Functional adaption of park tree for maintenance equipment storage in a run-down apartment complex just off the high-fashion avenue of Omotesando.
Materials: Tree
Location: Off Omotesando, Shibuya, Tokyo
(Originally posted on Tokyo-DIY-Gardening.org)
Clothes hangers stored outside on a piece of string hung from the rafters. Compact, convenient.
Materials: String
Location: Nagoya
Mailbox facing the city street latched shut with a twist of rope.
Materials: Rope
Location: Central Nagoya
Storage/Barrier constructed from wood planks on sloping street (courtesy of Tokyo-based designer Edith Prakoso)
Materials: Wood
Location: Nogizaka, Tokyo
“Which came first?” lovely bicycle storage under house on a slope (courtesy of Tokyo-based designer Edith Prakoso)
Location: Nogizaka, Tokyo
Umbrella drying on a stairway railing (courtesy of Tokyo-based designer Edith Prakoso)
Materials: Stair Railing
Location: Itabashi-honcho, Tokyo
Street fire extinguisher storage secured with duct tape.
Materials: Duct Tape
Location: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Impromptu and hard to miss lost and found repository.
Materials: Post
Location: Akishima-shi, Tokyo
Bag of concrete mix on small building site turned into easy dispenser by threading strap over temporary construction barrier.
Materials: Pole, Strap
Location: Akishima-shi, Tokyo
Siding rivets as broom storage.
Materials: Rivets
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Dead space under apartment block stairs tidied up and utilized as secure(?) storage. Constructed in wood scraps.
Materials: Wood
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Apartment bike parking, which is often free-space, ordered into fixed parking spaces with paper and tape.
Materials: Paper, Tape
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
The boundary of a driveway modified as a pot plant display area and seat for outdoor BBQs.
Materials: Wood
Location: Akshima, Tokyo
Hanging pot plant holder constructed of thick electrical wire (hanging support) and wire (pot holder) in suburban green house.
Material: Wire
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Fence as lost and found display for key.
Materials: Fence
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo
Fence as makeshift and adequate lost and found center.
Materials: Fence
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Plastic bag on the hook of a retractable gate serves as a locker for security guard of construction site.
Materials: Plastic Bag, Hook
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo
Train station emergency kit stored on a hook and secured with tape.
Materials: Hook, Tape
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo
Metal window ledge provides ample space for both storing cabbages and drying shoes.
Materials: Window Ledge
Location: Nagoya, Aichi
Storage for a PET bottle on the go.
Materials: Bicycle
Location: Minato-ku, Tokyo
Gloves are stored right on top of the place they are to be used – the receptacle for empty beverage cans.
Materials: Rubbish Bin
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo
The gap between two vending machines provides ample storage for polystyrene box lids.
Materials: Vending Machine Gap
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo
Thanks to Jared Braiterman of Tokyo Green Space for this fix:
“I visited the Nezu Museum last week and saw this broom, resting in a cut-out of the outside wall. i love how this broom is just sitting near where it will be used, and there is NO concern for it being stolen.”
Materials: Nook
Location: Minato-Ku, Tokyo
Hot summers demand on-demand paddling pools. This one is stored right where it is used, secured with a length of rope.
Materials: Rope
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Two types of gloves out to dry on a clothes hanger and garden rods.
Materials: Clothes Hanger, Garden Rods
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
