with the 1/500 restoration model
which reproducing the town space before the Tohoku
Earthquake and Tsunami.
- Categorised the memories and analysed how the participants
recall their memories through waiting the models.
- Found the local commons by studying a map which was
plotted of the memories.
- In particular, focused on the many springs which made
the character of this town and studied the uses of them.
- Described the life scape at Osyachi park by integrating
the memories.
which were spoken by 1,064 local residents through a
workshop held at Kessennuma-shi, Miyagi Prif. from
Sep. 22 to Sep.28 in 2012 with the 1/500 restoration
model which reproducing the town space before the
Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami.
- Discovered and Analysed the cultural and natural resources
the town had before.
- Proposed a method to describe the former aspects of
their daily lives with a storyline through integrating the
memories.
- Studied the usability of this method as a way to record
and hand down their resources.
Developed a method of extracting and describing the life histories and cultures with the memories which were collected
through the workshops in devastated areas. Studied the possibility of people’s memories to hand down the natural and cultur-
al resources each region had before and the meaning of the memory of place for devastated residents.In particular, we
focused on 3 areas; Kesennuma City, Otuchi Town and Namie Town, when we advanced the research.
- Performed the hearing surveys (workshops) in 10 areas affected by The Tohoku Earthquake and interviewed over 300 local people.
- Organized more than 15,000 memories which were gathered through the workshops.
- Developed a method of describing the life histories and cultures through analysed the memories.
- Published 5 papers with Professor Tsukihashi. The details are as follows.
■２.A Study about the Description of Town Space Lost in the Disaster Area- Based on Memories from the
Restoration Model Workshop in Machikata District, Otsuchicho, Iwate
Osamu TSUKIHASHI, Morifumi HIRAO
The City Planning Institute of Japan, Report Collection of Urban Planning, No.12, pp.86-93, 2013.8
■１.A Study on the Method of Using Restoration Model for the Integrating Memories on Devastated
Town Space−Based on the Memories from the Restoration Model Workshop on Inner Bay Area of
Kesennuma City
Osamu TSUKIHASHI, Morifumi HIRAO
Journal of Disaster Recovery and Revitalization, No.5, pp.1-10,2013.10
Fig.27 Distribution map of the memories in Kesennuma-naiwan
Fig.28 Distribution maps of the memories at Osyachi park
2012 Apr. - Present

7. Paper_２
Fig.30 Distribution map of the memories and the village structure
Fig.29 Distribution map of the memories in Otsuchi-cho
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which were spoken by 450 local people through a work-
shop held for the people who lived in Namie-machi,
Fukushima Prif. from Feb. 22 to Feb. 26 in 2013 with the
1/500 restoration model which reproducing the town
space before the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami. The
area has been designated as the evacuation area for
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster; while inhabitants
are living in the refuges out of their hometown.
- Conducted trend analysis of the memories in detail.
- Proposed a method to describe the whole structure of
this town and the meaning of each place for residents.
which were spoken by 810 local residents through a
workshop held at Otsuchi-cho, Iwate Prif. from May. 13
to May. 19 in 2013 with the 1/500 restoration model
which reproducing the town space before the Tohoku
Earthquake and Tsunami.
- Described the cultural and natural resources the town
had before by a method similar to the study; “A Study
ontheMethodofUsingRestorationModelfortheIntegrating
MemoriesonDevastatedTownSpace”.
.Clarified the study procedure and methodology.
- Studied the application possibility of this method.
■３.STUDY ON RESOTORATION AND SHARING METHOD ON TOWN SPACE IN DEVASTATED
AREA The workshop with 1/500 restoration model of Machikata area in Otsuchi town, Iwate
prefecture
Osamu TSUKIHASHI, Morifumi HIRAO, Kyohei YAMADA, Akika NAKAMURA
Journal of Architecture and Planning, No.79, 1129-1137, 2014)
■４.Reconstructing Lifescapes from Collected Place Memories -A restoration model workshop on Namie
Osamu TSUKIHASHI, Morifumi HIRAO, Toshihiro SATONAKA
Fukushima Pref.-, The 10th ISAIA
2012 Apr. - Present

At an academic conference held by Architectural
Institution of Japan, at Kobe University, summer
2014, I reported past 3 years of efforts of our
researches in devastated area and introduced the
methods for describing the natural and cultural
resources by using residents’s memories, estab-
lished through the studies.
7. Paper_3
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■５.A Study in Integration of Place Memories Using Restoration Models
Morifumi HIRAO, Osamu TSUKIHASHI, Yukihiro TOMOBUCHI, Kyohei YAMADA
Summaries of papers of annual meeting Architectural Institute of Japan, 2014
2012 Apr. - Present

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