Ma thinking in architectural space, mentality and action
the impact of ma thinking on lifestyle design
pp. 215-228
in: Mitsuru Kodama (ed), Ma theory and the creative management of innovation, Berlin, Springer, 2017Abstract
Through multifaceted studies of culture, healthcare, the theater, concert hall, rural theater stages and post-disaster recovery and town building (following the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster) including approaches to creating rural facilities with Ma that connect people in sparsely populated mountainous areas, this chapter indicates that architectural spaces and Ma thinking in attitude and behavior have a significant impact on the life design of the people who live and engage in activities in those spaces and, in a broader sense, bring about design innovation.