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

Menu/Promotion in Laminated Paper

Railing at the entrance to a below ground level restaurant transformed into an oversize menu/promotion board with extensive use of tape and laminated paper.

Menu/Promotion in Laminated Paper
Menu/Promotion in Laminated Paper
Menu/Promotion in Laminated Paper
Menu/Promotion in Laminated Paper
Menu/Promotion in Laminated Paper
Menu/Promotion in Laminated Paper
Menu/Promotion in Laminated Paper

Materials: Laminated Paper, Railing, Tape
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo

Stair Garden

Hanging garden on residential entrance stairs (courtesy of Tokyo-based designer Edith Prakoso)

Stair Garden

Material: Stair Railing
Location: Itabashi-Kuyakushomae, Tokyo

Umbrella Drying

Umbrella drying on a stairway railing (courtesy of Tokyo-based designer Edith Prakoso)

Green Complements Green

Materials: Stair Railing
Location: Itabashi-honcho, Tokyo

Umbrella Drying

Umbrellas drying on apartment balcony (courtesy of Tokyo-based designer Edith Prakoso)

Umbrella Drying

Materials: Railing
Location: Nogizaka, Tokyo

Lunchtime Signage Over Railing

Signs advertising local restaurants lined up and stabilized over pedestrial railing. A system which also keeps them off the thoroughfare. Stabilized with tape and string.

Lunchtime Signage Over Railing
Lunchtime Signage Over Railing
Lunchtime Signage Over Railing
Lunchtime Signage Over Railing
Lunchtime Signage Over Railing

Materials: Railing, String, Tape
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo

Stairwell Umbrella Storage/Drying

Apartment stairwell railing as umbrella storage/drying space.
P1110431
P1110430
Materials: Railing
Location: Mitaka, Tokyo

Communal Umbrella Storage

Umbrellas stored (left for dead?) on a stairwell railing.
P1110444
Materials: Railing
Location: Mitaka, 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]