FIXES

Non-Intentional Design: Investigating alterations of space/objects at the public/private boundary in suburban Tokyo, Japan. A resource by a-small-lab.com. Contact: Chris Berthelsen chris@a-small-lab.com

Streetside Rubbish Net Storage

Streetside storage for net used on rubbish day.

Streetside Rubbish Net Storage
Streetside Rubbish Net Storage
Streetside Rubbish Net Storage
Streetside Rubbish Net Storage

Materials: Shopping Basket, Plastic Twine, S-Hook
Location: Akabanebashi, Tokyo

Emergency Kit Storage in Hook and Tape

Train station emergency kit stored on a hook and secured with tape.

Emergency Kit Storage in Hook and Tape
Emergency Kit Storage in Hook and Tape
Emergency Kit Storage in Hook and Tape

Materials: Hook, Tape
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo

Wire Pot Plant Hangers

Wire twisted into pot plant holders to decorate roadside residential fencing.

Wire Pot Plant Hangers
Wire Pot Plant Hangers
Wire Pot Plant Hangers
Wire Pot Plant Hangers
Wire Pot Plant Hangers
Wire Pot Plant Hangers

Materials: Wire
Location: Nagoya, Aichi

Bicycle Child Seat Storage

Hook under eaves serves as storage for bicycle child seat.

Bicycle Child Seat Storage
Bicycle Child Seat Storage
Bicycle Child Seat Storage

Materials: hook
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

Chain Storage in Hook and Tie

Entranceway chain storage performed by plastic hook and plastic twine.
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Materials: Plastic Twine, Hook
Location: Harajuku, Tokyo

Rubbish Day Hook in Wire

Hanging wire hook for putting out the rubbish for collection. Attached to the wall with bent wire hooked over the top of the wall (see another example here), threat of swinging constrained by threading the wire through a fastener made of a small wood block glued to the wall. Hook for holding the rubbish bag made of bent wire.
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Materials: Wire, Wood
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

Tied Up

Bicycles and plants secured with heavy duty electrical wire tied to hooks and window grill.
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Materials: Electrical Cord
Location: Nakano-Ku, Tokyo

Community Cleaning Implement Storage in Hooks and Wire

Wire and hooks along the entrance fence to a pocket park in Nakano, Tokyo act as storage for community-use gardening/cleaning implements.
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Materials: Hooks, Wire
Location: Nakano-ku, Tokyo

Tree as Storage

Tree as outdoor storage/drying space for mops and dustpan. Mops hang off hooks on branches.
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Materials: Hooks
Location: Mitaka, Tokyo

Barrier in Rope and Wire

Rope barrier to workshop parking/storage area. Constructed from rope and wire. Wire is used in two ways: (1) To fashion a hook at one end to facilitate opening/closing of the barrier (2) To bind excess rope to the main barrier.
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Materials: Wire, Rope
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

Mega-Cities: Design Anthropology and Urban Landscapes
I'm delighted and honoured to have my FIXES work included in Jared Braiterman's Tokyo University graduate seminar on mega-cities.
You can download the syllabus [HERE]


Thanks to the URBAN DESIGN Lab 西村・北沢・窪田 都市デザイン研究室, Department of Urban Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo for making this a featured resource of their lab [LINK]

Vision Plus 2010
Thanks to the organizers of the conference for selecting this project as a featured resource, even though I was not able to attend.




Article: Small Places of Anarchy in the City: Three Investigations in Tokyo on This Big City

Article: The Non-Intentional Landscape of Tokyo - read at This Big City

Article: Framework for Neighbourhood Creative Climate - read at This Big City

Tokyo Green Space from Jared Braiterman is a great inspiration [LINK]

Urban Bricolage by @ehooge is an inspiring site on a related theme [LINK]

Treepolis by Christoph Rupprecht inspires me with investigations into informal green space, cities, and urban ecology with a focus on Australia and Japan [LINK]

Everyday Structures by @alanwiig is another fine site in the same vein [LINK]