By Dr Raffaele Pernice

Books

Pernice R; Yaguchi T, 2025, Waterfront Regeneration in a Time of Climate Change, Routledge, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003597209

Pernice R, 2014, From Tokyo Bay Planning to Urban Utopias. The Metabolist Movement in the Years of Japan’s Rapid Economic Growth (1958-1964), Scholars' Press, https://www.amazon.com/Tokyo-Bay-Planning-Urban-Utopias/dp/3639710657

Book Chapters

Pernice R; Yaguchi T, 2025, 'Introduction - Waterfront Regeneration (2025)', in Waterfront Regeneration in a Time of Climate Change: Recent Japanese and International Experiences,, Routledge/Taylor & Francis, London & New York, pp. 1 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003597209-1

Pernice RAFFAELE, 2025, 'Urban life on the Water. Concepts, Models and Prototypes for Marine Habitats in Japan 1958–2020', in Waterfront Regeneration in a Time of Climate Change: Recent Japanese and International Experiences, pp. 30 - 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003597209-4

Pernice R, 2024, 'Education, Memory and Community', in Favaro P; Freestone R (ed.), Tzannes: Adaptive Urban Architecture and Design, Thames & Hudson, Victoria, Australia, pp. 314 - 323

Pernice R; Chen B; Cardellicchio L, 2024, 'Introduction', in Australia and China Perspectives on Urban Regeneration and Rural Revitalization, Routledge, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003414186-1

Dan G; Pernice R, 2024, 'The Urbanization of Australia and China: Visions, Strategies and Urban Paradigms in the Context of Asia Pacific Region', in Urban Regeneration and Rural Revitalization in Australia and China,, Routledge, pp. 53 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003414186-4

Pernice R; Yaguchi T; Kobayashi K, 2023, 'Blended and Transnational Higher Education in Architecture Schools', in Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development, IGI Global, pp. 194 - 211, http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5226-4.ch010

Pernice R, 2022, 'Chinese Cities from the Ground to the Sky: Building Suzhou as a Global City beyond the Tradition', in Baisotti P (ed.), Global Cities in Latin America and Asia. Welcome to the Twenty-First Century, The University of Michigan Press, pp. 17 - 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.19498838

Pernice R, 2022, 'Introduction', in The Urbanism of Metabolism, Taylor & Francis, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003186540-1

Pernice R, 2022, 'ENGINEERING A POETIC TECHNO-URBANISM: The Metabolists’ Visionary City in Postwar Japan', in Urbanism of Metabolism Visions Scenarios and Models for the Mutant City of Tomorrow, pp. 45 - 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003186540-4

Pernice R, 2022, 'INTRODUCTION', in , pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003186540-1

Edited Books

Pernice R; Yaguchi T, (ed.), 2025, Waterfront Regeneration in a Time of Climate Change: Recent Japanese and International Experiences, Routledge/Taylor & Francis, London & New York, https://www.routledge.com/Waterfront-Regeneration-in-a-Time-of-Climate-Change-Recent-Japanese-and-International-Experiences/Pernice-Yaguchi/p/book/9781032981345

Pernice R; Chen B; Hosseinabadi S, (eds.), 2024, Australia and China Perspectives on Urban Regeneration and Rural Revitalization, Routledge, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003414186

Pernice R, (ed.), 2022, The Urbanism of Metabolism Visions, Scenarios and Models for the Mutant City of Tomorrow, Routledge, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003186540

Journal articles

Pernice R, 2025, 'Sustainability, Creativity, and Livability in Great East Asian Megacities: Insights from Twenty-First Century Tokyo, Seoul, and Chinese Creative Clusters', Journal of Urban History, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00961442251343517

Liu W; Li D; Pernice R; Meng Y; Wang R; Lu C, 2025, 'Enhancing urban identity through the refined management of architectural styles: insights from Wuhan', Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 24, pp. 2509 - 2529, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13467581.2024.2373831

Pernice R, 2025, 'Streets, People, and Urban Scenes through Time: The Perpetual Allure of Tokyo', Journal of Urban History, 51, pp. 473 - 477, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00961442241227578

Perera D; Pernice R, 2023, 'Modernism in Sri Lanka: a comparative study of outdoor transitional spaces in selected traditional and modernist houses in the early post-independence period (1948–1970)', Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 22, pp. 1791 - 1811, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13467581.2022.2116938

Pernice R, 2022, 'The Metabolist Imagination: Visions of the City in Postwar Japanese Architecture and Science Fiction”, by William Gardner (2020)', Japan Review: Journal of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies, 37, pp. 209 - 211, http://dx.doi.org/10.15055/00007926

