FIXES

A wall is transformed into a green wall through strategic placement of pot plants.



Materials: Pot Plants
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo

Broken light waterproofed with a plastic back and tape.



Materials: Tape, Plastic Bag
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo

Handle for hose reel fashioned out of duct tape and metal strip.



Materials: Metal Strip, Duct Tape
Location: Harajuku, Tokyo

Planters supported by wood, bricks and curb.




Materials: Wood, Bricks
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

A bicycle basket placed in the back of an apartment complex bicycle shed used to store (unwanted) odds and ends.

Materials: Bicycle Basket
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

Unneeded/Unused bike locks stored above ground, on the supports of the bike parking shed of an apartment complex.

Materials:
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

Yellow tape performs its ‘watch out!’ duty wrapped around a substantial concrete roadside planter.

Materials: Tape
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

(1) A place to store brooms and the bicycle pump. (2) An umbrella stand. (3) Garden rubbish bin and garden implement storage.

Materials: Gas Meter
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

Once upon a time this duct tape signage on the side of a vending machine signaled the availability of cigarettes (タバコ) to pedestrians and vehicles on the nearby main road.

Materials: Duct Tape
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

A stable shelf for potplants created by placing a plank on top of a breeze block residential wall. Notice the way that it is converted into a more stable/practical construction by threading wire through the plank twisting it around protrusions (nails) in the wall.

Materials: Wood, Wire
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

A clever solution for creating a hanging garden along a breeze block wall without damaging/affecting the structure in any permanent way.

Wire is threaded through the gaps in the ornamental blocks, and wound around from top to bottom. The ends are then twisted and bent up to form a robust hook for supporting a planter. The result is a (potential) wall of green which is easily removed/altered.

Materials: Wire
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

Garden space is created on the curb in front of a residential wall on a narrow street. The owner of the property did not want to encroach on the already scarce road space so she constructed a planter from rocks and concrete right on top of the curb. The limited volume of the created space necessitated hardy succulents (the owner noted that she had tried to grow other flowers but they didn’t work out). She was so confident of their hardiness that she picked a few off and offered them to me to take home. Fantastic!
When quizzed about the origins of the design, she confessed that she hadn’t seen the idea anywhere else – it just ‘popped’ into her head as a suitable solution.

Materials: Concrete, Rocks
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

Scarce curbside space is increased just enough to accomodate pot plants along a residential wall.

Materials: Wood
Location: Akishima, Tokyo.

Brooms are hung from a construction of wire and plastic twine.

Materials: Wire, Plastic Twine
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

A tree is trained over an entrance way by being tied to a plastic pole.

Materials: Plastic Twine, Plastic Pole
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

Plastic twine zig-zagged between a plastic pole and nails over a street-front window forms a base for a creeper to climb. Potplants hung off the bottom provide extra garden space. Spare, a little dirty, but functional.

Materials: Plastic Twine, Plastic Pole
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

Bricks used as planters on curb outside house.


Materials: Bricks
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

Pot plant shelf constructed on the exterior of block wall with plastic rods. Pots secured with string and plastic grill.




Materials: Plastic Stake, String, Plastic Grill
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

Green wall constructed from planters, breeze blocks and netting.




Materials: Planter, Breeze Block, Netting
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

Entrace archway ready for a creeper or vine. Constructed in wire and plastic stakes.



Materials: Plastic Stake, Wire
Location: Akishima, Tokyo