Abstract

"Kunitachi Daigaku Machi" is a major suburban housing project by Hakone Tochi Co. Ltd.. In the center of the development area, new campus of The Tokyo University of Commerce (present Hitotsubashi University) is located. Old campus had been located in the downtown area, and was seriously damaged by the Kanto Earthquake in 1923. After the disaster, land of the old campus was exchanged for new land in "Kunitachi Daigaku Machi", and on the other hand, temporary use of surviving building and constructions of new campus were going on. Campus development'was an emergency project, and the urban design of "Kunitachi Daigaku Machi" was basically under influence of this circumstance. This paper presents several drawings, which indicate the physical situations of the old campus and new development area, and on which traces the procedures for land exchanging, and clarify the physical position of the new campus in the urban design of "Kunitachi Daigaku Machi".

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