Pernice R, 2022, 'From the Urbanism of Metabolism to Sydney/Tokyo Waterfronts Regeneration (2019–2022)', The 3rd Built Environment Research Forum, pp. 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2021012017

Alic D; Pernice R, 2022, '2022 SAHANZ PhD Colloquium', Fabrications, 32, pp. 511 - 514, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10331867.2022.2154428

Pernice R, 2021, 'Verticality and Conflicting Identities in the Contemporary Chinese City: The Urban Development of Suzhou Industrial Park', Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism, 3, pp. 1 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.36922/jcau.v3i1.1026

Pernice R, 2020, 'The City after the Chinese New Towns: Spaces and Imaginaries from Contemporary Urban China', TOWN PLANNING REVIEW, 91, pp. 559 - 560, http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/tpr.2020.32

Pernice R, 2019, 'City and place identity in SIP Suzhou: Re-learning forgotten lessons from modern western urban design theory', HKIUD journal Urbanie and Urbanus, pp. 11 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.55412/02.02

Pernice R, 2019, 'Japanese Gardens and Landscapes, 1650–1950', Japanese Studies, 39, pp. 281 - 283, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10371397.2019.1612237

Pernice R; Brantingham A; Chengcheng L; Morris G, 2017, 'Teaching and Learning in a Multi-Disciplinary World: Examples from a Sino-British University in China', Literacy Information and Computer Education Journal (LICEJ), Volume 8, pp. 2683 - 2690, http://dx.doi.org/10.20533/licej.2040.2589.2017.0355

Pernice R, 2016, 'Arts, Culture and the Making of Global Cities: Creating New Urban Landscapes in Asia', TOWN PLANNING REVIEW, 87, pp. 366 - 368, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000411138100009&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

SULTAN Z; MUKHOPADHYAY C; PERNICE R; NURSE A; ZHOU J, 2016, 'Book Reviews', Town Planning Review, 87, pp. 363 - 370, http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/tpr.2016.24

Raffaele Pernice , 2014, 'Images of the Future from the Past: The Metabolists and the Utopian Planning of the 1960s', Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture, 8, pp. 761 - 771, http://dx.doi.org/10.17265/1934-7359/2014.06.011

Pernice R, 2014, 'Changing Architectures and Evolving Urbanism in Modern Japanese Urban Environment', International Journal of Engineering and Technology, 6, pp. 351 - 357, http://dx.doi.org/10.7763/ijet.2014.v6.725

PERNICE R, 2009, 'JAPANESE URBAN ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS: AN OVERVIEW OF PROJECTS AND SCHEMES FOR MARINE CITIES DURING 1960S-1990S', Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ), 74, pp. 1847 - 1855, http://dx.doi.org/10.3130/aija.74.1847

Pernice R, 2007, 'Urban Sprawl in Postwar Japan and the Vision of the City based on the Urban Theories of the Metabolists’ Projects', Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 6, pp. 237 - 244, http://dx.doi.org/10.3130/jaabe.6.237

PERNICE R, 2007, 'THE ISSUE OF TOKYO BAY'S RECLAIMED LANDS AS THE ORIGIN OF URBAN UTOPIAS IN MODERN JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE', Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ), 72, pp. 259 - 266, http://dx.doi.org/10.3130/aija.72.259

Pernice R, 2006, 'The Transformation of Tokyo During the 1950s and Early 1960s Projects Between City Planning and Urban Utopia', Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 5, pp. 253 - 260, http://dx.doi.org/10.3130/jaabe.5.253

Pernice R, 2004, 'Metabolism Reconsidered Its Role in the Architectural Context of the World', Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 3, pp. 357 - 363, http://dx.doi.org/10.3130/jaabe.3.357

Conference Papers

Pernice R; Zuccaro Marchi L; Covatta A, 2024, 'Building Tokyo by the Sea. Visions, Strategies and Projects on the Edge of the Water 1950-2020', in 20th Biennial Conference of the International Planning History Society (IPHS) Proceedings - Hong Kong Conference, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, presented at 20th Biennial Conference of the International Planning History Society (IPHS) 2024 - Hong Kong Conference, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 02 June 2024 - 05 July 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.7480/iphs.2024.1.7620

Pernice R, 2017, 'Shaping the City of Tomorrow in East Asia: Concepts, Schemes and Ideas for Urban Development from 1960s to 2010, and beyond', in Proceedings of AESOP 17 - Association of European Planning Schools Annual Congress 2017, Lisbon, Lisbon - Portugal, pp. 3262 - 3270, presented at AESOP 17 - Association of European Planning Schools Annual Congress 2017, Lisbon - Portugal, 11 July 2017 - 14 July 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/27303

