FIXES

Corner tree trained/bound by plastic twine.


Materials: Plastic Twine
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

Large plastic laundry hook serves as support for a large hanging planter.


Materials: Hook, Tree
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

Tree branch supports small pot plant.



Materials: Tree Branch
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

Sensor light extension cord tidied up with duct tape.


Materials: Duct Tape
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo

Entranceway chain storage performed by plastic hook and plastic twine.



Materials: Plastic Twine, Hook
Location: Harajuku, Tokyo

External piping acts as potplant holder.


Materials: Pipes
Location: Harajuku, Tokyo

Receptacle for empty cans is tethered to the vending machine with wire threaded through the base of the receptacle and tied to the machine.



Materials: Wire
Location: Harajuku, Tokyo

Crumbling entrance archway held together with duct tape.



Materials: Duct Tape
Location: Harajuku, Tokyo

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.




Materials: Wire, Wood
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

Cigarette butt disposal unit constructed from used oil can, wire, wood, tape, and PET bottle. An open-bottomed (to prevent rainwater collecting in the bottom) receptacle is fashioned from a used oil can nailed/screwed to a wooden stake and painted red. The receptacle is attached to the signpost with duct tape or wire. A PET bottle filled with water is placed inside the receptacle for safe and semi-odorless cigarette butt disposal. To empty the disposal units (3 in the immediate vicinity) one has only to walk around, pick up the PET bottles, and pour the contents into the rubbish (or down the drain, or wherever…). Signage is made of laminated computer print-out.








Materials: Oil Can, Wire, Wood, Tape, PET bottle
Location: Nakano-Ku, Tokyo

Motorcycle propped up on uneven surface with wood off-cuts.


Materials: Wood
Location: Nakano-Ku, Tokyo

Bicycles and plants secured with heavy duty electrical wire tied to hooks and window grill.




Materials: Electrical Cord
Location: Nakano-Ku, Tokyo

Pot planst kept out of the way and trained up the side of a house with plastic twine tied to pipes.


Materials: Plastic Twine
Location: Nakano-Ku, Tokyo

A personal shrine in the backyard of a Nakano residence constructed in a collage of breeze blocks, wood, polystyrene and more.


Materials: Breeze Blocks, Wood, Polystyrene
Location: Nakano-Ku, Tokyo

Boundary fence constructed from a collage of sticks, poles, twine and bamboo.




Materials: Sticks, Poles, Twine, Bamboo
Location: Nakano-ku, Tokyo

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


Materials: Hooks, Wire
Location: Nakano-ku, Tokyo

Old bicycle basket wired on to park fence acts as a supplementary rubbish receptacle.



Materials: Wire
Location: Nakano-ku, Tokyo

A plastic grill tray halved and then fastened together with plastic twist ties (presumably) acts as a guard against rubbish hungry crows in a park in Nakano, Tokyo. When a local in the park was questioned about this, she replied “I don’t know, people around here make stuff and leave it here….” – Thanks to Jared Braiterman from Tokyo Green Space for pointing this out as we left the park.





Materials: Twist Ties, Plastic Grill Tray
Location: Nakano-ku, Tokyo

Street sign in central Harajuku holding on with the help of wire and tape. Wire bent over walls is a common method of attaching something to the wall without nails, bolts or other methods which leave marks/traces or otherwise damage the surface (see last photo).




Materials: Wire, Duct Tape
Location: Harajuku, Tokyo

Out of season fox face tied to a tree add a splash of colour to a central Harajuku street (thanks to Jared Braiterman from Tokyo Green Space for pointing this one out).



Materials: Fruit, Twist Ties
Location: Harajuku, Tokyo