hanegi international garden house

Life among trees, luxury designer residences by Kojiro Kitayama + K Architect & Associates, 2007.

sky building - the end is near?

2010 Nov 19

Sky Building Number 3, previous post here, is now wrapped up and ready. I've never taken the news of demolition of buildings from this era seriously. Partly because the Nagakin Capsule Tower always seemed to be under threat of going down. But this wrapping up is ominous.

bottle garden

The water filled PET-bottle functions as cat repellent, to avoid cat pee. Usually only along the wall inline with the streets gardens of Tokyo. Here it forms a field, a cat proof area.
I don't know how effective this is, to be quite honest.

a walk along tamagawa josui

Tamagawa Josui 玉川上水 is an early Edo era water-supply system that still is visible in many places. For map look here to see the full extent of the system. The photos in this post only covers a 1-2km or so of the waterway. But it is an interesting linear feature in the city providing, rich in history and spatial scenarios. Further out west it changes style many times. It disappears under a motorway and reappears with different design. 

a forest in the city

Hanegi, Setagaya-ku. Urban greenery.

atelier for glass artist

Atelier for a Glass Artist - Shigeru Ban, 2006. 

Tower House

Due to excitement of this CNN short about the smallest house in Japan I would like to remind the world of this project.

Tour updates 17/11

Due to an unforeseen trip the schedule for the upcoming tours has changed.

The current schedule:

• November 20 Meguro-ku. Cost ￥2000 or  ￥1000 for students. Starting point, Segafredo next to Nakameguro station (Google map). 11:00-14:00. Similar but not same as Extra architour.
• December 11, Shibuya-ku West 13:00. Cost is ￥1000 or ￥500 for students. Starting point, McDonalds next to Komaba-Todaimae station (Google map). Shigeru Ban etc. 
• December 18, Setagaya-ku. Cost￥2000 or  ￥1000 for students. Starting point, Segafredo next to Nakameguro station (Google map). 11:00-14:00. 

If want to join, please send me an e-mail (or leave a comment).