Senri New Town was constructed in Osaka, Japan beginning in 1958 to address a housing shortage after World War II. It is located 15 km north of Osaka City on former agricultural land. The town was designed based on the neighborhood unit theory, with district centers located near train stations providing shops, services, and parks accessible by foot. Infrastructure like rail lines connect the new town to Osaka City. Pedestrian walkways and a variety of public green spaces were incorporated throughout Senri New Town's residential neighborhoods.

1. Senri New Town
(documentation photos)
Putika Ashfar Khoiri
ID : 28J16118
putika@civil-eng.Osaka-u.ac.jp
June 2017
Spatial Design Assignment
千里ニュータウン

2. Introduction
• The first large-scale new town has been
built in Osaka because fatal problem of
housing shortage after the World War
II.
• The population are increasing and
people faced a housing shortage of
dwellings. Begin in 1958 Senri New
Town was constructed by the local
government, but it requires small scale
development such as railways, road,
sewage, as well as other public facilities
• Senri New Town located in the northern
suburbs of Osaka, about 15 km north of
Osaka City. This town origin was
agricultural fields such as farm, bamboo
forest, etc. In the recent development
of Senri New Town the green space still
remains to protect the new town from
developing circumstances.

3. • As the purpose of Senri New Town in order to build up large neighbouring area
in convenient way, neighbourhood unit centre has been developed from
neighbourhood unit theory.
• The old village excluded from the new town (Kami-Shinden) since 1960. This
theory of neighbourhood unit makes people easy to commute to school,
community centre, cultural centre, medical clinic, parks and so on because they
are reachable by walk in the district centre. For example, near each station there
also some shops, banks, barber and also bus stop or taxi pub to transport to
another place where inaccessible by train.
Situation in Kita-senri station （北千里駅）

4. A generous greenbelt surrounded the neighbourhood units
１ 2
3 4
1 = senri-kita park (千里北公園) , 3 = road near kita senri station 2,4 = senri minami park (千里南公園)

5. Neighbouring area in convenient way (enough space for car trespassing and pedestrian).
The area is located near the highway road but the environment keep quiet and
convenience to live
大阪府吹田市高野台２丁目４
大阪府吹田市高野台３丁目３

6. Application of the theory of neighbourhood unit makes people easy to commute to
school, community centre, cultural centre, medical clinic, parks and so on because
they are reachable by walk in the district centre
Minami-senri station area
Senri-Chuo Shopping districts near PAL building
Kita-senri station （北千里駅）
南千里駅

7. near each station there also
some shops, banks, barber and
also bus stop or taxi pub to
transport to another place
where inaccessible by train.
Minami-senri station area 南千里駅

8. The Senri New Town is located at hill
shade area so many ups and downs
has constructed
Up and down near around Kita-Senri area
Residential area in Tsukumodai (津雲台)
with steep slope

9. Elementary school and park are essential
in neighbourhood unit

10. The new residential landscape includes a greater variety of dwelling types and more
nuanced design of its green network of pedestrian pathways and parks.
senri minami park
(千里南公園)

11. Commuters relied on several pieces of infrastructure that plugged the new town directly into
Osaka City. All district centres in the New Senri Town master plan are connected to Osaka
City through rail lines. The sub-centre district was connected with several railway station
such as Hankyu Senri Line, Midosuji line and Osaka monorail
Osaka Monorail at Banpaku Kinen Kouen Station
(万博記念公園駅)
Osaka Monorail ticket booth at Senri-Chuo
Station

12. Variety of pedestrian walk near
residential unit area in Momoyamadai
area (桃山台)

13. Pedestrianized district centres and neighbourhood shopping centres, also
enhanced by green infrastructure made up of parks and pedestrian pathways

14. The EXPO '70 commemorative park was built as a central zone termed the "symbol
zone" that created a central place in the site to centralize infrastructure and the
traffic of people using large plaza (Expo city Plaza).