Pacific Rim Community Design Network

Pacific Rim Community Design Network Pacific Rim Community Design Network is a platform for community designers to share experiences and knowledge to advance their practice.

The Pacific Rim Community Design Network was founded following a working conference at University of California, Berkeley in 1998. Titled "Coastal Echoes: Democratic Design in the Pacific Rim," the conference brought together leading community design scholars and practitioners from Japan, Taiwan and United States. The purpose of the network is to provide the practitioners and scholars working in t

he field of participatory design and planning across the region and beyond with opportunities to share experiences and knowledge and advance their practice and research. Through conferences and joint projects, the network has provided a vehicle for collaboration and mutual support, as well as a forum for comparative understanding of community design in the fast changing political and social context of the Pacific Rim.

Day 2 Keynote Speakers: Fumiko Ichikawa (Re: Public) and Chiranthanin Kitika (Chiang Mai University)!
12/07/2025

Day 2 Keynote Speakers: Fumiko Ichikawa (Re: Public) and Chiranthanin Kitika (Chiang Mai University)!

Introducing our Day 1 Keynote Speakers: Chelina Odbert (Kounkuey Design Initiative) and Varudh Varavarn (Vin Varavarn Ar...
12/05/2025

Introducing our Day 1 Keynote Speakers: Chelina Odbert (Kounkuey Design Initiative) and Varudh Varavarn (Vin Varavarn Architects Ltd.).

Looking forward to our 13th conference, hosted by Thammasat Design School, in Bangkok next week, featuring keynote speak...
12/04/2025

Looking forward to our 13th conference, hosted by Thammasat Design School, in Bangkok next week, featuring keynote speakers Fumiko Ichikawa, Chiranthanin Kitika, Chelina Odbert, and Varudh Varavarn, and more than 100 presenters/participants from Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and the United States!

Another event this year! Our Working Group session at the APRU Sustainable Cities & Landscapes Hub Conference, hosted by...
02/28/2025

Another event this year! Our Working Group session at the APRU Sustainable Cities & Landscapes Hub Conference, hosted by Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, June 17-19, 2025.

With the theme of Reciprocity in Engagement, the working group meeting will focus on how we can foster mutually beneficial exchange between different partners and stakeholders in community engagement.

To join us, please complete the submission form here by March 21, 2025 — https://forms.gle/gv7Xb4UctUXzGSio9.

The estimated notification of acceptance is on March 24, 2025. Deadline for early-bird conference registration is March 31, 2025. For details about the conference program and registration, please see here — https://www.sfu.ca/international/index/programs/events/apru-sustainable-cities-and-landscapes-conference-2025.html

Announcing the 13th Conference of the Pacific Rim Community Design Network in Bangkok, Thailand, December 10-13, 2025. M...
02/11/2025

Announcing the 13th Conference of the Pacific Rim Community Design Network in Bangkok, Thailand, December 10-13, 2025.

Many thanks to our friends and colleagues at the Thammasat Design School for hosting the event and co-organizers (SoA+D King Monkut's University of Technology, CROSSs, and Bangkok City Lab) and contributing partners (AUN-ADERA, ACHR, and CAN) for their support. Looking forward to having you join us in Bangkok this December for our second conference in Southeast Asia!

See our website for details about the call for participation and other event activities -- https://prcdnet.org/working-conferences-papers/2025-bangkok/

On this last day of 2024, let's also celebrate the 25th anniversary of our first conference in Japan -- in Saitama, with...
12/31/2024

On this last day of 2024, let's also celebrate the 25th anniversary of our first conference in Japan -- in Saitama, with field trips in the Tokyo Metro area! Many thanks to our friends and colleagues in Japan for hosting this historic gathering!

(In Memoriam: Yasuhiro Endoh, Mark Francis, Yasuyoshi Hayashi, Chao-Ching Yu)

One more from the 2004 Seattle conference -- Let's not forget this montage with photos by Makie Suzuki and Katie Idziore...
12/31/2024

One more from the 2004 Seattle conference -- Let's not forget this montage with photos by Makie Suzuki and Katie Idziorek!

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of our 2004 Working Conference at the University of Washington, Seattle, with a collect...
12/30/2024

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of our 2004 Working Conference at the University of Washington, Seattle, with a collection of old photos ... before the end of 2024!

It was 20 years ago this year when we had our conference in Seattle at the University of Washington. The Seattle confere...
12/30/2024

It was 20 years ago this year when we had our conference in Seattle at the University of Washington. The Seattle conference allowed us to make a full circle, from our first conference in Berkeley in 1998 to Saitama (1999), Matzu (2001), Hong Kong (2002), and back to North America. In June 2025, we will return to the Pacific Northwest with a working group meeting as part of the APRU Sustainable Cities and Landscapes Hub conference in Vancouver. Please stay tuned for more details.

(In Memoriam: Nathan Brightbill, Mark Francis, Yasuyoshi Hayashi, Ryoko Sato)

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