Pernice R, 2016, 'Urban Housing for the Masses in East Asia: Structuring the Contemporary Cities in Japan, China and South Korea', in Proceedings of ARCHTheo ’16 - 10th International Theory and History of Architecture Conference, Dakam - East Mediterranean Academic Research Center, Istanbul - Turkey, pp. 361 - 369, presented at ARCHTheo ’16 - 10th International Theory and History of Architecture Conference, Dakam - East Mediterranean Academic Research Center, Istanbul - Turkey, 27 October 2016 - 28 October 2016

Pernice R, 2015, 'Sprawling City and Mass Housing in Modern Europe and Japan: Innovative Design for High Density Residential Complexes by John Habraken and the Metabolists', in Proceedings of EAAC 2015 - International Conference on East Asian Architectural Culture, Gwangju - South Korea, pp. 619 - 622, presented at EAAC 2015 - International Conference on East Asian Architectural Culture, Gwangju - South Korea, 10 November 2015 - 14 November 2015, http://eaac2015.kaah.or.kr/

Pernice R, 2014, 'Evolving Landscapes and Changing Architectures in Modern Japanese Urban Environment', Los Angeles, presented at The Mediated City Los Angeles Conference - Architecture_MPS, Los Angeles, 01 October 2014, http://architecturemps.com/los-angeles/

Pernice R; Dong Y, 2014, 'The Making of a Contemporary Neighborhood Center in SSIP-Suzhou, China. Case Studies on an Architectural and Urban Type in Contextual Transformation', in Proceedigns of IUSAM 2014 - Inter-university Seminar on Asian Megacities, Seoul - South Korea, presented at IUSAM 2014 - Inter-university Seminar on Asian Megacities, Hanyang University, Department of Engineering and Planning, Seoul - South Korea, 27 August 2014 - 30 August 2014

Pernice R, 2013, 'Post-war Japanese Architecture and Urbanism: the growth of the Megalopolis of Tokaido', in Proceedings of IUSAM 2013 - Inter-university Seminar on Asian Megacities, Hong Kong - China, presented at IUSAM 2013 - Inter-university Seminar on Asian Megacities, CUHK - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong - China, 15 August 2013 - 17 August 2013, http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/hkiaps/urbanism/programme.html

Pernice R, 2012, 'From “Hanoak” to “A-pa-tu”. Korean Urbanism in the XXth Century', in Proceedings of EAAC 2012 - East Asian Architectural Culture International Conference, Hong Kong - China, presented at EAAC 2012 - East Asian Architectural Culture International Conference, CUHK - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong - China, 10 December 2012 - 12 December 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.3186.2241

Pernice R, 2011, 'Learning from Europe. Reuse and Valorisation of Structures from the Past: 2 Case Studies in Venice, Italy', Daegu - South Korea, presented at International Forum on Transforming Daegu’s Old Tobacco Factory KT&G to Cultural Area, sponsored by Daegu City Council and Daegu Fine Arts Association (Daegu Branch of Korea Fine Arts Association), Daegu - South Korea, 21 December 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/27312

Pernice R, 2009, 'Considerations on the Theme of Marine Architectures in the Early Projects of Masato Otaka, Kiyonori Kikutake and Noriaki Kisho Kurokawa', Tainan - Taiwan, presented at Proceedings of EAAC 2009 - East Asian Architectural Culture International Conference, “The East Asian Architecture and Urbanism under Occidentalism”, Tainan - Taiwan, 10 April 2009 - 13 April 2009

Conference Posters

Pernice R; Shim M, 2009, 'Neo Kobe: Commerce, Culture and Links between the Tokaido Megalopolis and the New Conurbations along the Coasts of the Yellow Sea', presented at IV Congress of AISU - Italian Association of Urban Historians, 19 February 2009 - 21 February 2009

Curatorial Outputs

Pernice R; Zuccaro Marchi L, 2024, 2024 International Symposium/webinar “FLOATING HABITAT” coordinated by UNSW Sydney - School of Built Environment, Australia and Milan Polytechnic - Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (Italy), exhibited at: Sydney and Milan, 28 May 2024 - 30 May 2024, https://conference.unsw.edu.au/en/Floating-habitat-symposium-2024

Pernice R, 2023, 2023 Architecture Talk Series: Urban Living in Japan 1868-2025, Organized and hosted by The Japan Foundation Sydney, exhibited at: Sydney, 09 February 2023 - 02 March 2024, https://jpf.org.au/events/architecture-talk/

Pernice R; Yaguchi T, 2022, International Symposium/webinar “Repairing Waterfronts in the Age of Global Warming: Learning from Australia and Japan”, UNSW Sydney - School of Built Environment and Waseda University - Department of Architecture, exhibited at: Sydney, 24 November 2022 - 24 November 2022, https://conference.unsw.edu.au/en/repairing-waterfronts-in-the-age-of-global-warming

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