no continuity

A change of tempo along an old shotengai. This house stands out because it brakes the pattern. It is typical but not ordinary.

hanegi forest housing

Shigeru Ban. Hanegi Forest Housing, 2007.

yet another street garden

A street garden showcasing a series of techniques for a garden in narrow spaces.

kiddyland

hhstyle.com, Kazuyo Sejima, 2000. Changed to Kiddyland in 2010. From Vitra design furniture to Hello Kitty. Architecture can remain even if the program changes. But can minimalism cope with Hello Kitty?

How it was before, flickr.

Can't seems to find any photos of this that I've taken before. Which is very strange.

sky building number 3

Sky Building Number 3, Yoji Watanabe, 1970. Architecture inspired by a naval ship design.

roads 3 - in change

A lonely house on street where the process of acquiring property has gone far.

the city as light and as built structure

Tokyo from space. Image courtesy of Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. Image id ISS016-E-27586. North is not up. 

A tale of two cities. One of house and on of buildings. The Chuo-line is the most visible railway line. Some rivers, the dense belt of houses in areas developed during the years of extreme growth in the 1950, the shapes of the valleys to the west. North is up.

Tour updates 4 Nov. Setagaya cycling tour

Zoning map, Setagaya-ku

November 6 Setagaya-ku. Cost ￥2000 or ￥1000 for students. Starting point, Segafredo next to Nakameguro station (Google map), 13:00, about 3h. Projects by Kunio Maekawa, Kenzo Tange, Sejima, Kengo Kuma, Toyo Ito, Atelier Bow-Wow. Some roads. Morphology. Confirmed. Weather forecast says partly cloudy 12-18 degrees, 10% chance of rain (updated Thu). To join, send me an e-mail. More about tours here.