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

Drying System for Rags

Clothes rack repaired with tape and repurposed as a drying + storage system for rags used by rubbish center staff.

Drying System for Rags
Drying System for Rags
Drying System for Rags

Materials: Clothes Rack, Coat Hanger, Duct Tape, Bags
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.

Simple Clothes Hanger Garden

Laundry poles resting on a makeshift wooden frame on the ground floor of an old apartment complex just off the high-fashion street of Omotesando provide support for a hanging garden construction of twisted clothes hangers and simple potplants.

Simple Clothes Hanger Garden
Simple Clothes Hanger Garden
Simple Clothes Hanger Garden
Simple Clothes Hanger Garden
Simple Clothes Hanger Garden

Materials: Laundry Pole, Clothes Hangers
Location: Just off Omotesando, Shibuya

(Originally posted on Tokyo-DIY-Gardening.org)

Drying To Recycle in Pegs and Hangers

To recycle your plastic, you need to dry it. To dry it you need pegs and clothes hangers.

Drying To Recycle in Pegs and Hangers
Drying To Recycle in Pegs and Hangers
Drying To Recycle in Pegs and Hangers

Materials: Pegs, Clothes Hangers
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

Glove Drying/Storage in Hanger and Potplant

Two types of gloves out to dry on a clothes hanger and garden rods.
Glove Drying/Storage in Hanger and Potplant
Glove Drying/Storage in Hanger and Potplant
Glove Drying/Storage in Hanger and Potplant

Materials: Clothes Hanger, Garden Rods
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

Hand Towel Drying Rack in Clothes Hanger and Bulldog Clip

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.
Hand Towel Drying Rack in Clothes Hanger and Bulldog Clip
Hand Towel Drying Rack in Clothes Hanger and Bulldog Clip
Hand Towel Drying Rack in Clothes Hanger and Bulldog Clip

Materials: Clothes Hanger, Bulldog Clip
Location: Shibuya, 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]