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Azabudai Hills / Heatherwick Studio

Paula Pintos — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 06:00:00 +0000

Making a human district in a global city, There’s a snapshot of an alley in Tokyo, taken two decades ago. It’s unremarkable. It could be a scene from any number of residential neighborhoods, with its familiar tangle of cables, autumn branches, telephone poles, and washing strung across first-floor balconies. On the ground, a vending machine and pot plants are on a flight of stairs. Looking up, a distant skyscraper and a handful of taller buildings against the blue sky. What you can see needs some care. You notice the wall is overtaken by weeds, there are barriers around a garage, and a rusting fence. What you can’t see is the meaning this place holds for the people who lived there, the invisible threads that drew its community together. The story of Azabudai Hills begins with a neighborhood in similar need of renewal, but one that is being stitched together from these threads of memory. It is a new kind of district in the city, made for people and filled with greenery – “a place,” says Thomas Heatherwick “to be cherished.”

House in Kawajiri / Daisaku Hanamoto Architect & Associates

Hana Abdel — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 18:00:00 +0000

This is a renovation project for an old house in a small town. Before the renovation, there was a reinforced concrete building facing the street, and the approach to the main building was through a narrow gap. As a result, the light did not reach the main house and the ventilation was poor.

FU-House / Kubota Architect Atelier

Andreas Luco — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 20:00:00 +0000

Shunan City, Yamaguchi is one of a series of industrial zones situated around the Seto Inland Sea, where the coastline bristles with industrial complexes. Having been raised in the area, the glaring metal tanks and the fierce fire tearing through the dark night are familiar sights for me. It is a surreal and abstract world. Which gives us a glimpse of the future glimmering with hope for the coming of a new era. The project site is located less than a kilo-meter away from Seto Inland Sea.

House in Miashi / Daisaku Hanamoto Architect & Associates

Hana Abdel — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 23:00:00 +0000

Create a space by creating difference in the brightness. This architecture consists of a house and a veterinary hospital.The client requested stable lighting and many small rooms at the vet clinic. The housing part is contrasted with them. We designed space where clients can feel the natural light positively and relax.

House in Ohue / Daisaku Hanamoto Architect & Associates

Rayen Sagredo — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 20:00:00 +0000

This house is located in the village where the old houses built irregular along the slope. When I first saw this village, I was fascinate with the view. The view of all those old houses along the slop looked so neat and organised, and also the ridgeline of the mountain and sky looked so clear and beautiful.

SHR House / Sun Tan architects Studio

Cristian Aguilar — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 20:00:10 +0000

SHR house (One family in Three houses ) is located in a suburb west of Tokyo.

House in Miyake / Hidetaka Nakahara Architects + Yoshio Ohno Architects

Cristian Aguilar — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000

This house has been built and as across the site, which is separated by a retaining wall of 4m height.