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

Parking Aid in Electrical Tape 2

Yellow electrical tape on a pesky brick provides ample parking direction for this apparently very tricky driveway.

Parking Aid in Electrical Tape

Materials: Electrical Tape
Location: Nagoya, Aichi

Parking Aid in Electrical Tape

Yellow electrical tape on a pesky brick provides ample parking direction for late night maneuvers.

Parking Aid in Electrical Tape
Parking Aid in Electrical Tape

Materials: Electrical Tape
Location: Nagoya, Aichi

Sink in Hose and Wire

Washbasin created with a short hose attached to the tap with wire and tape and secured at the correct level with wire twisted around a screw.
washbasin
washbasin
washbasin

Materials: Wire, Electrical Tape
Location: Sendagaya, Tokyo

Real Estate Sign Collage

Take a clothes rack, decorate the telescoping poles with red and yellow electrical tape. Then design (in Excel), print and laminate some promotional posters and affix them to the top rung with more electrical tape. Stabilize the whole thing with four full PET bottles of water secured with duct tape to the base.
Real Estate Sign Collage
Real Estate Sign Collage

Materials: Clothes Rack, Duct Tape, Electrical Tape, Laminated Paper
Location: Aoyama Dori, Tokyo

Don’t Bump Me! – in Tape

Yellow tape performs its ‘watch out!’ duty wrapped around a substantial concrete roadside planter.
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P1170027

Materials: Tape
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

Mind your Head in Tape

Hard corners above garbage disposal space for apartment block made more visible with tape.
P1110505
P1110504
Materials: Electrical tape
Location: Mitaka, Tokyo

Playground Safety in Cans

Tops of athletic bars in playground capped with cans for safety. Cans fixed to poles with wire and sealed with electrical tape.
P1140399
P1140398
P1140396
Materials: Cans, Wire, Electrical tape
Location: Akishima, 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]