All apartments are fitted with built-in washing lines which are below the line of the railing. Unfortunately, these are too low, meaning that sheets and futons have to be hung carefully to prevent them from resting on the balcony floor. This resident has erected his own (more common style of) washing line at a more practical height.
Location: Setagaya, Tokyo.
This example is a note for a pamphlet on “Hand Made Aspects of Mass Produced Housing”. Subscribe to my somewhat-frequent letter HERE if you want to keep in touch easily.
All apartments are fitted with built-in washing lines which are below the line of the railing. Unfortunately, these are too low, meaning that sheets and futons have to be hung carefully to prevent them from resting on the balcony floor. This resident has erected his own (more common style of) washing line at a more practical height.
Materials: Plastic Line
Location: Setagaya, Tokyo.
This example is a note for a pamphlet on “Hand Made Aspects of Mass Produced Housing”. Subscribe to my somewhat-frequent letter HERE if you want to keep in touch easily.
Clothes hangers stored outside on a piece of string hung from the rafters. Compact, convenient.
Materials: String
Location: Nagoya
Apartment structure and door frame form two posts for a clothesline made of string right in front of the washing machine.
Materials: String
Location: Nagoya
Trees support a laundry pole construction in Tokyo’s Tachikawa suburbs.
Materials: Laundry Pole
Location: Tachikawa, Tokyo
Trees support a bamboo pole based washing line construction in Tokyo’s Tachikawa suburbs. I love the way the structure blends in with the surroundings – its temporary form touching lightly on the landscape.
A flexible, elegant and economical solution to a very domestic need.
Materials: Bamboo, Twine
Location: Tachikawa, Tokyo
Pegs/Clips stored along streetside gate.
Materials: Gate
Location: Sendagaya, Tokyo
Apron hung out to dry by its strings under a shop overhang (bottom left).
Materials: Apron
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo
Hand towel drying rack constructed from clothes hanger and bulldog clip. Last photo demonstrates the strength and necessity of the bulldog clip in the strong Shibuya wind.
Materials: Clothes Hanger, Bulldog Clip
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo
Clothesline in garage constructed from pegs hung from poles hung from ropes attached to garage structure.
Materials: Rope, Poles
Location: Tachikawa, Tokyo
