A arquitetura Japonesa: um estudo sobre resiliência

Abstract

Resilience is a concept used in several areas, due to its meaning of “capacity to return to the previous state or adapt in the face of adversity”. This concept began to be applied in architecture, mainly after catastrophic events, to emphasize the importance of persistence. Japan stood out worldwide by adopting resilience not only in architecture, but also in its communities, evolving its people's mentality of perseverance, in addition to buildings capable of withstanding tremors and other challenging situations. Brazil has faced a series of calamities that have affected its territory over the years. Natural disasters such as floods and landslides have caused significant damage and diverse losses in different regions of the country. Floods are especially common in densely populated urban areas, where the lack of adequate infrastructure exacerbates the impacts. Brazil faces the challenge of learning from international experiences, taking Japan as an example, which has developed efficient resilience strategies in the face of calamities. Brazil has the opportunity to improve its capacity to prevent and deal with the challenges arising from disasters. By analyzing Japan's approach to disasters, we can draw valuable lessons on resilience and adaptability, adopting similar strategies adapted to the Brazilian reality, establishing preventive measures to strengthen the country's response to future disasters. The objective of the article is to present the effects caused by exemplary Japanese political management and its social impact, through bibliographic research carried out to understand the concept of resilient cities and the application of its definitions in architecture. Exposing the role of the United Nations and the Japanese government as mentors of public policy projects focused on prevention and risk management. Despite different social and economic realities, there are means that collaborate with the application of resilient measures in Brazil, knowing that the obstacles faced by the population qualify the country with the status of an environment in which the fragility of Brazilian housing is evidenced by the number of victims and the number of tragedies in history. The Japanese government finds ways to adapt every year, its method of dealing with its tragedies is precisely the composition of scenarios that prevent the devastation caused by disasters, while the ways by the Brazilian government end up becoming ineffective in the long term, as they only seek to supply the minimum population and area faced by the disaster. Within the contexts presented, we know that the risk prevention methodology is the answer that the Brazilian government needs to meet the need that the disaster scenario causes socially and economically.