Open AccessThe Digital Urban Experience of a Lost City Using Mixed Methods to Depict the Historical Street Life of Edo/Tokyo
Author(s) -
Gamze Saygı,
Marie Yasunaga
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
magazèn
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2724-3923
DOI - 10.30687/mag/2724-3923/2021/04/002
Subject(s) - ephemeral key , character (mathematics) , everyday life , agency (philosophy) , history , visual arts , geography , aesthetics , civil engineering , sociology , art , engineering , computer science , social science , political science , geometry , mathematics , algorithm , law
This paper digitally reconstructs street life in Edo (present-day Tokyo), the largest lost city of the pre-modern world. The ephemeral character of the Edo makes the historic urban experience extremely difficult to capture. We argue that the hypothetical digital reconstructions should incorporate evidence on human agency and spatial properties for a holistic simulation of historic street life. We develop a 3D hypothetical reconstruction based on multi-layered historical evidence to unlock the lost character of the Edo streets. It reveals the streets of Edo, including the rhythms of everyday life and the impact of the material culture.